UC Davis Extension announces upcoming brewing courses
UC Davis Extension, the continuing and professional education division of UC Davis, has been an internationally recognized leader in educational outreach for individuals, organizations and communities for more than 50 years. With 58,000 annual enrollments in classroom and online university-level courses, UC Davis Extension serves lifelong learners in the growing Sacramento region, all 50 states and more than 100 countries.
UC Davis Extension offers comprehensive brewing education courses for novice and experienced brewers and brewing industry professionals. All classes are held in Davis, CA.
The course "Brewing Basics: Going Beyond the Kit" will be held Sept. 17-18 2016. It is an intermediate-level homebrewing class intended for budding homebrewers who have dabbled with the homebrewing process and are looking to understand what went wrong. This course is taught by Michael Ramsey, teaching laboratory manager for the Department of Viticulture and Enology at UC Davis.
"Introduction to Practical Brewing" is an in-depth course for advanced homebrewers and early career professional brewers, using the resources of the 1.5-barrel pilot brewery in the state-of-the-art brewing facility on the UC Davis campus. This course is taught by Charles Bamforth, Ph.D, D.Sc., lead professor of brewing science at UC Davis, and Joseph Williams, a master’s student in the Bamforth laboratory at UC Davis. It will take place Dec. 12-16 2016.
The popular short course "Intensive Brewing Science for Practical Brewing" gives an intensive introduction to the sciences of brewing, drawing a direct connection between brewing science and brewing practice, and covers the relevant technological and biochemical aspects of the brewing process, including raw materials, malting, brewing, fermentation and finishing. A tour of a famous craft brewery and beer tasting with a professional sensory scientist is included. This course is taught by Michael Lewis, Ph.D., professor emeritus of brewing science, UC Davis; Charles Bamforth, Ph.D., D.Sc., lead professor of brewing science, UC Davis; James Brown, Ph.D., director of fermentation science at UC Davis Extension; and Sue Langstaff, principal of Applied Sensory, LLC. It takes place Jan. 16-20 2017.
For more information or to enroll, visit the website www.extension.ucdavis.edu/brew.
