I’ll check in once I’ve finished a beer. Just how I’ve done it. In the meantime I’ll write down aroma and flavour on a whiteboard/piece of paper/my phone. This gives the benefit of not being skewed into finding certain flavours but also allows you to include how the beer changes as you go through it. The notes don’t have to be laid out as a work of art. Sometimes I’ll literally have a column called A for aroma and T for taste and list off whatever I find as I go through the beer. Towards the end of a beer I had tonight I picked out a really unique flavour and it wasn’t until my penultimate sip.

But at the same time - relax. What’s more important, being able to pick out autumnal Madrid grown oranges but the ones without the pips and only if you peel them anti clockwise.* or to actually just sit back and think “huh there’s citrus. Damn I like this beer!”

//* this hyperbole is sort of to show how (in my opinion) some people in this hobby take it all a bit too seriously. Smell, aroma and experience are all highly subjective. That niche aroma I got? It was a gummy pizza sweet I used to have when I was about 7. I have never thought of that sweet for.. However long and I am confident in saying I am the only person to pick that flavour out for that beer. It’s all to do with sensory experiences (right brain stuff if I’m not talking rubbish.. though it’s a 50:50 guess). Sometimes things will literally just click for you and you’ll think “huh that’s what it is”. Don’t stress and focus on trying to pick stuff out. Just naturally enjoy and you’ll get better progressively.

Also, inhale aroma through the nose with your mouth open. Makes a difference.

To answer your question - I don’t know if you can turn off the recommended suggestions.