Two area community colleges are offering brew courses.
STCC
Are you interested in becoming a professional brewer? Springfield Technical Community College on April 13 will offer a workforce development training course to teach the science and technology behind making beer.
The 108-hour Professional Brewing Certificate Program blends online course work with hands-on lab work at local breweries. The course runs for 11 weeks starting April 13. Spaces are still available. A Professional Brewing Certificate is the first step in pursuing a career in brewing.
Seventy-five percent of the course work is completed online, which means the program offers flexibility for students who might live far from the STCC campus. Students must participate in field work in or around Springfield every fourth Saturday.
Course topics include the brewing process, quality control, beer styles, ingredients, recipe creation, safety, sanitation, bottling and business success. The class will focus on brewing beer in smaller quantities.
Students must be at least 21 years of age at the start of the course and have earned a high school diploma or equivalence.
Anyone interested can enroll online at www.stcc.edu/brewcourse or in person at STCC, Building 16, Room 146. Call (413) 755-4225 if you have any questions.
MVCC
Mohawk Valley Community College is hosting a seven-week Brewing Series of workshops aimed at new industry professionals, people looking to become professionals, and advanced home brewers. The series begins on March 19 and runs 6 to 9 p.m. every Tuesday until April 30. Courses will be taught by industry professionals: Rich Michaels of Frog Alley Brewing, and Joe Kinney and Scott Grenier of F.X. Matt Brewing. Individual courses are $49 or registrants can sign up for all seven courses for $299.
Courses will have mixed lectures with hands-on learning and opportunities to work with ingredients and apparatus, and will cover topics including barley, hops, water chemistry, yeast, quality, off flavors and characteristics, and a general overview of the brewing process. Participants also will learn how these principles can apply to wine, cider, and distilled spirits.For more information and to register, visit mvcc.edu/cced or call 315-792-5300.
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