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A Sensory Gym for Brewers & Enthusiasts
Calibrate Your Palate. Design Your Flavor.
Most brewers follow recipes. The best brewers shape flavor.
The Tongue & Tank is a four-class intensive for serious homebrewers and beer enthusiasts ready to move beyond instructions — and into deliberate flavor design through sensory mastery.
Via lab-grade tasting calibration, you’ll learn to detect both desirable characters and unintended expression, giving you the power to steer your process with precision.
This is not a tasting class. It’s control through perception — the path to designing flavor with intention.
The Foundation Tank: The Journey of Malt
The Expressive Tank: The Flow of Hops
The Kinetic Tank: The Pulse of Fermentation
The Continuum Tank: The Architecture of Time
Gavin's Bio
Gavin Harper is currently the Master Brewer and head of innovation at Golden Road Brewing. He was the 16th Master Cicerone® in the world, holds a diploma in brewing from the Institute of Brewing and Distilling(IBD) and is a former NYC professional jazz musician. Gavin began working at breweries in the UK in 2003 and since moving to California has worked as the brewmaster for Latitude 33 Brewing in San Diego, a contracted quality process consultant for MillerCoors in Irwindale and COO/Brewmaster for an experienced based, horror themed brewery exploring sensory perception and immersion psychology. Gavin is also married with a twelve year old son and spends free time reading about science, psychology, philosophy, and practicing kung fu.
A Sensory Gym for Brewers & Enthusiasts
Calibrate Your Palate. Design Your Flavor.
Most brewers follow recipes. The best brewers shape flavor.
The Tongue & Tank is a four-class intensive for serious homebrewers and beer enthusiasts ready to move beyond instructions — and into deliberate flavor design through sensory mastery.
Via lab-grade tasting calibration, you’ll learn to detect both desirable characters and unintended expression, giving you the power to steer your process with precision.
This is not a tasting class. It’s control through perception — the path to designing flavor with intention.
The Foundation Tank: The Journey of Malt
The Expressive Tank: The Flow of Hops
The Kinetic Tank: The Pulse of Fermentation
The Continuum Tank: The Architecture of Time
Gavin's Bio
Gavin Harper is currently the Master Brewer and head of innovation at Golden Road Brewing. He was the 16th Master Cicerone® in the world, holds a diploma in brewing from the Institute of Brewing and Distilling(IBD) and is a former NYC professional jazz musician. Gavin began working at breweries in the UK in 2003 and since moving to California has worked as the brewmaster for Latitude 33 Brewing in San Diego, a contracted quality process consultant for MillerCoors in Irwindale and COO/Brewmaster for an experienced based, horror themed brewery exploring sensory perception and immersion psychology. Gavin is also married with a twelve year old son and spends free time reading about science, psychology, philosophy, and practicing kung fu.