New brewing course

[Glynn Foster]

From the media release -

Massey University will host New Zealand’s first residential short course in craft brewing at its Palmerston North campus in November. The University of Ballarat’s Dr Peter Aldred and Dr Frank Vriesekoop will run the course.

Announced at the BrewNZ Business Session in Wellington this afternoon, the Head of the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health at Massey University, Professor Richard Archer, says “ever since we opened the microbrewery in April last year, and started using it in our degree courses in engineering and food technology, we have had craft brewers clamouring for a course for them. The Brewers Guild of New Zealand has been particularly keen that we mount a good short course. This is it!”

Anyone know more about it by any chance? The media release is pretty short on details, and didn't find anything on massey's website.

[Toast]

Hmm, think the course looks interesting, but it ain't aimed at us; it's aimed at bigger brewers. The course seems to be more about making beer as a production process. Production not craft. I may be wrong and I'm happy to be proved wrong.
If anyone is in the UK I can recommend this course http://www.pbcbreweryinstallations.com/training.html
3 day course that is directly applicable to home brewing, as the knowledge and the experience directly 'scale down'. I did it over a year ago (knowing nothing) and it was £300 then. It's still £300. Very good value for money.

[Joel Nugteren]

Does anyone know if a student loan will cover the costs as it is only a short course?

[Steve Baker]

I'd be surprised if you could get a student loan for this, since the course does not contribute to a qualification.

[Pilgrim]

No qualification! Stuff that then, I'd at least want a nice piece of paper to hang on the brewery wall.

[Mike Neilson]

Man you dont need a flashy piece of paper to brew good beer!! it helps but!! To brew good beer you need Passion Patience Persistance, Persaverance and Pride, something they cant teach you there and it makes all the diffrence in my opinion. To me knowing everything about brewing helps but if you are prepared to accept mediocrity in your pint dont do it!!

[integersmirk]

So does anyone know anyone who has attended this course now? I see it's running in November this year again and it's fully booked.