International Certification Biersommelier

After registration, you will receive a starter package with learning materials and enjoyment aids for active beer moments.

Included are: Beer tasting glasses, a beer color determination card, hop and malt samples,  sensory pens, beer culture magazines, a seminar block and beer samples.

Scripts, illustrations and learning videos form the basis of your self-study. Particular diligence is rewarded with bonus materials.

In addition, you will experience the campus feeling through live sessions in our academy, the campus forum in the course area, the virtual student regulars’ table and consultation hours with course instructors.

A total of 6 challenging modules provide a compact insight into the fascinating world of beer.

The topics: Psychology and physiology of the beer consumer, history of beer production, the raw materials and technology of beer production, basics of sensory analysis, national beer styles, serving beer, beer etiquette, beer menu, beer cellar, beer and food combinatorics.

Modules are to be taken in sequence and are completed by a multiple-choice test. Jump in at any time and choose your own pace of learning.

If instead of the certificate “Kiesbye Biersommelier” you even want to achieve the internationally recognized title “Diplom Biersommelier” (for those who don’t do things by halves), which is protected by trademark law, you can continue after the online course.

Take our specially designed advanced course with 5 days of attendance at the Kiesbye Bierkulturhaus. With concentrated practice on site in one of the most beautiful regions of Austria.

The diploma honor takes place at a joint graduation ceremony and allows entry into the official graduate association of Diplom Biersommeliers, the largest network of beer connoisseurs in the German-speaking world!