Cask Marque Cellar Management Course - BIIAB Award in Beer and Cellar Quality (ABCQ)

Cellar Management Course – Content Outline

1. Introduction to Profit Through Quality:

• The Importance of the draught category to your business
• How poor quality beer can affect profits/consumer confidence
• What is the Perfect Pint?
• The Benefits of serving the Perfect Pint (module includes theory, two syndicate exercises, consolidation quiz)

2. What is beer?

• Outline the main characteristics of each type of draught product
• Detail how beer is made
• Detail the difference between cask and keg (module includes theory, brewery tour where applicable, two syndicate exercises, DVD, consolidation quiz)

3. The Cellar Environment

• Hygiene – rules, regulations, best practice
• Temperature – how this can impact on draught quality
• Stock Control – maximising yields, reducing wastage
• Fault finding (module includes theory, one syndicate exercise, consolidation quiz)

4. Cask Ale Management

• What is cask ale?
• Stock management, range and throughput
• Handling cask ale from delivery to serve
• Fault finding
• Product Knowledge (specific to Whitbread) (module includes theory, practical in cellar, consolidation quiz)

5. Keg Management

• What is a keg product?
• Stock management, range and throughput
• Product Dispense Systems
• Dispense Gas systems
• Remote and secondary cooler maintenance
• Fault finding
• Line cleaning
• Product Knowledge (specific to Whitbread) (module includes theory, one syndicate exercise, practical in cellar, DVD, consolidation quiz)

6. Glass washing and Glass care

• Key hygiene standards for glass washing
• Methods of glass washing
• Renovation treatment
• Fault finding (module includes theory, practical at the bar, DVD and consolidation quiz)

7. Dispense – Serving the Perfect Pint

• Dispensing the Perfect Pint (by category – cask, lager, stout, cider, small pack)
• In glass temperatures (module includes theory, practical at the bar, DVD, tasting ‘off’ flavours, consolidation quiz)

8. COSHH and Health and Safety

COST: £PP

How To Book

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