Several substyles exist, including maibock (helles bock, heller bock), a paler, more hopped version generally made for consumption at spring festivals; doppelbock (double bock), a stronger and maltier version; and eisbock, a much stronger version made by partially freezing the beer and removing the ice that forms.
Scientists describe seven basic tastes: bitter, salty, sour, astringent, sweet, pungent (eg chili), and umami. There are however five basic tastes that the tongue is sensitive to: salt, sweet, bitter, sour, and umami, the taste of MSG.
Senses of Taste and Smell. Taste buds and olfactory cells (smell receptors) detect chemicals, thus they are chemoreceptors. 1  Sense of Taste. 2  Taste Buds located in papillae on the tongue, hard palate, pharynx, and epiglottis. 3  Five types of tastes (Really there are at least six the sixth is water.