I am hearing a rumour that there will be another brewing intro corse offered at Potters Brewery later (mid October) this year.
MHB has a pretty good ear to the ground !
NNL are running a "Introduction to Professional Brewing" course in the NSW Hunter Valley on 16-20th October. The target audience is people contemplating opening a micro brewery, new industry entrants, trade suppliers and advanced home brewers. Run over 5 days it covers:
- Introduction to Brewing: Choosing raw materials, Brewhouse operation and principles,Yeast and fermentation
- Ale brewing master classes: malt selection, infusion mashing, fermentation, skimming, fining, cask/ natural conditioning
- Lager brewing master class: malt selection, decoction, lautering, fermentation, storage, cold conditioning, fitration and bright beer
- Packagaing and Quality control: cask beer, keg beer and bottled beer.
The course also includes a practical brewing day on a 6HL commercial brewery where you take home a sample of wort to ferment and visit to a regional brewery and bottling line.
The instructor for the course is Dr Simon Brooke-Taylor, PhD Chemistry and IBD Master Brewer (the highest brewing qualification available). Simon was former Production Brewer with Bass Brewing in the UK and Eagle Hawk Hill Micro Brewery in Canberra and is NNL Beer Supplies Technical Director and an accredited trainer for the Institute of Brewing and Distilling.
You can PM me if you would like to reserve your place or be sent further details on the course.
David