Figure 1.
Chemical characterization of commercial beers, including (a) total sugars (mg mL−1), bitterness (IBU), (b) hordenine (mg L−1), total Iso-α-acid concentration (mg L−1). Different letters above bars denote significant differences between beer samples, for the same chemical parameter, according to the least significant difference test (LSD; p < 0.05). * Total sugars not detected in beer C. All values are the mean ± SE (error bars) of independent determinations. n = 3, hordenine, and bitterness; n = 2, total sugars, and total-α-acids. Abbreviations of samples may be found in Table 1.

