Beer Course & Cellar Management (1 day)

The beer course takes place in Brew-School premises in Bakewell as well as world renown microbrewery Thornbridge Brewery’s acclaimed Tap Room.  The course is taken by an acclaimed beer sommelier, director of the beer writers guild and award winning tutor. This is a practical course enabling attendees and their businesses to upskill their staff on the practicalities of cellar management but also beer styles and being able to converse confidently about beer. This is ideal for people working in the pub sector as well as employers looking to upskill their bar and pub staff in beer dispense and beer quality and beer flavour styles in order that they can converse with confidence with customers.

This full day beer course with cellar management includes the following elements:

• This beer course includes a brief introduction on how beer is made
•  You will gain insights on the negative impact of poor beer quality on a business
• You will gain an understanding how to calculate wastage and yields and then understand how this impacts on the profitablity of a pub or bar
• Learn the differences between cask, keg and packaged beer
• Understand the cellar environmnent and equipment
• Get to grips with keg dispense systems
• Gain and understanding of how to condition cask beer
• Learn the importance of glass ware and how to dispense beer correctly

All attendees will following the successful completion of the examination at the end of the course will be awarded the BIAAB Level 2 Award in Beer and Cellar Quality (Cask and Keg)

All material to be provided by Brew-School and the designated trainer

Lunch to be provided by Brew-School

Course times : 9.30 am - 5.00 pm