About Scheduling a Private Instruction

This is Lesson 10 of our homebrewing lesson plan. Our private instruction lesson plans are instruction only.  They do not include beverage/food production on site or any beverage/food handling. 

Advanced Sensory Training for Beer Assessment (MUST BE 21 YRS+)

Approximate lesson time: 40-60 minutes

This Lesson 10 Plan Includes:

• ID check for tasting
• Review of the most important and more difficult parts of a BJCP scoresheet in preparation for the tasting
• The importance of understanding beer styles and vital beer statistics
• The Tasting: tasting is performed to identify at least 10 of the most important & common beer flavors/flaws
  • Acetaldehyde
  • Carbonic acid
  • Esters
  • Oxidation
  • DMS (dimethyl sulfide)
  • Lactic
  • Acetic
  • Diacetyl
  • Light struck
  • Phenolic
• Discussion about each of the compounds presented in the tasting
• NOTE FOR STUDENT - Please do not wear any fragrances to the tasting.