Beer & Food: The best ways to serve, taste and combine beer

Name: Beer & Food: The best ways to serve, taste and combine beer
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The best course for relevant tips and tricks about beer treatment and tasting beer to put in practice today!

Created byBeer Training

Last updated 3/2021

English

What you'll learn

Learn everything you need to know about the best ways to enjoy beer!
USA & Craft Beer Revolution
Pouring & Serving Beer
Tasting & Describing Beer
Beer & Food

Course content

5 sections • 14 lectures • 30m total length

History2:21
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.
Expansion & Growth vs Craft Beer Movement2:36
Trace the expansion of global beer giants and the birth of the craft beer movement, from microbreweries like California's New Albion to U.S. brewpubs.
Craft Beer Types1:26
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.
Quality & Future1:31
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.
USA & Craft Beer Revolution

Glassware3:33
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.
Basic Principles0:59
Master basic pouring principles for draught beer with clean, cooled glasses, proper rinsing, osmosis systems and neutral rinsing agents, and a thin water layer inside the glass.
Draught Beer3:02
Learn draught beer pouring techniques to control foam, including glass rinsing, 45-degree pours, two phases for stout, and foam skimming, ensuring a two-finger head and presentation on a coaster.
Pouring from a Bottle1:57
Learn to pour beer from a bottle with a clean dry glass, a proper angle, and a slow pour to form head, managing yeast sediment and three ways to enjoy.
Pouring & Serving Beer

The Eye & Nose3:47
Learn to observe beer color, sniff aromas, and retronasal smelling to describe flavors with a structured tasting technique. Practice tasting together to inspire shared vocabulary and precise descriptions.
The Mouth2:19
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.
Tasting & Describing Beer

Pairing Beer & Food2:27
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.
Beer & Food Combinations2:31
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.
Tips & Tricks1:50
Experiment with beer and food pairings, from pilsner with Asian dishes to IPA with spicy foods, balance intensity with cheeses and desserts, and learn proper glassware and serving temperature.
Beer & Food

Requirements

Would be ideal if you like beer already, however some people don't know yet so we can also help you discover!

Description

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!

Who this course is for:

Beer lovers and hospitality professionals

Beer & Food: The best ways to serve, taste and combine beer

What you'll learn

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Course content

USA & Craft Beer Revolution4 lectures • 8min

Pouring & Serving Beer4 lectures • 10min

Tasting & Describing Beer2 lectures • 6min

Beer & Food3 lectures • 7min

Congratulations, you are an expert on treating and enjoying beer!1 lecture • 1min

Requirements

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