3 example sentences using congener.
Congener used in a sentence
Congener in a sentence as a noun
What you taste or smell are the congeners, which are other organic molecules that are the byproducts of fermentation.
Other factors are metabolic stress from your liver handling the alcohol and metabolic intermediaries, congeners, and vascular reactions.
The article references 'congeners' as the culprits here, but it is noticeable that, eg, one can go on a significant bender in Germany and come up fresh as a daisy the next day, presumably thanks to that nation's enlightened beer purity laws.
Congener definitions
a minor chemical constituent that gives a wine or liquor its distinctive character
an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
See also: relative congenator congeneric
a whole (a thing or person) of the same kind or category as another; "lard was also used, though its congener, butter, was more frequently employed"; "the American shopkeeper differs from his European congener"