Major types of typical Chinese brewing vinegars with different characteristics were evaluated by evaluation panels of Chinese vinegars. The flavor wheel of Chinese brewing vinegars was presented first in this study which included a total of 45 sensory descriptors in 16 categories. Sixteen kinds of the important and typical descriptors were chosen by variance analysis，principal component analyses and other methods including 6 kinds of the taste terms（acidity，sweetness，bitter，saltness，astringent and umami）. Ten kinds of olfactory terms（sour，sweet，burnt，sauced，fruity，bran incense，incense smoke，grain，alcoholic aroma and flowery）.Through the descriptive analysis of the selected Chinese brewing vinegars，the difference of the flavor characteristics was found.
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