Explaining how bitterness works as a taste sense, how it appears in beer, and how we perceive it is one of my favorite sensory exercises to do. People come away with new knowledge not only about bitterness, but also about their palates and how they perceive bitterness. This is a super easy exercise to set up that also scales fabulously for large groups, so it is low-effort, high-reward for you as the organizer and for the participants.

The Vague to Vivid exercise is a fun and easy sensory exercise for a variety of group sizes and skill levels.

Miracle berries are a fun, inexpensive sensory exercise for everyone - no formal palate training or sensory knowledge needed. I often recommend miracle berry tablets to people looking for a quick, pretty low-effort sensory exercise that requires few supplies.

The Jen Blur Method is a great beer sensory exercise that not only builds your beer style discrimination skills but also helps you become a more confident blind beer taster. The Jen Blur Method can be adapted to varying skill levels, from those looking to train their palates for beer tasting to those preparing for beer exams such as the Cicerone or BJCP tasting exams.

The jelly bean test is a quick and simple sensory exercise designed to demonstrate the difference between orthonasal and retronasal olfaction. Understanding how orthonasal and retronasal olfaction are different is a foundational key to becoming a better beer taster.

Tell the story of beer, piece by piece.

The beer style exploder is a sensory exercise designed to give you a deeper understanding of the flavors of individual beer ingredients and how those ingredients come together in the finished beer.

Every glass, every time. Properly cleaned glassware enables properly poured beers. A hallmark of a great beer program is a team that consistently creates and fills beer-clean glasses.