With a world of styles and flavours to choose from, beer tasting can be great fun. But it is important to use all your senses; hearing; vision; smell and taste. Hearing? Just think of that ‘schh’ as the bottle top comes off or the hiss and gurgle as a widget can is opened. Beer should look good. If you don’t give your beer a sniff how can you pick out the sweet, toasty, malty and toffee nose a classic British ale; the citrus hoppiness of an IPA or the cloves and bananas leaping out of a wheat beer! And use a glass with plenty of ‘headspace’.

Swallow, don’t spit! After your first mouthful you will notice all the flavours. The malty sweetness at the front of the mouth and the drying bitterness from the hops at the back as the beer slips down your throat to a satisfying finish. Each style has its own character: the sweet and sour attack of a great Belgian fruit beer; the hoppy surge of an IPA; the roasty richness of a creamy porter; the perfumed bite of a traditional Pilsener lager. You’ll soon find that wine is hard pressed to match the diversity of beer flavours.

We launched these new monthly beer appreciation events aimed at consumers who like beer but may not know too much about it and don’t have the time to attend our full day course.. Our aim is to encourage more people to appreciate the wonderful world of beer, ales & lagers.

All that for a bargain price of £25 per person. This includes a Beer Academy Branded Glass and our ever popular Best Long Drink in the World Booklet.

TO BOOK A PLACE: Please download an application form below and send it to Dan Cannas (dan.cannas@ibd.org.uk) OR simply call Dan on +44 (0) 207 290 6087.

If you have any questions then please do not hesitate contact Dan Cannas by email dan.cannas@ibd.org.uk