After we have a beer that is ready to bottle, we like to taste it. We put a little in a glass and swirl it then taste it, almost like wine.
What this does for us is gives us the flavor profile for the backbone of our beer. For example, our two most recent pilsners were very much different.
One was quite hoppy with a lot of tropical fruits like lychee and mango, while the other had flavors of banana and sweet bread.
The beer is not carbonated at this time, which makes it kind of strange but in the end after it has been bottle conditioned and carbonated these flavors will be the undertones that you can pick up.
Also at this time, the beer (even though non-carbonated) is still alcoholic and will pack a punch. A while back I was left with a nice bit of the barrel left over and decided to just finish it off. WOO! Didn't plan for that one, but took it as it came!
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