Hops: Lecture & Tasting
- Advanced
- 21 and older
- $25
- 700 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
- 90 minutes
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This advanced course and accompanying tasting will engross you in the wonderfully complex world of hops which are the delicate, cone-like flower giving many of your favorite brews their delicious and complex aromas and flavors.
Hops are wonderfully diverse and are used for multiple purposes. Each variety imparts a uniquely different scent and flavor – from spicy, citrusy, pine-like, earthy to floral.
Our course will comprehensively cover the essential properties and nature of hops: you will learn how to distinguish between hop varieties and their origins as well as how to harness them throughout the brewing process to produce a perfectly balanced homebrew. Learn how hops are used for flavoring, bittering, and preserving beer and leave with a deeper appreciation for the world of hops.
We will require that attendees provide a CDC issued COVID-19 vaccination card showing a fully-vaccinated status. There are no exceptions to this policy.
We don’t issue refunds, but if you need to reschedule your class for any reason, you have up to 13 business days in advance to do so.
If you find yourself missing the deadline, try asking around and see if a friend can take your spot. You’ll get the refund and fill a perfectly good spot. Everybody wins!
In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.
Students praise the classes at Hops: Lecture & Tasting for being informative and engaging. The instructor is described as knowledgeable, fun, and entertaining. Students learn a lot about the science of hops and have the opportunity to put their knowledge into practical use through the tasting portion of the class. The classes are seen as in-depth and advanced, offering a deep understanding of the nuances of different hops. Some students express the need for improvement in the amount of distractions, as the classes are taught inside the shop, and noise from customers can be disruptive. Additionally, students mention concerns about the facilities, including the lack of heat and limited handouts. Direct quotes from the reviews: - "The tasting part put the preceding lecture and slides into practical use and helped illustrate the differences between different hops." - "This is an advanced class if you are interested in the nuances of different hops." - "Noise was an issue at times since the class is right in the store."
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Douglas Amport and John La Polla founded Bitter & Esters, the city’s first do-it-yourself brewery and homebrew supply shop, motivated by their knowledge and passion for brewing as equal parts art and science. Fueled by the desire to inspire, educate, and nurture the growing homebrew community...
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Bitter & Esters
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
700 Washington Ave
Btwn St Marks Ave & Prospect PI
Brooklyn, New York 11238 Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
700 Washington Ave
Btwn St Marks Ave & Prospect PI
Brooklyn, New York 11238
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