Kvasny Prum. 2017; 63(2): 46-51 | DOI: 10.18832/kp201706

The Heritage of Traditional Superior Beers from the Visegrad Group CountriesPeer-reviewed article

Jaromír FIALA, Daniela ŠMOGROVIČOVÁ, Gabriella KUN-FARKAS, Edyta KORDIALIK-BOGACKA, Jiří VINOPAL

¹ Výzkumný ústav pivovarský a sladařský, a.s.

² Slovenská technická univerzita v Bratislave

³ Szent István University, Fővámtér 8 , Budapest, 1093 , Hungary

⁴ Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 171/173 , Lodz, 90-924 , Poland

⁵ Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Jilská 1 , 110 00 Praha 1 , Czech Republic

Preferences in the consumption of food and drinks can change according to eating habits. A consumer test with total 320 participants held in the countries of the Visegrad Group (Visegrad Four) in April 2016 confirmed, however the popularity of regional beers, particularly those with a medium original wort extract (about 11.5 to 12.0 % wt), with medium to high bitterness, high body-fullness, high carbonation and medium alcohol content. Some groups of participants had different preferences but the beers with lower bitterness, lower original wort extract and lower sharpness were generally rated lower.

Keywords: beer, evaluation, consumer test

Received: December 10, 2016; Accepted: January 10, 2017; Published: April 14, 2017