beer sommelier

What the work can involve

Beer sommeliers work where beer is selected, served, tasted or explained. They prepare tastings, advise customers, describe flavour, match beer with food and support breweries, shops or restaurants with beer presentation.

Skills and specializations

Useful depth includes beer styles, brewing processes, fermentation, ingredients, draught systems, glassware, sensory evaluation, HACCP, customer advice and staff training in beer knowledge.

Salary context

Salary context depends on the service setting, tasting responsibility, product range, customer-advice depth, staff training duties, writing or consulting work and whether the role includes purchasing or cellar work.

Career paths

Career paths can move toward beverage specialist, restaurant beverage lead, brewery visitor experience, retail beer buyer, tasting host, product trainer or food-and-beverage consultancy.

Good to know

Check whether adverts name tastings, beer lists, food pairing, draught systems, cellar handling, staff training, product evaluation, customer events or written beer content.

Editorial note

This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.

Alternative labels

Occupation group

sommelier (5131.2.2)

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