Level 2 – WSET® Award in Beer – English – 29.03.2025 – registration closes on 14.03.2025 – Biel / Bienne

CHF 850.00

This course is currently only available for study in the English language, as other language versions become available, we will inform you on the appropriate course descriptor pages.

Who should attend?

The WSET Level 2 Award in Beer focuses on how key ingredients and production processes influence the style and quality of beer. It will also teach you how to taste, describe and evaluate the quality of beer.

If you’re a beer or hospitality professional, you’ll be able to offer valuable guidance on selection and service to your colleagues and customers. If you’re a beer enthusiast, you’ll know exactly what to look for when choosing beers for any occasion.

How will you benefit?

On successful completion of the course, participants will be able to describe and compare beer styles brewed with internationally and regionally important malts, as well as explain the use and importance of hops and adjuncts to each beer style.

What’s covered?

  • The main ingredients used in beer production, how they are processed and their influence on the style of beer produced
    • Malt and adjuncts, water, hops and other flavourings, yeast and bacteria
  • How beer production influences the style and quality of beer.
    • alcoholic fermentation process, brewing process, brewing equipment, beer production options, spontaneous and mixed culture fermentation options
  • The key principles and processes involved in the storage and service of beer
    • Ideal conditions for storage, packaging and shelf life, service temperatures, glassware, beer on tap, bottled beer, common faults, beer and food
  • How over 60 beer styles are produced and labelled and their typical characteristics.
    • Malt-driven lagers, malt-driven ales, hop-driven lagers, hop-driven ales, yeast-driven ales, mixed fermentation styles, other speciality beers

Examination requirements for the Level 2 WSET® Award in Beer :

Successfully complete

  • an examination which consists of 50 multiple choice questions

N.B. Instruction, course material and examination are in the English language.

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Description

Level 2 WSET® Award in Beer

Instruction, course material and WSET® examination in the English language
Saturday, the 29th of March 2025
from 08:15 Welcome
08:30 Introduction to the course and the learning outcomes
08:40 Main ingredients
09:10 Introduction to the Level 2 WSET® Systematic approach to tasting Beer©
09:40 Malting

Malt types and adjuncts
11:30 Lunch break
12:30 Brewing process and equipment
15:00 Malt-driven styles
16:30 Questions and end of the first course day
Saturday, the 5th of April 2025
from 08:15 Welcome
08:30 Hops
09:00 Hop-driven styles
11:30 Lunch break
12:30 Yeast
13:30 Yeast-driven styles
14:30 Yeast and bacteria
15:00 Mixed fermentation styles
16:30 Questions and end of the second course day
Saturday, the 12th of April 2025
from 08:15 Welcome
08:30 Other speciality beers
11:00 Styles recap
11:30 Lunch break
12:30 Storage and service
14:00 Beer and food
14:30 Questions & Feedback
14:40 short break
15:00 WSET® Level 2 Award in Beer – examination
16:30 End of course and the examination
  • Login or create a profile for yourself on the website, so that you can directly reserve your place for this course
  • Please note, that we will need you to complete the registration information, which includes your date of birth, so that we can complete the registration process as quickly as possible for you

N.B. We accept payments by debit card and credit card through the SumUp system but you might prefer to pay by bank transfer. 

Financial assistance:

For those of you who are employed by, or are responsible for a restaurant, hotel, bar or nicht club in any of the following Cantons, there is a possibility of being subsidised for the course fee.

The Cantons we currently have an agreement with are:

  • Fribourg
  • Geneva – it is possible to apply for “a grant or a loan” from the Canton
  • Jura
  • Neuchâtel
  • Valais – ritzy further and continuing education

For managers and employees of a restaurant, bar, hotel or nightclub (subject to the L-GAV / CCNT) in a Canton that does not offer a subsidy for continuing education, we offer a 10% discount on the price of the course at our main premises and also in the Canton of Ticino. Please contact us to find out more.

For the Cantons with which we have an agreement, contact us and we will assist you in the process. We look forward to welcoming you to the next course.

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