Know Your Beer is a fun, interactive and informative evening course to help you get better acquainted with the beer in your glass.
One evening a week, meet up with like-minded ale-aficionados at the upstairs brewbar of one of Cape Town’s top craft beer hangouts, Banana Jam Cafe.
Here’s an overview of what we’ll cover (content may alter slightly):
Week 1:
How beer is made, ingredients, tasting beer, lager vs pilsner, brief history of beer
Week 2:
Wheat, wit and Weiss, reinheitsgebot vs reinheitsgenot, herbs & spices in beer
Week 3:
Lager vs ale, blonde ale vs pale ale, cause & effect food-pairing, troubleshooting
Week 4:
Hops! IPA – the story and the myths, English vs American IPA, blind tasting challenge
Week 5:
Malt – the malting process, malt tasting, dark beers, porter vs stout, off-flavours
Week 6:
Beer & cheese pairing, focus on Belgian beers, blind tasting including off-flavours, quiz and certificates
Cost: R750 per person, including all beer tasters, course notes and one food pairing session. You can also join individual sessions for R150 per session.
Half-day courses can also be arranged, with a condensed syllabus polished off on a single Saturday afternoon.
To book or for further info, get in touch here.
