DLG award-winning – impressive added value!
The ‘DLG – Tested Quality’ seal of quality is one of the best-known awards in Germany. It signals a positive image across all product groups and stands for consumer confidence. Awarded by independent experts, it confirms an objective test according to the recognised DLG test methodology.
Sensory product analysis
In the final sensory blind tastings, the experts assess whether the end product's aroma and taste characteristics are typical for the type of beer. One of the special features of the DLG test is that the beers are evaluated by ten experts who assess them individually in accordance with scientific requirements.
Test criteria
The DLG quality test focuses on criteria such as foam stability, variety flavour and the purity of the beers. The sensory evaluation and analytical examination of two beer bottlings (A and B samples) enables conclusions to be drawn about the flavour stability of the beers. This is one of the most important differences to other ‘beer competitions’ offered on the market, which only evaluate individual samples.
Competent testing partners
The DLG test is one of the most demanding beer tests in the world. Over a period of three months, the beers undergo extensive quality controls. The quality test is carried out in cooperation with the two leading brewery institutes, the VLB Berlin and the Weihenstephan Research Centre for Brewing and Food Quality.
