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← All partner typesFor beer sommeliers

The one partner who is not buying the beer

A sommelier, cicerone or beer judge gets a partner account like a venue does — the shared catalog, the specifications, the photography. What you do with it is different: breweries ask you to taste their beer, and you hand back a structured tasting note they can actually use.

  • Beer sommeliers
Request a sommelier accountSee what is planned

A sommelier account is opened by a brewery you work with, or by us. From then on you can invite breweries yourself.

Tasting-note requestRequested
Session IPAFrom an example brewery
Deadline
Fri 14 Nov, 17:00
Delivery
Two cans, by post
Product access
Granted with the request
Your note
Draft until you publish
Brief
New hop in this batch. How does the aroma hold up after four weeks in the can?
Fulfilled when you publish the notethe brewery gets an email

An example request. The fields are the ones the platform stores; the words are invented.

Why sommeliers use it

Every assessment in one workbench

Tasting happens at festivals, in cellars and at the brewery's own bar, and the notes end up in notebooks, emails and spreadsheets. One workbench keeps them together: what is requested, what is drafted, what you kept for yourself and what the brewery has already read.

  • Requests with a brief and a deadline, not an email thread
  • Drafts stay private until you publish
  • Notes the brewery can compare, session by session
Open requestSession IPA · due Fri 14 Nov
Tasting notes
  • All
  • Drafts
  • Published
  • Not linked
  • Session IPAExample brewery88Published
  • Winter PorterExample breweryDraft
  • Cask sample, autumn festivalNot on BeerCollab yetNot linked
  • Abbey TripelAnother brewery84Internal

Illustration with invented beers and scores.

In the app today

From the brewery's request to the note it reads

Everything below is in the sommelier workspace today. Only a beer-sommelier partner gets it — the platform refuses a tasting note from anyone else.

  • Requests from breweries, with a briefA brewery asks you for a note on one of its beers, with a brief, a deadline and how the beer reaches you. Access to the beer comes with the request, and it waits on your dashboard until you publish.
  • Freeform, or the Stibon formatWrite the note your own way, or in the structured Stibon evaluation — fermentation, clarity, foam, taste balance, body and more — when the brewery needs notes it can compare.
  • Notes for beers that are not on here yetA cask sample at a festival, a beer nobody shared with you: name it in free text, and link it to the product later.
  • Keep it internal, or hand it overA finished note can stay in your own records, or be published to the brewery that made the beer. A published note can be withdrawn again.
  • Invite a brewery yourselfThe only partner type that can: tasted something good from a brewery that is not on BeerCollab yet? Send them an invite.
  • Found in the brewery directoryBreweries looking for partners see you with a badge saying you write tasting notes. You decide whether you are listed, hidden, or listed on request.
  • A dashboard of your ownNotes written, shared, in progress and not yet linked, beers assessed and your average score — and the requests still waiting.

Questions it answers

  • “What does the brewery want to know?”

    RequestThe brief, the deadline and the delivery, on your dashboard.

  • “Can I write about a beer that is not on here?”

    Unlinked noteYes — link it to the product once the brewery shares it.

  • “Who sees my draft?”

    DraftNobody. A brewery only ever reads a note you have published.

The tasting note

A record the brewery can read, not a paragraph in its inbox

Every note has the same shape, so a brewery reads the tenth note the way it read the first — and a note written for one audience reads correctly to another.

  • A structured note per tasting sessionAppearance, aroma, flavour, mouthfeel and overall impression, with an optional score out of 100 — the walk every serious beer scoresheet shares.
  • Food pairings with the reason attachedEvery pairing says whether it works by complement, contrast or cleansing the palate. A kitchen that knows why can substitute its own dish; one that only has the dish cannot.
  • Glass and serving temperatureA temperature band rather than a single figure, because a cellar is set to a range — plus the glass, which is the half a venue acts on without reading a word.
  • Draft until the sommelier says otherwiseTasting is iterative. A note stays private while it is being worked on, and reaches the brewery only when it is published — and can be withdrawn again when a beer was tasted from a bad keg.

One note per tasting session. Taste the same beer again from another batch or another cellar, and that becomes a new note beside the first rather than overwriting it; a correction revises the note itself.

Tasting notePublished
Session IPABy a certified beer sommelier88of 100
Aroma
Grapefruit pith and passion fruit over a light cracker malt. No sign of oxidation.
Flavour
Citrus forward, firm but clean bitterness, finishes dry without becoming harsh.
Overall
Drinks well above its strength. Serve it fresh — the aroma is the first thing this beer will lose.
Tulip glass6–8 °C
  • Fried chickenCleanse
  • Fresh goat cheese with citrusComplement

An example note. The fields are the ones the platform stores; the words are invented.

Planned — not in the app yet

What a sommelier's work needs next

Today a note reaches the brewery. The next step is making it reach the glass.

Planned means planned: none of this is in the partner workspace today, and the order can change with what partners tell us. Tell us what you need first.

  • Your serving advice at the venuePlannedGlass, temperature and pairings from a published note, passed on by the brewery to the bars and restaurants that pour the beer. Today only the brewery reads them.
  • Batches side by sidePlannedPut your notes on the same beer next to each other, batch by batch, to see how it develops — and to show the brewery where it drifts.
  • A note the brewery can hand onPlannedA published note attached to the beer's spec sheet, for the brewery to use in its own sales and on its own website.
Getting access

Getting a sommelier account

Sommelier accounts are not self-service yet: a brewery you work with opens one, or we do. Tell us who you are and which breweries you taste for, and we will set it up.

Request a sommelier accountHow access works

The other kinds of partner

Every kind of partner has a page of its own. The workspace underneath is shared; what each reads first, and what it needs next, is not.

  • Bars, cafés, pubs and restaurants

    Draught specs, menu copy and the brewery's photography for everything you pour and serve.

    • Bars
    • Cafés
    • Pubs
    • Restaurants
    See the page →
  • Hotels, resorts, leisure and tourism

    One current record for every bar, restaurant, shop and team you run — and the story behind the local beer.

    • Hotels
    • Resorts
    • Leisure and recreation centres
    • Tourism businesses
    See the page →
  • Events, catering and mobile bars

    Kegs, couplings, pallets and shelf life for every event — whether it is a festival bar, a food truck or a concert hall.

    • Event and catering agencies
    • Food trucks and mobile bars
    • Entertainment and cultural venues
    See the page →
  • Liquor stores and specialist shops

    Barcodes, advised retail prices, deposits and packshots for the shelf, the till and the webshop.

    • Liquor stores and specialist shops
    See the page →
  • Every partner, in one overview

    What every partner account includes, how access works, and the ready-made message for asking your brewery.

    Partner overview →
  • Wholesalers

    Also a partner type, with a workspace of its own built around information requests and templates.

    See the wholesaler features →

Send us a message

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What happens next

  1. 1It lands with a person, not a ticket queue.
  2. 2You get a reply within 48 hours — usually within three — from a name rather than a noreply address.
  3. 3If it is easier shown than written, we send a link to book twenty minutes.

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