AXIO | Proficiency Testing schemes 2026
Quantity of Matrix 4 x cans/ bottles 440ml or greater 4 x cans/ bottles 440ml or greater 1 x can/bottle 330ml or greater
Rounds per Year
Sample Code Matrix
Analytes
PT-BA-01B
Ale (Bitter)
Chemical analysis of a range of key brewing analytes that are routinely analysed in the brewing industry Chemical analysis of a range of key brewing analytes that are routinely analysed in the brewing industry
4
PT-BA-01L
Lager
12
PT-BA-03
Ale
Chemical analysis (ABV; Bitterness; Colour; Tetra iso-acids; Free Diacetyl; Total Diacetyl; Free 2,3-Pentanedione; Total VDK) 12
PT-BA-04
Lyophilised test material
2 x 10ml
Total aerobic microbial count; Total anaerobic microbial count; Total aerobic bacterial count; Identity of Organism; Enumeration of wild yeast; Lactic acid bacteria Evaluation of aroma and taste characteristics by sensory panels
6
PT-BA-05
Lager/ale (Bitter)
4 x cans/ bottles 330ml or greater 2 x cans/ bottles 330mL or greater 2 x cans/ bottles 330mL or greater 2 x cans/ bottles 330ml or greater
12
PT-BA-07A Alcohol free beer
Chemical analysis (ABV; Apparent gravity; Bitterness; Colour; pH)
2
PT-BA-07B
Low alcohol beer
Chemical analysis (ABV; Apparent gravity; Bitterness; Colour; pH)
2
PT-BA-08
Low level gluten beer for Chemical Analysis
Gluten
2
PT-BA-09
Stout ale for Chemical Analysis
8 x cans/ bottles 440ml or greater
Alcohol by Volume; Original Gravity; Original Extract; Apparent Gravity (Present Gravity); Present Gravity; Attenuation Limit; Remainder (PG – Attenuation Limit); Acidity; Bitterness (factor = 50); Colour @ 430 nm; pH; Carbon Dioxide; Total Diacetyl; Total VDK; Turbidity; Foam stability (HRV)
6
PT-BA-10 PT-BA-11
Beer Beer
50ml 50ml
Bisphenol A
1 1
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA); Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA); Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA); Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA);
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA); Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS); Perfluoroheptane sulfonic acid (PFHpS); Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS); GenX (HFPO-DA); NaDONA; 11Cl- PF3ONS; 9Cl-PF3ONS
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHT PT-BA-04 - Level 4 Microbiology Enum eration and identification of beer-specific microorganisms. 150-250 participants per round. 6 Rounds per Year
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