Beer: Brewing Practicum Course

Issued by Madison College

This course covers the process of brewing, racking, kegging, bottling, tasting and evaluating beer. After receiving detailed instruction and demonstrations, students will work in groups to brew beer using home brewing equipment under the supervision of an experienced brewer. The class will then taste and evaluate their efforts, and can culminate in first level Cicerone testing.

Additional Details

Skills

Beer Bottling
Beer Brewing
Beer Ingredients
Beer Racking
Beer Tasting
Cicerone
Evaluating Beer
Kegging

Earning Criteria

Strengthened and broadened their understanding of sound brewing practices and the challenges of commercial breweries
Experienced in practice how the science of brewing drives its processes.
Practiced key brewing process and measurement techniques including pH measurement, wort gravity, hopping techniques, pitch rates, oxygenation, and fermentation temperature control.
Studied and practiced beer recipe formulation and analytical methods.
Brewed, packaged and evaluated beer under the supervision of a brewing expert.