WSET Level 1 Award in Beer | 4 Week Online Course

Description

A 4-week online course delivered by the WSET’s Online Classroom. It’s the same syllabus as the classroom course and you are given weekly activities, but it is modular with no live classes to attend at set times.

Please note that tasting samples are not provided for this version of the online course. You will need to source these yourself.

Classroom times: 10:00am-5:30pm

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.

The course ends in an exam. 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 certificate and lapel pin.

You are provided with a PDF download copy of the student workbook from the online classroom. You will be provided with a list of beer samples to source for the tastings.

To find out how the course works and what you will be studying, click here.