off-flavor

English

Alternative forms

• off-flavour

Etymology

From off- +‎ flavor.

Noun

off-flavor (plural off-flavors)

1. 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.