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. 2020 Feb 7;10(2):256. doi: 10.3390/biom10020256

Table 4.

Volatile compounds in beer brewed with Marynka (M) or Lubelski (L) hop pellets, fermented by L. thermotolerans (Lt) or S. cerevisiae (Sc).

Compound [µg/L] LRI 2 Lt Sc Sig. 1
L M L M
Esters
Ethyl Acetate 614 4302 a 3200 a 8525 b 3116 a ***
n-Propyl acetate 3 694 0 b 0 b 76.6 b 21.5 a **
Ethyl butanoate 789 7.4 a 8.1a 34.8 b 36.2 b ***
Isoamyl acetate 872 43.0 a 65.0 b 271.7 c 293.8 c ***
Ethyl hexanoate 986 4.1 a 8.6 a 116.4 b 91.1 b ***
Ethyl octanoate 1180 10.4 a 11.8 a 1776.6 b 2480.4 b ***
Ethyl 2-methyloctanoate 3 1209 69.7 a 43.2 a 10.7 b 29.2 b ***
2-Phenylethyl acetate 1228 55.8 a 57.8 a 777.14 b 2863.32 c ***
Ethyl 9-decenoate 3 1389 0.6 a 0.4 a 38.6 b 105.9 c ***
Ethyl decanoate 1397 4.4 a 2.7 a 306.2 b 392.9 b ***
Isobutyl decanoate 3 1546 0 a 0 a 0.24 b 0.60 c ***
Ethyl dodecanoate 1581 0.8 a 0.4 a 48.3 b 38.1b ***
Benzyl Benzoate 3 1750 1.05 0.45 0.38 0.14 ns
Ethyl tetradecanoate 1790 1.1 a 0.4 a 4.8 b 3.2 b ***
Ethyl pentadecanoate 3 1880 0 0 0.6 0.8 ns
Ethyl 9-hexadecenoate 3 1977 1.04 ab 0.55 b 1.35 a 1.08 ab ***
Ethyl hexadecanoate 1990 3.4 a 1.5 a 10.9 b 9.8 b ***
Ethyl octadecanoate 2189 0.8 0.1 0.7 0.6 ns
Alcohols
2-Methyl-1-propanol 617 123.2 a 113.7 a 343.8 b 441.4 b ***
3-Methyl-1-butanol 723 8856 a 7379 a 11105 b 17997 c ***
2-Methyl-1-butanol 740 2413 a 1792 a 3888 b 6544 c ***
2,3-Butanediol 768 174 a 136 a 585 b 1446 c ***
3-Ethoxy-1-propanol 3 862 276.5 a 91.7 a 0 b 0 b ***
1-Hexanol 865 32.5 a 27.9 ac 26.9 ac 23.4 c *
1-Heptanol 3 954 6.6 a 5.5 a 12.3b 12.8 b **
2-Ethyl-1-hexanol 3 1020 37.8 31.7 23.6 24.9 ns
2-Phenylethanol 1084 2151 a 3807 b 3892 b 9196 c ***
1-Nonanol 1156 61.9 a 59.2 a 15.6 b 16.2 b **
2-Propyl-1-heptanol 3 1203 16.3 15.8 11.3 10.9 ns
2-[(2-Ethylhexyl)oxy]-ethanol 3 1226 507 a 487 ab 481 ab 311 b *
1-Decanol 1272 465 a 467.8 a 320.5 b 186.9 c ***
1-Undecanol 1374 37.0 33.1 20.4 9.8 ns
2-Dodecanol 1417 4.8 4.5 1.3 1.4 ns
Acids
3-Methylbutanoic acid 3 833 112.2 75.9 116.2 139.6 ns
2-Methylbutanoic acid 3 858 16.9 0 31.5 21.8 ns
Hexanoic acid 982 16.5 a 11.9 a 44.0 b 79.9 b ***
Octanoic acid 1160 297 a 293 a 1724 b 2874 c ***
9-Decenoic acid 3 1358 11.0 a 4.8 b 12.3 a 18.8 c *
n-Decanoic acid 1368 69.3 a 46.6 b 72.9 a 126.5 c ***
Phenols
2-Methoxy-4-vinylphenol 3 1324 1.49 a 1.08 b 0.47 c 27.4 d ***
Butylated Hydroxytoluene 3 1513 0.49 a 0.7 a 0.25 b n/d ***
Carbonyl compounds
Decanal 1182 17.5 a 14.8 a 0 b 0 b ***
2-Dodecanol 3 1417 4.75 a 4.55 a 1.26 b 1.35 b *
Acetals
Diethyl acetal 730 7178 a 6561 a 2874 b 2750 b *
1-Ethoxy-1-propoxyethane 3 755 24.9 a 18.3 a 13 a 0 b *
1-Butoxy-1-ethoxyethane 3 875 21.7 a 19.8 a 14.9 a 39.4 b *
1-(1-Ethoxyethoxy)pentane 977 133.2 123.3 112.7 140.4 ns
Other compounds
Benzothiazole 3 1186 78.4 156.9 134.7 88.2 ns
Octane, 1,1′-oxybis- 3 1657 3.93 4.36 2.34 4.38 ns

1 Sig.: significance; *, **, and *** display the significance at 5%, 1%, and 0.5% by least significant difference; ns: not significant. Values with different superscript roman letters (a–d) in the same row are significantly different according to the Tukey’s range test (p < 0.05); 2 LRI—Linear Retention Index; 3 determined semi-quantitatively by measuring the relative peak area of each identified compound, according to the NIST [25] database, in relation to that of the internal standard.