Table 1.
Mean scores for a subset of appearance, aroma, and palate attributes of the yeast strains after 3 months in-bottle.
| Yeast | Appearance | Aroma | Palate | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Colour | Stone Fruit | Pungent | Floral | Grassy | Flint | Cooked Veg/Potato | Sweetness | Bitterness | Astringency | Stone Fruit F | Grassy F | Flint F | |
| AWRI796 | 3.85 | 3.56 | 4.87 | 4.82 | 2.96 | 1.61 | 1.62 | 1.95 | 4.90 | 3.43 | 3.82 | 3.31 | 1.69 |
| AWRI2936 | 4.06 | 3.53 | 4.99 | 4.61 | 2.38 | 1.61 | 1.35 | 1.87 | 4.92 | 3.59 | 3.82 | 3.12 | 1.66 |
| AWRI2940 | 4.47 | 3.70 | 5.05 | 5.28 | 2.67 | 1.31 | 1.08 | 1.46 | 5.19 | 3.57 | 3.47 | 3.53 | 1.48 |
| AWRI2965 | 4.03 | 3.66 | 5.02 | 4.68 | 2.92 | 1.90 | 1.28 | 1.42 | 5.26 | 3.61 | 3.32 | 3.33 | 2.02 |
| AWRI2969 | 4.03 | 3.81 | 4.78 | 4.68 | 2.78 | 1.57 | 1.32 | 1.48 | 5.21 | 3.59 | 3.31 | 3.54 | 1.55 |
| AWRI4124 | 4.09 | 3.78 | 4.85 | 4.42 | 2.72 | 1.40 | 1.86 | 1.69 | 5.21 | 3.64 | 3.76 | 3.36 | 1.75 |
| HSD | 0.37 | ns | ns | 0.79 | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | 0.41 | ns |
F: Flavour. HSD (p = 0.05) values included for the significant attributes (p < 0.05), ns: not significantly different.