This past Saturday, I took a sensory training class called “Off Flavor,” put on by my good friend Os Cruz from HeySmartBeerDude.com and Vito Forte of The Copper Mine Pub. Off flavors are something that are experienced in beers quite often, in certain cases it is tolerable but there are extreme cases that completely ruin the beers we drink, this short class is the ideal way to learn to identify them.
With everyone going for Cicerone certifications and becoming beer judges lately, Os Cruz, saw an opportunity to aid people in their studies by hosting this class to help people along during their studying process. Since I am going for my certified beer server in a few months I thought it would be a great way to learn something and grab some new content for the blog. Continue reading “OFF FLAVOR”