Our Focus
We look forward to welcoming the future generations of brewers to our classroom in Montreal and online.
Throughout the last 150 years, the Siebel Institute of Technology has attracted an extensive global following. Our alumni span more than 60 countries and are found in almost every major brewery on earth. Our classes include a mix of participants from breweries of all sizes who hail from locations all over the world.
Our History
Dr. John Ewald Siebel founded the Zymotechnic Institute in 1868. Born in Germany on September 17, 1845, he earned his doctorate before moving to Chicago in 1866. In 1868, he opened John E. Siebel's Chemical Laboratory, which soon developed into a brewing research station and eventually a school for brewing sciences.
In 1872, the company moved into new facilities on Belden Avenue on the north side of Chicago, and the name was changed to the Siebel Institute of Technology. By 1907 there were five regular courses: a six-month Brewers' Course, a two-month Post Graduate Course, a three-month Engineers' Course, a two-month Maltsters' Course and a two-month Bottlers' Course. With the approach of prohibition, the Institute diversified and added courses in baking, refrigeration, engineering, milling, carbonated beverages and other related topics. On December 20, 1919, just twenty-seven days before prohibition became effective, Dr. J. E. Siebel passed away.
In October 1952, the Institute moved to Peterson Avenue in Chicago, where it remained for almost 50 years. The Institute moved to a number of other locations over the years, and in January of 2026, the decision was made to relocate the Siebel Institute of Technology classroom operations to Montreal, Canada, locating the school closer to the parent company headquarters.