Golden Key Beer Academy Virtual Learning

So you’re interested in checking in with me and unlocking your path to beer education and becoming a better taster. I am a Certified Cicerone who is here and eager to help you succeed, however you’re measuring that success!

Here’s what to expect from my six lesson virtual beer school:

1. Learning how to build a beer vocabulary that’s personal to you.
2. A deep dive into the classic styles including history, brewing processes, tasting notes, and food pairings.
3. Beer tasting exercises to strengthen your palate and build your sensory knowledge.
4. An interactive format meant to engage you with others who are beer curious and thirsting to learn more.
5. Making this course what you need. While I have a built out lesson plan, there is wiggle room to adapt it to what you need, and the chance for individualized attention as needed.I am offering this first group at an introductory rate of $25 per session. If you can’t make each date that’s fine you can pay per class you attend. However if you’re able to commit to all six, I’ll throw in a course free. So for 6 classes that would be $125 total!

Syllabus

Lesson One: September 16th, 2025

The Lobby: Let’s Check In

• Introductions and class takeaways
• How to understand and elevate your beer vocabulary
• Ingredients: How do they play together and affect beer
• Proper Glassware
• Tasting Techniques.

Lesson Two: September 30th, 2025

The Lager Lounge

• Lager History & Brewing crash course
• Off flavors in brewing processes
• Oktoberfest tasting
• Food Pairings for Fest Season & Why they work.

Lesson Three: October 14th, 2025

Into The Cellar

• Belgian Beer overview
• Trappist Ale History
• Tasting Portion
• Stouts, Spontaneous Fermentation & Barrel Aging
• How Wild yeast & microbes affect beer

Lesson Four: October 28th, 2025

The Banquet Hall

• All things food & beer pairing.
• How to pair, how to write pairings, best practices and pratfalls.
• Beer Pairing Vocabulary
• Cooking with Beer
• Beer service - From proper storage temperatures to corks vs caps to what’s in the walk in

Lesson Five: November 11th, 2025

Sensory Suite

• Learn how to become a better blind taster
• Really learn how taste and smell go hand in hand
• Swirl, Sniff, Repeat Method
• Possible Guest speaker TBALesson Six: Timing and Topic TBD