“…Several experimental parameters can affect the SPME extraction efficiency and reproducibility, thus their optimization should be done before sample characterization: SPME fiber coating, temperature and extraction time, sample volume, stirring, salt addition (salting-out effect), among others [27,28]. Considering beer volatile determination by SPME reported in literature, for each SPME experimental parameter several conditions were used, for instance different fiber coatings, polyacrylate (PA), poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS), carbowax/divinylbenzene (CAR/DVB), poly(dimethylsiloxane)/divinylbenzene (PDMS/DVB), divinylbenzene/carboxen/poly(dimethylsiloxane) (DVB/CAR/PDMS), and carboxen/poly(dimethylsiloxane) (CAR/PDMS), a wide range of extraction temperatures (20-80ЊC) and times (5-90 min) [4,5,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. Furthermore, for carbonated beverages, such as beer, decarbonation should be done before volatile components analysis to prevent foam formation, which negatively affects the extraction efficiency and reproducibility.…”