
Trace the rise of craft beer, artisan and nano breweries, through 1861 St. Louis beginnings with Adolphus Busch and Lilly Anheuser, prohibition, and US brewing growth.
Explore craft beer types shaped by small-scale production and diverse flavors. Learn about double IPA and imperial IPA, American IPA, imperial stouts, and sours—hops, alcohol content, IBU, and barrel aging.
Explore the Brewers Association’s indie craft label and its small-scale, independent-ownership, traditional-flavor rules, and note the 12.3% global craft share.
Choose the right glass to control aroma, flavor, and head. Learn how glass shape, from narrow pilsner to tulip, affects co2 retention and aroma perception.
Distinguish aftertaste from true taste by tasting beer warm to body temperature and then cold, revealing aromas, flavors, and the influence of CO2 and water hardness.
Pair beer with food by complementing or contrasting flavors, considering cooking methods, and matching beer styles—pale ales with cooked foods, bocks with stews—then practice tasting steps: sip, bite, sip.
Explore beer and food pairings by testing Weizen with goat cheese, Pilsner with green pepper and hummus, and Tripel with smoked salmon, noting how flavors balance and linger.
Celebrate becoming a real beer expert, share a positive review, tell your friends about the course, and keep practicing at home to stay thirsty.
This online beer training is developed with great pleasure by Laurens & Erik; Beer trainers by profession.
Together we have more than 25 years of international experience in entertaining beer lovers and training bar staff in more than 40 different countries around the world. We do not use difficult terms and complex theories, but simply explain all the knowledge about beer treatment and tasting in a fun, entertaining and clear way.
Knowing beer is awesome, but knowing the best ways to enjoy it even more! In this course you will learn how to serve beer in the best possible way, the best tasting techniques and how to combine your favorite beer with different snacks and dishes. Drinking beer is easy (and we would highly recommend you to just enjoy a beer every now and then), but becoming an expert in describing its taste and combining with food will give beer a complete new dimension! Sign up for the course and get a lot of practical tips that you can use directly!
Chapters:
1. USA & Craft Beer Movement
The USA has a current and lively beer history. From the prohibition to the rise of large breweries, back to microbreweries and brewpubs.
2. Pouring & Serving Beer
Why do you serve beer from a bottle in a dry glass? Do you pour a specialty beer from the tap differently? What about a stout? What are the correct serving techniques?
3. Tasting & Describing Beer
Drinking beer is not the same as tasting it. With the right tasting techniques you can distinguish fragrances and aromas, taste and aftertaste. Cheers!
4. Beer & Food
There are a lot of great combinations to make with beer and food. Here you will learn how to match your dishes with the right beer.
Please note: US metric system
Enroll now and become an Expert on Beer treatment and tasting techniques!