Introduction to Beer Series
This three-part series explores the various facets and styles of beer through tasting. If you love beer, but want to better understand styles, improve your ability to describe beers and be better armed to find new beers to love, this is the course for you!
Session 1: Tasting Basics and Beer Ingredients
This class introduces beer tasting technique and style variations. Students will learn to describe the structure and aroma of beers and will learn how these are impacted by beer’s primary ingredients: yeast, hops and malt.
Session 2: Terroir and National Tradition
In this session, students apply what they learned in the previous week to explore how different countries and regions think about and make beer. We will explore how process decisions, drinking culture and local history shape the beers of the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Germany and Belgium.
Session 3: American Beer and the Future
In our final class, we look to the future as we explore the emerging traditions of American beer. And finally, our course culminates with a blind tasting to reinforce our learning throughout the course.
Sessions:
Next dates TBD.
This three-part series explores the various facets and styles of beer through tasting. If you love beer, but want to better understand styles, improve your ability to describe beers and be better armed to find new beers to love, this is the course for you!
Session 1: Tasting Basics and Beer Ingredients
This class introduces beer tasting technique and style variations. Students will learn to describe the structure and aroma of beers and will learn how these are impacted by beer’s primary ingredients: yeast, hops and malt.
Session 2: Terroir and National Tradition
In this session, students apply what they learned in the previous week to explore how different countries and regions think about and make beer. We will explore how process decisions, drinking culture and local history shape the beers of the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Germany and Belgium.
Session 3: American Beer and the Future
In our final class, we look to the future as we explore the emerging traditions of American beer. And finally, our course culminates with a blind tasting to reinforce our learning throughout the course.
Sessions:
Next dates TBD.
Who should take this class:
This class is ideal for students who want to improve their ability to describe and evaluate beer and to better understand what factors contribute to the great diversity of beer styles.
About your instructor:
This course is taught by Jeff Alworth, author of The Beer Bible, named best wine, spirits, or beer book by the IACP. He is co-host of the Beervana Podcast, has taught beer courses at the university level and leads virtual corporate tasting events.
Refund policy:
In order to bring you small, interactive wine classes with top tier wines, we’re unable to accommodate refund and transfer requests for this class. If life gets busy or things come up, we hope you’ll gift your registration to a friend or family member.
