School Night: Beer Palate Class
I’m excited to be running a beer palate class tonight at Peaks Place Coffeehouse. It’s a cool format that’s different from what I’ve done before.
During the hour-long class, I’ll discuss the proper way to taste beer and explore the roles of malt and hops in producing the flavor profiles we enjoy. To experiment with this, participants will have a flight of 4 beer styles from Elevation Beer Co. along with samples of a malt and a hop from each of the recipes. We’ll drink the beer then look at what the 2 highlighted ingredients bring to the recipe.
Local homebrew shop, Fermentations, was kind enough to supply the ingredients that I need. I chose samples of 2 base malts and 2 specialty malts. We’ll taste each whole and also create a tea with some coarsely crushed grain in order to understand the color, aroma and flavor each malt contributes. For the hops, I chose 2 European varieties and 2 American varieties. Besides just discussing the aroma, I dry-hopped some light lager to help us explore the flavor each hops provides.
It’s been a lot of fun to prepare for this class. I look forward to meeting my enthusiastic group tonight!