25th - 27th September 2008
The Business Design Centre, London
Sit with our experts at Beer Exposed and be enlightened! Your bespoke tutorials have been designed as a fun and interactive way to learn more about beer. Challenge your senses and gain the confidence to talk to your friends about beer with a new-found appreciation!
Each of our talks will start with the basics of beer tasting so that you get maximum enjoyment out of every session.
Besides Tintin, Belgium's two other favourite exports are an unexpectedly wonderful match. In our Beer & Food theatre explore how beers from around the world can comfortably sit alongside chocolate.
Taste some of the world’s most popular cheeses from the stinkiest blue to the creamiest cheddar alongside some of the world's best beers – it will open your eyes to a whole new world of after-dinner or casual meal delights.
Learn to match drinks to your food the same way top sommeliers do by discovering what flavours cut, complement or contrast to your chosen dish- bon appetit!
It's easier than you think! Dispel the number of myths surrounding what makes a beer and try some styles that showcase these magic ingredients at their finest whilst discovering how to accompany them with their most natural companion, food!
For centuries religious orders have been providing the congregation with elixirs of many forms. Uncover the history of the Trappist movement and experience the styles it has inspired.
Beginning here in London you will embark on a journey around the world highlighting the development of beer across the globe and its many different styles.
Ladies, tired of being patronised or ill-informed about the world of beer? Sit with one of our female beer experts and you'll come out the other side armed with more knowledge and the confidence to order what YOU want! Men optional.
Different hop varieties impart beers with many of their exciting flavours. Find out more about these fascinating plants and their immense impact on the British brewing culture during their relatively short history on these shores. Our experts are seasoned beer travellers and will tell of travels you've never imagined.
Over the past 30 years the craft brewing movement, both here and in the US, has become the epicentre of experimentation and progression in drinks production – are you ready for this eruption of immense flavours?
From Westminster to Greenwich, London inspires and influences the world, beer is no different. Experience London's classic porter with one of its most knowledgeable experts and appreciate different 'takes' on the style and contrasts to it.
Explore the cultural background to a hand picked selection of world beers. Linking beers to historic events, famous people and annual festivals celebrate beer and its ancestral origins!
Only decades ago the British craft brewing industry was facing extinction but it has recently undergone a resurrection; it's not quite Land's End to John O'Groats but you'll certainly enjoy the journey!
Through tasting delicious and diverse beer and food pairings, and giving simple guidelines for matching beer with food, Alex Barlow illustrates that from fine dining to simple snacks, the fantastic diversity of beer styles and flavours are 'fab with food'.
Alex Barlow reveals some of the secrets of brewing alchemy. In an interactive beer and raw material tasting and aroma experience, he describes how brewers can create such a diverse range of styles and flavours.
James Watt & Iain Weir come together to celebrate the launch of Brewdog Smokehead a collaboration of Scotland's most experimental microbrewers and this remarkable new Islay single malt scotch whisky. Taste and explore an Imperial Stout, Whisky and an IPA all from the same cask! Very limited tickets available please contact us for details.
