WSET Level 1 Beer Classroom Course, Manchester

This course is great if you’re new to beer: whether for your career or just interested. You are taught everything you need to know in 1 day.
About this Event
The WSET Level 1 Award in Beer provides a great introduction to the world of beer. Learning through sight, smell and taste, you’ll become familiar with a range of beer styles and how they are made.

If you work with beer, you’ll be able to answer customer queries with confidence and provide helpful recommendations. If you’re learning for fun, you’ll feel inspired to explore new styles and know how to get the most out of every glass.

What’s Covered?

• The main ingredients used to make beer: malt and other sugar sources, water, hops, yeast.
• The main production steps used to make beer: malting, brewing
• The principles of successful beer storage, service and food pairing.
• Beer storage and service: keeping beer fresh, glassware, pouring keg beer, opening and pouring bottled beer, service temperature.
• Common beer faults: staling, light strike (skunking), bacterial infection.
• Food and beer: Preferences, sensitivities, interactions, application and other considerations.
• The characteristics of a range of key beer styles:

Styles

• Malt-driven styles: American or international pale lager, Munich helles, Blonde ale, Munich dunkel, Brown ale, Porter and stout, Barley wine
• Hop-driven styles: Traditional Czech or German pilsner, Bitter, American pale ale, American IPA, Hazy IPA
• Yeast driven styles: Weissbier, Dubbel, Tripel, Saison, Witbier
• Sour styles: Berliner weisse, Geuze (gueuze)

You’ll taste at least 10 beers covering a range of styles.

This is designed to be a self contained 1 day course. Your student workbook will be provided at the start of the day. The course ends in an exam which must be taken in person on the day. It is a 30 question multiple-choice exam and you must score 70% (21 marks out of 30) or above to pass.

Don’t worry, you will be taught everything you need to know by your expert tutor! Those who pass will get a digital certificate, which you can print or share a direct link to with employers.

To find out more about the course, what you will be studying & the exam, you can read the course specification document here