
BTT Flight School - Now Boarding
BTT Flight School - Now Boarding
As part of our educational focus, we are excited to offer flight school once a month to help expand your craft beverage knowledge base. Each class will be curated and led by Christa Donofrio, Certified Cicerone® and owner of Beer Tooth Taproom. The hour long sessions will include a preset flight of four beer styles that will be discussed in relation to the topic.
Flight School Classes
Flight School Classes
Go On, Taste It!
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Discuss sense of smell, taste and how to really taste things. We will unpack our adjectives while learning which flavors come from the different raw components of the brewing process.
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Beer styles that may be included: Lager, Sour, Stout, IPA
IBU? Not a Clue.
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We will unravel the mystery of IBU, how they differ from perceived bitterness and why timing is everything with hops in the brewing process.
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Beer styles that may be included: German Pilsner, IPA, Double IPA, Stout
Just Chill
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Take a look at temperature and refrigeration and how they affect beer and your sense of taste
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Beer styles that may be included: IPA, Stout, Sour, American Lager
Feeling Malty
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Learn about the different grains and malting and what their role is in the brewing process
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Beer styles that may be included: Amber or red IPA, Scottish, Lager, Stout
For the Love of Adjuncts
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Explain adjuncts and what styles utilize them
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Beer styles that may be included: Wheats, milk stouts, Scottish/Scotch
What's Up with September?
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Why does the world celebrate Oktoberfest and drink March beers in September? Take a closer look at German beer history and the Marzen beer style
Look to the Yeast
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Discuss yeast, types and flavors imparted in the beer
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Beer styles that may be included: Weissbier, Saison, Belgian, Wit
You Say Hybrid Like it's a Bad Thing
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Clarify what styles are considered hybrids and why
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Beer styles that may be included: Kolsch, Altbier, Cream Ale, Baltic Porter
Turn Up the Heat
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Experience how the different beer styles affect the intensity of spicy in foods.
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Beer styles that may be included: IPA, Stout, Scottish, lager
On the Dark Side
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Dive into the what and why of black lagers and blonde stouts. Get to know the styles that challenge your preconceived taste expectations.
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Beer styles that may be included: Stout, Blonde Stout, Helles Lager, Schwarzbier
What’s in the Water?
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Explore the importance of water content in the brewing of beer
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Beer styles that may be included: Styles that came to be because of the salts in the water