Brewing Arts Program
Issued by
USF Office of Microcredentials
A certificate in Brewing Arts from the USF St. Petersburg campus' College of Arts and Sciences qualifies the recipient for entry-level cellar, packaging, and maintenance jobs in the brewing industry. The program is a general overview of the brewing industry, providing an understanding of day-to-day brewery operations and basic principles used on the job (e.g., cleaning, sanitation, brewing science).
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- Cost Paid
Skills
- Advanced Sanitation
- Assessment Quality Assurance
- Beer Bottling
- Beer Brewing
- Beer Brewing, Beer Flavor
- Beer Recipe Writing
- Beer Sales
- Beverage Safety Packaging
- Brewhouse Design
- Brewing
- Business Of Craft Brewing
- Cellar
- Distilling Essential Information
- External Quality Assurance
- Fermentation
- Fermentation Science
- Implement & Configure Quality Control
- Maintain And Monitor The Cellar
- Microbiology Of Beer
- Quality Assurance
- Sanitation
- Spirits Fermentation
- Water Chemicals
Earning Criteria
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Certificates are awarded to those that pass assessments (80% or higher) to demonstrate proficient knowledge in history and styles of beer, water chemistry as related to beer, hops, malt, wort biochemistry, fermentation science, brewhouse design, recipe writing, microbiology of beer, sanitation and safety, packaging, quality assurance/quality control, business of craft brewing.
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Recipients must also demonstrate competencies (brewhouse operations, cellar, fermentation, sanitation and safety, QA/QC, and understanding of distribution) at a brewery through completion of an internship.