What happens when fruit married with beer?

Abstract

Beer is one of the oldest alcoholic beverages and represents the most consumed drink across the world. To meet people's pursuit of novel olfactory and gustatory stimuli, the types of beer are becoming more diversified. Fruit beer has unique flavor and taste, which can bring consumers a good sensory experience. Most fruit beers are made by adding different kinds of fruits directly during brewing. There is an urgent need to understand the effect of fruit addition on the various properties of beer. This article firstly provides a brief introduction to fruit beer, followed by the discussion of the changes of different beer parameters after the addition of fruit, including basic physicochemical parameters, antioxidation, volatile compounds, and sensory evaluation. Lastly, some challenges and outlooks are proposed. We hope this review will offer the readers a deep insight into fruit beer and trigger further development in this area.