About this Course
Bitterness is much more than just an IBU value. It influences the flavour balance, the perception of hop aroma and, ultimately, consumer acceptance. In this webinar, you will learn which factors influence bitterness and how modern hop products can contribute to efficient and consistent bitterness control.
Achieving Bitterness
Course Overview
Bitterness is an essential component of a beer’s flavour and plays a key role in its balance, drinkability and overall impression. But what function does bitterness actually serve, and how is it perceived by consumers?
In this webinar, our experts will explore the sensory definition of bitterness and discuss the factors that influence the quality of bitterness perception. We will focus in particular on the interactions between bitterness and aroma, and demonstrate how these two sensory impressions together shape a beer’s flavour profile. Furthermore, participants will learn how modern hop products can be used to improve the yield of bitter compounds and to integrate bitterness specifically and efficiently into the brewing process. Using practical examples, we will demonstrate how technological and sensory aspects can be successfully combined.
Free Online Seminar
English
Take Aways from this Course:
- The role of bitterness in beer and its importance for flavour balance
- The sensory definition and evaluation of bitterness
- Insights into the perception of bitterness quality from the consumer’s perspective
- The interplay between bitterness and aroma
- Ways to optimise the yield of bitter compounds using modern hop products
Modern Brewing
Meet Your Experts
Learn from internationally recognized hop and sensory experts with extensive experience in research, brewing and product development.
Dr. Christina Schönberger
Product and Education Expert
Dr. Schönberger is one of the top sensory experts in the international brewing industry. She did her doctorate on non-volatile flavours in bottom-fermented beers and has written numerous scientific publications and book chapters on hop and beer sensory analysis. She has worked at BarthHaas since 2005 and, together with Georg Drexler, heads the Brewing Solutions department, which focuses on technical consulting for breweries. Dr. Schönberger was instrumental in the development of Hopsessed, the BarthHaas scheme for sensory analysis of hop aroma. She is also a co-founder of the HopsAcademy, which has been offering seminars for brewers and hop and beer enthusiasts worldwide since 2011. Since 2018, she has also been responsible for the Concept Brewery on the BarthHaas Campus.
Marius Hartmann
Technical Manager Brewing Solutions
Working together, thinking innovatively - living the traditional craft: The creative head of the concept brewery is a trained master brewer and maltster, a graduate of the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences and has been working in the brewing and beverage industry since 2008. Not least due to several years of professional experience at home and abroad, including in the USA, he has broadened his horizons and is open to diverse product developments. In addition to creating hop-driven beers with innovative hop varieties and products for and with customers from all over the world, the conception of novel trendy beverages is his passion. Since 2018, he has been responsible for creative recipe developments at the concept brewery on the BarthHaas Campus.
