The Spirit Sensory Analysis course gives you the tools and skills required to run a range of sensory tests. And the ability to use the test results to improve your process and your products.
This course reinforces our continuing professional development pathway and it has been designed in collaboration with leading sensory scientists and distilling professionals.
It will transform distillers and quality professionals into sensory experts able to run an effective sensory panel.
The Spirit Sensory Analysis course will benefit experienced commercial distilleries from distilleries of all sizes as well as quality professionals.
The course features text, videos and animations, along with quizzes and games that give you the opportunity to check your understanding of each section and extend your learning.
Your learning is assessed as you go through the course and when finished, you will receive a Certificate of Completion as a record of continuing professional development.
You will have access to downloadable technical information including:
- Spirit flavour terminology systems and flavour wheels
- Flavour thresholds and descriptors for over 300 key spirit flavour compounds
- Flavour standard specifications
- Tasting forms for more than 10 sensory tests
- The statistical tables, equations and calculations that enable you to interpret your test results
Essential Information
Price £99
Learning Time Approximately 10 hours
Access 90 days full access to unique interactive content from date of enrolment
Key Features
- Learn at your own pace when and where it is most convenient for you
- Access to the course material for 90 days from the date of enrolment
- Learn with a rich blend of engaging text and illustrations along with interactive videos and animations
- Download unit summaries
- Self-assess your learning at the end of each unit
- Receive a Certificate of Completion from the most recognised brewing learning provider in the world
With the course you will:
- Gain a detailed understanding of spirit flavour
- Learn the flavour thresholds of over 300 key spirit flavour compounds
- Understand the requirements of a sensory facility and how to achieve them without spending too much
- Discover the sources of bias and error in sensory assessment
- Learn how to select and train an elite sensory panel
- Discover how to prepare and present spirit samples
- Become proficient in running sensory tests
- Learn how to process the data and interpret the results from sensory tests
- Be able to select the sensory test that will give you the information you need to make the best spirits possible
