Table 2 Sensory analysis results.

From: Effect of high pressure treatment on the aging characteristics of Chinese liquor as evaluated by electronic nose and chemical analysis

Attributes

Young

Six-year

HP

Appearance

7.70 ± 0.67b

9.40 ± 0.51a

8.90 ± 0.56a

Odor

7.53 ± 0.63c

8.73 ± 0.59a

8.13 ± 0.63b

Taste

6.70 ± 0.48b

7.80 ± 0.42a

6.40 ± 0.69b

Overall quality

7.31 ± 0.59b

8.64 ± 0.51a

7.81 ± 0.63ab

  1. Note: All values are means ± standard deviation (SD).
  2. Values followed by different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).
  3. Overall quality was calculated by the average value of appearance, odor and taste.