much higher selectivity at such wavelength can be obtained at 742 nm because very few other metal complexes can form with 5-Br-PADAP and generate absorbance. Based on the above selectivity, the speciation of iron in beer sample using cloud point extraction (CPE) coupled with direct spectrometric analysis was reported. The method is simple (without digestion of beer), reliable and more convenient than AAS combining UV–vis photometric analysis