Beer Appreciation Course Offered By College

If you like craft beer — and want to know more about how its made — you might want to tap into an upcoming course.

Award winning brewmaster Stefan Buhl — formerly of Tree Brewing in Kelowna —  will lead a beer tasting and appreciation course being offered through Okanagan College’s Continuing Studies Department.

It will be held March 8th at Martens Brewing Company in Vernon, and March 10th and April 14th in Kelowna, in partnership with Tree Brewing.

“After completing his apprenticeship as a brewmaster in his homeland of Germany, Stefan Buhl brought his knowledge and passion for German-styled lagers and ales and English ales to Canada in 1996,” says a news release from Okanagan College. “He spent 17 years brewing beer and overseeing production for Tree Brewing in Kelowna and is now owner of his own brewing and packaging solutions company. Buhl will share his decades of experience during a three-hour beer appreciation course on March 8 starting at 6:30 p.m. at Marten Brewing Company in Vernon.”

“Craft beer was not on anyone’s radar at all here when I first arrived,” says Buhl. “People are much more knowledgeable and interested in it now, which is great to see.“Given the growth in the number of craft breweries out there, and with more and more people building an appreciation for craft beer, I felt like it was a great time to pass on what I’ve learned over the years.”

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Participants can expect an interactive session touching briefly on the history of beer making and Buhl’s experiences in the early days of craft beer in the Okanagan. They will then taste their way through some of the brewmaster’s favourites from around B.C. The session will cap off with a question and answer period.

Seating is limited.

For more information and to register online (participants must be 19 or older), visit Okanagan.bc.ca/beerappreciation.