Table 1.
List of lager beers analyzed in this study and respective available characteristics.
| Sample | Category of Beer | Composition | Alcohol Content (%) | Shelf-Life at Analysis (Months) |
Country of Production | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malt | Unmalted Cereals | Hops | Others | |||||
| P1-1 | Macrobrewer | Barley | Corn and barley | Extract | Glucose syrup | 5.2 | 3 | Portugal |
| P1-2 | Macrobrewer | Barley | Corn and barley | Extract | Glucose syrup | 5.2 | 5 | Portugal |
| P1-3 | Macrobrewer | Barley | Corn and barley | Extract | Glucose syrup | 5.2 | 2 | Portugal |
| P2-1 | Macrobrewer | Barley | Maize or rice and barley | Extract | – | 5.0 | 10 | Portugal |
| P2-2 | Macrobrewer | Barley | Maize or rice and barley | Extract | – | 5.0 | 8 | Portugal |
| P3-1 | Macrobrewer | Barley | – | Extract | – | 5.0 | 8 | France |
| P3-2 | Macrobrewer | Barley | – | Extract | – | 5.0 | 5 | France |
| P4-1 | Macrobrewer | Barley | Maize and barley | Extract | E150c and E450 | 4.8 | 7 | Portugal |
| P5-1 | Macrobrewer | Barley | Corn and barley | Extract | – | 5.1 | 3 | Portugal |
| P6-1 | Macrobrewer | Barley | Corn and barley | Extract | E150c and E405 | 5.0 | 1 | Portugal |
| P7-1 | Macrobrewer | Barley | Maize or rice and barley | Extract | – | 4.2 | 9 | Portugal |
| P8-1 | Macrobrewer | Barley | Corn and barley | Extract | E150c and E405 | 5.0 | 3 | Spain |
| P8-2 | Macrobrewer | Barley | Corn and barley | Extract | E150c and E405 | 5.0 | 3 | Spain |
| P9-1 | Macrobrewer | Barley | – | Extract | – | 5.0 | 6 | Germany |
| P9-2 | Macrobrewer | Barley | – | Extract | – | 5.0 | 5 | Germany |
| P10-1 | Microbrewer (fresh) | Barley | – | Pellet | – | 5.0 | 6 | Portugal |
| P11-1 | Microbrewer (fresh) | Barley | – | Pellet | – | 5.5 | 4 | Portugal |
| P12-1 | Microbrewer (pasteurized) | Barley | – | Pellet | – | 5.1 | 10 | Portugal |
Note: E150c—Ammonia caramel; E405—Propylene glycol alginate; E450—di-phosphates.