Siebel Institute to host Professional Beer Tasting & Styles Course
For those people, the Siebel Institute of Technology will host the Professional Beer Tasting & Styles course on 4th and 5th February 2010. This two-day workshop gives participants a solid foundation of beer knowledge, with a special emphasis on beer styles and tasting. Designed and created by brewing historian and beer style expert Randy Mosher, students learn about the world of beer styles through presentations that include:
Section 1 Introduction
- What is beer?
- Beer in context: Lifestyle & diet, culture, seasons
- A little beer history: Beginnings, medieval to modern, the American beer story, craft beer revolution
Section 2 – Sensory
- Techniques for sensory evaluation: Practical tips for evaluating beer, sources of flavour and aroma
- The taste of beer: Beer aroma and the flavour wheel
- The formal tasting: Types of tastings, competitive judging, evaluation forms
- Informal tastings: Settings & methods, tasting glasses
Section 3 – Beer by the numbers
- Gravity / Strength of wort, alcohol, colour, bitterness
- A question of balance
Section 4 – Common defects of beer
- Including tasting of beers spiked with off-flavours: Raw materials, brewhouse, fermentation/maturation: Yeast, infection, packaging
- Mishandling: Age, draft system problems, light
Section 5 – The process of brewing (and why you should care)
- Beer ingredient analysis: Malt, other grains & fermentables, hops, water, yeast, other ingredients
- The brewing process: Malting, mashing, boiling, chilling, fermenting, maturation, filtration, storage/shipping
Section 6 – What is a style?
- An introduction to the definitions of beer styles, followed by more detailed presentations of the major beer styles
Section 7 – Ales of the United Kingdom
Section 8 – Lager
Section 9 – European ales
Section 10 – Belgium & France
Section 11 – New American classics
Section 12 – Serving & storing beer
Section 13 – Beer & food
- Pairing approaches: Classic combinations, some surprising pairs, beer & cheese, beer with desserts
- Beer cuisine, beer & food tastings & dinners
For further information, please contact Keith Lemcke at .
