Senac and Doemens Academy launch beer sommelier training course

After two years of planning and coordination with Doemens, Senac is launching the most complete Beer Sommelier course, aiming to promote the culture of beer in Brazil with the exchange of knowledge, training professionals in the area and offering double certification.
The course in Brazil will be along the same lines as that held in Germany, where students experience situations from the professional day to day that stimulate their capacity for reflection and critical sense. Group work, exhibitions with dialogue, guided tastings, technical visits and research activities are held for this purpose.
Targeting production, logistics, communication, merchandising or beer service professionals, entrepreneurs and gastronomy professionals over 18 years of age, the course grants participants certification from Senac and from Doemens, provides didactic material tailored for the Brazilian market, international recognition and contact with beer schools.
In Brazil, Doemens is officially represented by Cilene Saorin, master brewer and beer sommelier, responsible for giving lessons to the first class of the course.
Click here to  view the resume of Cilene Saorin.

The course
The participants develop competencies for work as a beer sommelier, disseminating the culture of beer at bars, restaurants, hotels, distributors, producers and importers of beers in various areas, such as logistics, communication, merchandising or beer service.

During the course, the participants develop skills required for the pursuit of the occupation in an ethical manner, suggesting different styles of beer and their harmonization options to guarantee pleasant gastronomic experiences.
(Course hours: 100 hours)
 
Requirements
Eighteen years of age or above, with primary school education.

Method
The course involves learning situations that put the students into contact with the professional routine and that stimulate, at the same time, their capacity for reflection and their critical sense. These include discussions and group work, plenary presentations, simulations of work situations, exhibitions with dialogue, guided tastings, technical visits and research activities.

Program
• Culture of beer: history, beer schools, raw materials,
production processes, styles.
• Beer and gastronomy: applications in gastronomy.
• Sensorial profile of beers: tasting, harmonization and uses in gastronomy and in cocktail making.
• Applicability of the sensorial analysis in management and service of the product.
• Sales drivers: beer list, brigade and product visibility.
• The use of appropriate vocabulary in the description of beer.
• Ethics in the transmission of information.
• Alimentary hygiene and safety.
• Conscious and responsible consumption.
• Study on the world market of beers. Focus on Brazil.

Certification
Senac and the Doemens Academy, with international recognition, grant the course conclusion certificate.

Senac provides the didactic material:
Senac provides:
Beer Sommelier textbook, created by the Doemens Academy.