Event

Beer Sensory Evaluation Class

Join Willoughby Brewmaster, BJCP National Beer Judge and Certified Cicerone Rick Seibt and BJCP National Beer Judge Paul Shick 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.

Where: Willoughby Brewing Company, 4057 Erie St., Willoughby, OH 44094
When: Monday, October 13, 2014
7:00pm - 9:30pm

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-nonenal, 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 strictly limited to 50.

Due to the fact that this class sells out quickly every year, there are NO REFUNDS! All sales are final. If you purchase a ticket and cannot attend, please contact us at brewer@willoughbybrewing.com and we will try our best to place your ticket with another interested party and give you a gift card for the face value of the ticket (before transaction fees), but there is no guarantee we can do this.