Table 2.
Mean scores for a subset of appearance, aroma, and palate attributes of the yeast strains after 15 months in-bottle.
| Yeast | Appearance | Aroma | Palate | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Colour | Stone Fruit | Pungent | Rose | Grassy | Flint | Cooked Veg/Potato | Sweetness | Bitterness | Astringency | Stone Fruit F | Sourness | Rose F | |
| AWRI796 | 4.05 | 3.24 | 4.41 | 3.72 | 2.31 | 1.43 | 2.38 | 1.44 | 3.44 | 2.80 | 3.31 | 5.04 | 2.07 |
| AWRI2936 | 4.13 | 3.45 | 4.56 | 3.94 | 2.22 | 1.45 | 1.66 | 1.64 | 3.42 | 2.64 | 3.66 | 5.09 | 2.19 |
| AWRI2940 | 4.79 | 3.28 | 4.37 | 4.55 | 2.21 | 1.16 | 1.06 | 0.78 | 3.78 | 2.86 | 2.96 | 5.46 | 2.77 |
| AWRI2965 | 4.19 | 3.51 | 4.20 | 4.03 | 2.11 | 1.42 | 1.14 | 1.46 | 3.47 | 2.83 | 3.42 | 5.10 | 2.24 |
| AWRI4124 | 4.40 | 3.19 | 4.47 | 4.06 | 2.11 | 1.61 | 2.36 | 1.37 | 3.47 | 2.84 | 3.29 | 5.29 | 2.31 |
| HSD | 0.27 | ns | 0.33 | 0.75 | ns | ns | 0.72 | 0.49 | ns | ns | 0.61 | 0.29 | ns |
F: Flavour. HSD (p = 0.05) values included for the significant attributes (p < 0.05), ns: not significantly different.