As part of her job as events coordinator and hospitality manager with Wanderlinger Brewing Co., Molly Lamb is around beer, beer crafters and beer drinkers pretty much every day.
She’s become so interested in beer that she is now a level-one cicerone, which is a designation given “hospitality professionals with proven experience in selecting, acquiring and serving today’s wide range of beers,” according to cicerone.org. She plans to work her way through the three remaining levels.
Through her studies, she learned about beer and wants to share that knowledge with others. To that end, she will be leading a monthly class on the last Saturday of each month at the brewery on King Street. The first class will be at 3 p.m. this Saturday.
“Everyone is welcome,” she said in a telephone interview. “There is no criteria to attend. You don’t even have to love beer. You can just come and learn and sample different types of beers each month.”
As an intro to the classes, Wanderlinger will hold Lager Fest on Saturday starting at 2 p.m. offering 12 lagers all day including beers from its own menu, but also beers from Five Wits Brewing Co., Cherry Street Brewing and OddStory. There will also be German-inspired food, live music, games and a tapping of the firkin, which is a special cask used in the brewing process.