Table 1.

European Brewery Convention (EBC) and Commission Internationale de l’Éclairage (CIE) L*a*b* values of the investigated samples

Sample No	EBC	CIE
		L*	a*	b*
Alcohol-free pale lager
1	7.4	95	− 2	21
2	8.2	93	− 2	22
3	8.2	94	− 3	20
Alcohol-free beer-based mixed drink
4a	19.6	55	56	19
5b	10.0	86	0	20
6c	7.0	89	4	18
Beer-based mixed drink
7b	5.2	92	− 1	11
8c	7.6	88	5	18
9a	15.4	63	47	15
Strong pale lager
10	13.6	90	− 1	34
11	12.6	86	− 1	27
European pale lager
12	8.2	95	− 3	24
13	9.1	93	− 2	24
14	8.0	94	− 3	23
15	9.0	93	− 2	25
16	6.3	95	− 2	18
17	6.2	96	− 3	18
18	7.0	94	− 2	19
19	8.1	95	− 3	23
20	8.6	93	− 2	24
Czech pilsner
21	13.1	92	− 3	34
22	13.1	92	− 3	35
American adjunct lager
23	6.0	96	− 3	18
International Amber Lager
24	33.0	76	8	55
Schwarzbier
25	81.3	47	28	2
26	93.0	40	32	8
Altbier
27	71.8	58	24	49
Belgian strong pale ale
28	10.3	93	− 3	29
Weissbier
29	14.1	84	0	30
30	26.5	73	4	46
31	25.9	62	4	32
32	14.4	88	− 1	35
Stout
33	84.9	43	28	10
Irish red ale
34	34.6	70	11	51
Irish stout
35	95.2	35	32	6
Dunkles bock
36	96.3	34	36	5
Fruit beer
37d	42.4	55	38	30
38d	53.6	51	36	29
39d	48.5	48	46	26

^aMade with added sour cherry juice

^bMade with added lemon juice

^cMade with added grapefruit juice

^dAged with sour cherry