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PROFESSIONAL BREWING & DISTILLING ESSENTIALS

We realize that not all interested potential students are able to physically attend the 6 Week and 13 Week Professional Brewing & Distilling Technology (PBDT)courses due to time or distance. Therefore we have opened up a professional level training option by making the lecture component from the PBDT certificate program available in real time online. Students attend our in-session PBDT lectures “virtually” in real-time with your classmates. (However if you are unable to attend a lecture in real time, all lectures will be video-recorded and accessible throughout the session.)

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Each student will receive weekly Challenge Questions and Topics that will ensure they keep up with what they need to know to be successful in this course. Three Challenge Assignments (at the 4 week, 8 week, and 13 week intervals in the session) will be provided for the student to complete and return to the BDC’s Classroom Coordinator which will be criteria for certification from the Brewing & Distilling Center.

Professional Essentials Comparison

Cellaring

Yes

Yes

Brew House Safety

Yes

Yes

Draft Systems

Yes

Yes

Sanitation and Quality Control

Yes

Yes

Brewing & Distilling 101

Yes

Yes

Brewing Chemistry

Yes

Yes

Flavor Production/Off Flavors

Yes

Yes

Packaging

Yes

Yes

Wort Production & Mashing

Yes

Yes

Yeast: Fermentation

Yes

Yes

Brewery Business & Business Planning

Yes

Yes

Distilling 1 | Distilling Equipment

No

Yes

Distilling 1 | Distilling Process

No

Yes

Distilling 1 | Regulatory Considerations

No

Yes

Distilling 2 | Proofing

No

Yes

Distilling 2 | Standards of Identity

No

Yes

Distilling 3 | Packaging

No

Yes

Distilling 3 | Spirit Aging

No

Yes

Barrel Aging & Recipe Development

Yes

Yes

History of Brewing and Distilling

Yes

Yes

Cider/Mead/Seltzer Making

Yes

Yes

Microbiology

Yes

Yes

Yeast: Cellular Biology

Yes

Yes

Yeast: DNA and Mutations

Yes

Yes

Yeast: Propagation

Yes

Yes

Raw Material: Hops

Yes

Yes

Raw Material: Malt, Malting and Other Grains

Yes

Yes

Raw Material: Water | Profiles & Recipe Development

Yes

Yes

Brewing Engineering

Yes

Yes

Brewing Essentials
Topics
Brewing & Distilling Essentials

Live Class Schedule

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 5:30 pm – 8:30 or 9:30 pm EST

Next PBE & PBDE Session

February 20 – May 17, 2023

After purchasing either Professional Essentials course, you will be emailed an offer to add the Online Professional Distilling course for only $916 (a 20% discount off the regular cost of $1145)

SPECIAL OFFER

A Handbook of Basic Brewing Calculations
Brewing, Engineering, and Plant Operations, Volume 3
Distillery Operations: How to Run a Small Distillery
For The Love of Hops: The Practical Guide to Aroma, Bitterness and the Culture of Hops
Malt: A Practical Guide from Field to Brewhouse
Start Your Own Microbrewery, Distillery, or Cidery
Water: A Comprehensive Guide for Brewers
Wood & Beer: A Brewer's Guide
Yeast: The Practical Guide to Beer Fermentation

Reference book list

Here are our suggested reference books for both Essentials course options (not included in the tuition) 

For the student interested in both a professional brewing and distilling education this is the course for you to consider. Both brewing and distilling lecture topics are included providing a full range of knowledge you need to get started in either the brewing or distilling industry.

103 online lecture hours

Tuition: $4100 (US)

Session topics include:

  • History of Beer & Distilling

  • Beer Styles

  • Cellaring

  • Malts & Malting

  • ​Water Profiles & Recipe Development

  • Wort Production & Mashing

  • Yeast & Fermentation​

  • Yeast Biology

  • Brewing Chemistry

  • Flavor & Off-Flavors

  • ​Brewing Engineering

  • Barrel Aging & Recipe Development

  • Brewery Business & Business Planning

  • Cider-Mead-Seltzer Making

  • Draft Systems

  • Distilling Basics & Details: Legalities, Equipment

  • Distilling Raw Materials

  • Distilling Processes

  • Business of Distilling

Professional Brewing & Distilling Essentials (PBDE)

For the student just interested in a professional brewing education this is the course for you. All topics covered are brewing specific and cover the full range of knowledge you need to get started in the brewing industry.

94 online lecture hours

Tuition: $3700 (US)

Session topics include:

  • History of Beer & Distilling

  • Beer Styles

  • Cellaring

  • Malts & Malting

  • ​Water Profiles & Recipe Development

  • Wort Production & Mashing

  • Yeast & Fermentation​

  • Yeast Biology

  • Brewing Chemistry

  • Flavor & Off-Flavors

  • ​Brewing Engineering

  • Barrel Aging & Recipe Development

  • Brewery Business & Business Planning

  • Cider-Mead-Seltzer Making

  • Draft Systems

Professional Brewing Essentials (PBE)

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