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NEW FOR 2010! Now conducted at the Siebel Institute of Technology campus in Chicago!
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INTERMEDIATE- LEVEL BREWING COURSE
Prior homebrewing knowledge is not required, but students will benefit from existing knowledge of homebrewing practice. To assess your readiness to participate, please contact Keith Lemcke at klemcke@siebelinstitute.com requesting an assessment review for your chosen course/program.
The first-ever advanced one-week program designed specifically for homebrewers, the Advanced Homebrewing Program takes hobby brewers beyond beer kits and extract brewing into the realm of advanced brewing techniques. Siebel Institute created the content of the Advanced Homebrewing Program by adapting our professional educational content for application in the small-scale environment of homebrewing. Course materials concentrate on giving brewers the control they need to create the results they are looking for, no matter how complex the beer style or recipe.
The Advanced Homebrewing Program will take students past their basic homebrewing skills and allow them to brew with greater ease, flexibility, and accuracy. The course content for this program addresses every key area of small-scale brewing:
Brewing Process
Brewing Water
Composition of Grain & Malting
Specialty Malts & Adjuncts/Cereals
Hops & Other Herbs
Brewing Calculations & Recipe Formulation
Milling & Adjunct Preparation
Enzymes in Brewing
Cleaning and Sanitizing
Mashing, Sparging & Lautering
Wort Boiling & Clarification
Wort Cooling and Aeration
Nature of Yeast & Yeast selection
Yeast Handling & Fermentation Practices
Maturation & Aging
Clarification & Filtration
Carbonation / Air Exclusion
In-package Conditioning
Basic Home Draught Systems
Sensory Evaluation
The brew system and accessories are provided by one of the industry’s leading suppliers of small brewing equipment: Beer, Beer, and More Beer. Students will learn on a variety of equipment configurations ranging from inexpensive “stovetop systems” to advanced stainless multi-vessel tower configurations.
The Instructors
Ray Daniels is the author of Designing Great Beers: The Ultimate Guide To Brewing Classic Beer Styles, and co-author of Brown Ales and Smoked Beers. His books and lectures on beer design have helped countless brewers formulate award-winning beers based on classic styles, modern techniques, and their own vision of the perfect beer.
Chris Graham is the Vice-President of Beer, Beer, & More Beer, one of the world’s largest retailers of equipment & supplies for home and craft brewers. Chris & More Beer provide the equipment used in the Advanced Homebrewing Course, including the amazing “Sculpture” brewing system that brings the consistency & control of a professional brew system to the hobby brewer.
Randy Mosher is the author of “The Brewers Companion”, “Radical Brewing” and “Tasting Beer”. Randy has contributed articles regarding brewing and beer styles to some of the world’s leading brewing publications. He has lectured on brewing & beer styles across the country and has been involved in an ongoing effort to revive extinct historical beers.
Dr. Chris White holds an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of California, San Diego, as well as a B.S. in Biochemistry from The University of California, Davis. Chris is president of White Labs, Inc. Pure Yeast & Fermentation, a company that has been the standard of excellence for service to the homebrewing and professional brewing communities since 1995.
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