Classroom Syllabus for Craft Beer Sensorik Training Seminar - Weihenstephan Research Brewery 2024

Class Day 1 - Tuesday 11 June

9:00 – Noon (Morning Session)

  • Welcome to Weihenstephan Brauerei
  • German Beer & Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot)
  • PRACTICE: Basic Tastes
  • THEORY: Odor
  • PRACTICE: Aromatic Substances

BREAK

  • THEORY: Taste
  • PRACTICE: Threshold determination

Noon – 2pm

  • Lunch Break – (Gasthof Lerner)

2:00 – 6:00 (Afternoon Session)

  • THEORY: Odor
  • PRACTICE: Aromatic Substances
  • THEORY: Odor
  • PRACTICE: Aromatic Substances

BREAK

  • PRACTICE: Odor
  • PRACTICE: Aromatic Substances
  • THEORY: Odor
  • PRACTICE: Aromatic Substances

7:00 Dinner (Bräustüberl Weihenstephan)

Class Day 2 - Wednesday 12 June

9:00 – Noon (Morning Session)

  • PRACTICE: Basic Tastes
  • PRACTICE: Aromatic Substances
  • PRACTICE: Ranking test
  • PRACTICE: Threshold determination

BREAK

  • THEORY: Beer Aging
  • PRACTICE: Beer Aging
  • EXAMINATION
  • THEORY: Taste
  • PRACTICE: Threshold determination

Noon – 2pm

  • Lunch Break – (Gasthof Lerner)

2:00 – 6:00 (Afternoon Session)

  • THEORY: German Bier Styles
  • PRACTICE: German Bier Styles
  • BREAK
  • PRACTICE: Bier Tasting
  • TUM – Certificate to Students
7:00 Dinner (Free time in Freising)