Event

Beer Sensory Evaluation Class

Join BJCP National Beer Judge Paul Shick and BJCP Certified Beer Judge and Certified Cicerone Rick Seibt for an evening of beer sensory evaluation. You'll learn the basic concepts of beer evaluation, how to properly evaluate beer for it's elemental flavors as well as how to detect simple off flavors.

This course is a must for anyone who regularly evaluates beer, for the homebrewer looking to make better beer, and for prospective beer judge candidates.

What you'll learn:

- The proper environment, equipment and presentation of beers to be evaluated
- Basic tasting technique
- Flavor detection
- Off-flavor detection including: diacetyl, isoamyl acetate, DMS, acetaldehyde, trans-2-nonel, infection

Who would benefit from attending:

- Anyone interested in refining their beer evaluation techniques
- Candidates interested in taking Beer Judge Certification and/or Cicerone exams

You must be 21 years of age or older to attend.

Attendees will be served approximately six to eight 2 oz. servings of beer. It's highly encouraged that you have a meal at least 1 hour before the course, and abstain from drinking any beer prior to the course as this might affect your ability to properly assess flavors.

Class size is limited to 50.