The University of Texas at El Paso

Mastering Beer Brewing

Course Name

Mastering Beer Brewing

Contact Hours: 25 (an estimated time frame devoted to a course of study from start to finish that can vary from student to student)

Course Description

Take your home brewing passion to a new level! Join Bob Sylvester – World-renowned craft brewer of Belgian style beers (Belgium, France, USA) – as he takes you through the entire beer brewing process from start to finish. Along the way, you’ll gain in-depth knowledge of the different ingredient varieties (grains, yeast/bacteria, hops) and processes (extract, dry-hopping, barrel aging) that go into craft beer. You will learn how to brew a Blonde Ale, an IPA, and an Imperial Stout.

Please note: Course of study may be completed earlier than indicated.

Outcome

Upon successful completion, you’ll gain in-depth knowledge of the different ingredient varieties (grains, yeast/bacteria, hops) and processes (extract, dry-hopping, barrel aging) that go into craft beer.

Assessment

You will have practice quizzes after each module to ensure you are confident on the topic you have completed before proceeding.

Outline

Module 1:

1.1 Intro
1.2 History
1.3 Sanitation
1.4 Cleaning
1.5 Extract Batch Equipment
1.6 Air Locks
1.7 Extract Batch Ingredients
1.8 Extract Batch Recipe
1.9 Heating
1.10 First Hop Addition
1.11 Second Hop Addition
1.12 Filtering
1.13 Measuring Density

Module 2:

2.1 Mixed Batch Intro
2.2 Adding Malt
2.3 Removing Malt
2.4 Adding Extract
2.5 Adding 1st Hops
2.6 2nd Hop Addition
2.7 3rd Hop Addition
2.8 Final Hop Addition
2.9 Add Yeast
2.10 Add Yeast 2
2.11 All Grain
2.12 All Grain 2
2.13 All Ingredients

Module 3:

3.1 All Grain Intro3.2 C U of Fermentation Bubbling
3.3 Adding Grain
3.4 Adding Grain Insert
3.5 Sparging 1
3.6 Sparging 2
3.7 Sparging Mid Process
3.8 Boiling
3.9 2nd Hop Addition
3.10 Cooling Wort
3.11 Adding Yeast
3.12 Alternative Methods

Module 4:

4.1 Post Brewing Overview
4.2 Siphoning
4.3 Bottling
4.4 Capping

Books

All training is delivered online; no additional purchase required.