off-flavor
English
Alternative forms
- off-flavour
Etymology
From off- + flavor.
Noun
off-flavor (plural off-flavors)
- An unnatural flavor in a food or drink product caused by the presence of undesirable compounds due to contamination or deterioration.
- 1963, Gerard Carson, The Social History of Bourbon, Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, published 2010, →ISBN, page 36:
- They burned out the inside of used barrels so the whiskey would not pick up off-flavors, and found the taste improved still more.
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