Week 1 Introduction and Orientation   lecture includes brewing process overview Steve Parkes Basic Science:  lecture includes algebra and chemistry in the brewing course, scientific nomenclature, carbohydrates and proteins, enzymes and enzyme kinetics. Steve Parkes Sensory Science:  lecture includes introduction to sensory science as it relates to beer, methods of evaluating beer and breakdown of beer flavor components Gary Spedding Week 2 Malting Technology: lecture includes barley agronomics, malthouse processes, including steeping, germination and kilning Ron Ryan Malting Biochemistry: lecture includes biochemical changes during malting, malting enzymes Steve Parkes Specialty malts and Reading a Malt spec sheet: lecture on specialty malts, their manufacture and use, and on understanding a malt analysis Steve Parkes Week 3 Water: lecture includes basic chemistry (pH, buffers and H bonds), residual alkalinity, steam, water quality for brewing,and cleaning. Steve Parkes Week 4 Milling and Malt Handling: lecture includes mill types, conveyor systems, dust control, malt storage Steve Parkes Mash Technology: lecture includes grist hydration, mashing vessels, wort separation devices Paul Sayler Mashing Biochemistry: lecture includes enzymes revisited, starch gelatinization, enzymatic changes in the mash Steve Parkes       Week 5 Brewhouse Calculations: lecture includes Grist Bill, color, bitterness, extract, brewhouse yield and strike temperature Steve Parkes Engineering # 1: Why Engineering for Brewers and Basic Brewing Calculations Dan DelGrande Week 6 Hops: lecture includes hop growing, harvesting, processing, chemistry of hops, hop utilization, hop calculations Matt Brynildson Engineering #2:  Why Engineering for Brewers and Basic Brewing Calculations Dan DelGrande Week 7 Wort Boiling: lecture includes reasons for wort boiling, wort kettle designs, heat transfer methods. Steve Parkes Wort Boiling and Wort cooling: boiling continued, hop seperation methods, wort cooling Steve Parkes Engineering # 3:Heat Transfer and Thermal Insulation Dan DelGrande Week 8 Engineering #4: Heat Transfer and Thermal Insulation Dan DelGrande Engineering #5: Fluid Mechanics Dan DelGrande Week 9 Exam Week 10 Fermentation Technology: lecture includes traditional fermentation methods, modern fermentation vessels Nick Funnel Engineering #6: Fluid Mechanics Dan DelGrande Week 11 Yeast: lecture includes yeast biology, yeast propogation,yeast storage and handling Dave Logsdon Engineering #7: Steam boiler, Refrigeration, Heat Exchangers Dan DelGrande Week 12 Fermentation Biochemistry: lecture includes glycolysis, Kreb’s Cycle, general metabolic pathways, glycogen synthesis Dave Logsdon Engineering #8: Steam boiler, Refrigeration, Heat Exchangers Dan DelGrande Week 13 Fermentation and Flavor Biochemistry: lecture includes Phospholipid synthesis, oxo-acid pool, and diacetyl formation Dave Logsdon Flavor Biochemistry: lecture includes ester synthesis, amino acid degradation, and fatty acid synthesis Dave Logsdon Engineering #9: Environmental Concerns, Brewery safety, Tour and concept review Dan DelGrande Week 14 Beer Maturation: lecture includes flavor maturation, carbonation methods, finings, lagering Brandon Greenwood          Ian Ward Beer Clarification: lecture includes chill stabilization, filtration, and pasteurization Scott Shirley             Ian ward Week 15 Sanitation:  lecture includes cleaning and disinfection, chemical and physical methods Brandon Greenwood Beer Analysis, Chemical: lecture includes chemical components of beer, chemical analysis of beer, quality control issues Jamie Shrier Week 16 Beer Analysis, Microbiological: lecture includes microscopes, plating techniques Julie Felske Special Beer Topic:  beer foam, beer stability, QC philosophy Steve Parkes Week 17   Exam   Week 18 Beer Dispense: Micromatic present a whole day seminar on beer dispense including dispense equipment, system balancing, mixed gas, dispense systems, line cleaning and troubleshooting Micromatic's Tom Geordt Week 19 Equipment design and engineering considerations: lecture includes tank design, materials of manufacture, utilities planning, site consideration and brewery design John Mallett Caring for your brewery Terri Fahrendorf Week 20 Beer Packaging: lecture includes kegging, bottling, canning, practical considerations Steve Parkes Beer Formulation and recipe development: lecture includes the fundamentals of recipe formulation, test brewing, recipe modifications Steve Parkes Week 21 Beer Styles; lecture includes beer styles, origins and history, and essential characteristics Greg Noonan Beer and Food Pairing Garrett Oliver Technology, computers, the internet and brewing: lecture includes incorporating computers and software into brewing. Tools for brewers David Sohigian Week 22 Residential Week: Spent on-site at a Guild approved brewery covering brewing, filtration and raw materials laboratories. QC lab and sensory evaluation training. Final Exam Guild Faculty