SCI 190 - Beer: The Science & Art of Brewing

Students will immerse themselves in the world of craft beer through the history of this ancient beverage and the science of creating it in a modern brewery. Course participants will experience beer’s creation, the chemical, biological, and physical processes central to fermentation and brewing, and beer’s many sensory subtleties while also developing ideas central to the business of marketing and operating a brewing business. The course will meet in a working brewery, providing hands-on opportunities to observe and participate in the brewing process. To put their new knowledge and skills to work, students will work with professional brewers to design and create their own beers on a small, homebrew-scale system, and with one of Maine’s leading brewery owners, work to conceive marketing and sales plans for them. Brewery personnel and USM faculty from the relevant fields will bring the many facets of the world of beer together in this truly interdisciplinary course.

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Credits: 3

Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Natural Science