{"id":48793,"date":"2024-01-15T19:30:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T23:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/?p=48793"},"modified":"2026-08-15T10:53:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:53:45","slug":"morten-meilgaard-and-the-development-of-the-beer-flavor-and-aroma-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/en\/morten-meilgaard-and-the-development-of-the-beer-flavor-and-aroma-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"Morten Meilgaard and the Development of the Beer Flavor and Aroma Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Morten Meilgaard is an unsung hero in the world of beer. Born in Denmark in 1928, he was a brilliant chemical engineer and beer lover who basically invented the language we use today to describe it.<\/p>\n

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One of the few known photographs of Morten C. Meilgaard in 1962 (goodfelloweb.com<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The two most important tools of this kind developed in the last 50 years are his work and helped establish a standard vocabulary for beer sensory analysis<\/a>: the first, an early system based on flavor units<\/a>, and then the beer flavor and aroma wheel.<\/p>\n