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U.S. NEWSSaturday 25 April 2015
American Living:
BYOB: It’s Brew Your Own Beer at some colleges now!
JOHN ROGERS A few feet away, senior drink responsibly. college in the country to gives a reply guaranteed
Associated Press chemistry major Stephen “Right now my goal is to make its own beer and sell to send a shiver down
POMONA, California (AP) Moser was in the back work for an established it on campus, that could any serious beer drinker’s
— A bachelor’s in beer? room of this former cam- craft brewer,” said Moser, soon change. Colorado spine: “It all goes down
A master’s in malt? Not State University expects the drain.”
quite. But these days some Koby Harris, brewery production manager, left, and Sandra to begin selling its micro- Well, almost all.
U.S. colleges are teaching Cain, assistant director of retail operations, present their freshly brewed beer at a campus Students studying for
students to make beer as brewed beers at Innovation Brew Works in the California State pub later this year, said bachelor’s and master’s
part of their studies. Polytechnic University, Pomona in Pomona, Calif. Jim Francis, director of the degrees in fermentation
When California State (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) school’s Beverage Busi- do have to taste each
Polytechnic University, Po- ness Institute. batch to ensure what
mona, fired up its gleam- pus bookstore, brewing who graduates in June. Students at the University they have produced is not
ing new stainless steel up a batch of ale. In a few “I really want to do small of Wisconsin, Madison; Or- what Bamforth, a former
brewery in December, it weeks his work will end up batch projects, like creat- egon State University; and Bass Ale executive, would
joined a small-but-grow- in the glasses of patrons ing new and interesting other campuses around dismiss as “absolute swill.”
ing number of colleges in- in the brew works’ cafe, brews.” the country also make There’s also an annual
structing students on how where signs at the front Although Cal Poly offi- beer on campus. competition to determine
to produce high-quality door remind people to cials say theirs is the only A pioneer in the process the school’s best brew-
craft beers. At the same is the University of Califor- master.
time, it took the move- nia, Davis, where students What’s driving the inter-
ment a step beyond — have been brewing beer est in college brewing,
kegging the results of their since the makers of Lucky beer makers say, is the in-
labors and selling it on Lager built them a micro- creased fascination with
campus. brewery in 1959. Like the craft beers. They note
“To make the beer here other campuses, how- that the number of U.S.
and sell the beer here and ever, Davis doesn’t sell breweries has tripled over
have a cafe and have an beer and has no plans to. the past 10 years to about
educational component, Charlie Bamforth, the uni- 3,000. That counts every-
we’re the first to have put versity’s Anheuser-Busch thing from those operated
all those pieces together,” endowed professor of by industry giants to small
Aaron Neilson, director brewing science, believes regional producers.
of dining services for the getting into the retail end “A lot of young people,
Cal Poly Foundation, said of things would be a dis- 30 and under, consider
over a lunch of pizza and traction for him and his themselves beer geeks,”
— of course — beer at the students. said Francis, whose school
school’s new Innovation Asked what happens to offers a degree in fermen-
Brew Works. his students’ creations, his tation science.q
U.S. NEWSSaturday 25 April 2015
American Living:
BYOB: It’s Brew Your Own Beer at some colleges now!
JOHN ROGERS A few feet away, senior drink responsibly. college in the country to gives a reply guaranteed
Associated Press chemistry major Stephen “Right now my goal is to make its own beer and sell to send a shiver down
POMONA, California (AP) Moser was in the back work for an established it on campus, that could any serious beer drinker’s
— A bachelor’s in beer? room of this former cam- craft brewer,” said Moser, soon change. Colorado spine: “It all goes down
A master’s in malt? Not State University expects the drain.”
quite. But these days some Koby Harris, brewery production manager, left, and Sandra to begin selling its micro- Well, almost all.
U.S. colleges are teaching Cain, assistant director of retail operations, present their freshly brewed beer at a campus Students studying for
students to make beer as brewed beers at Innovation Brew Works in the California State pub later this year, said bachelor’s and master’s
part of their studies. Polytechnic University, Pomona in Pomona, Calif. Jim Francis, director of the degrees in fermentation
When California State (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) school’s Beverage Busi- do have to taste each
Polytechnic University, Po- ness Institute. batch to ensure what
mona, fired up its gleam- pus bookstore, brewing who graduates in June. Students at the University they have produced is not
ing new stainless steel up a batch of ale. In a few “I really want to do small of Wisconsin, Madison; Or- what Bamforth, a former
brewery in December, it weeks his work will end up batch projects, like creat- egon State University; and Bass Ale executive, would
joined a small-but-grow- in the glasses of patrons ing new and interesting other campuses around dismiss as “absolute swill.”
ing number of colleges in- in the brew works’ cafe, brews.” the country also make There’s also an annual
structing students on how where signs at the front Although Cal Poly offi- beer on campus. competition to determine
to produce high-quality door remind people to cials say theirs is the only A pioneer in the process the school’s best brew-
craft beers. At the same is the University of Califor- master.
time, it took the move- nia, Davis, where students What’s driving the inter-
ment a step beyond — have been brewing beer est in college brewing,
kegging the results of their since the makers of Lucky beer makers say, is the in-
labors and selling it on Lager built them a micro- creased fascination with
campus. brewery in 1959. Like the craft beers. They note
“To make the beer here other campuses, how- that the number of U.S.
and sell the beer here and ever, Davis doesn’t sell breweries has tripled over
have a cafe and have an beer and has no plans to. the past 10 years to about
educational component, Charlie Bamforth, the uni- 3,000. That counts every-
we’re the first to have put versity’s Anheuser-Busch thing from those operated
all those pieces together,” endowed professor of by industry giants to small
Aaron Neilson, director brewing science, believes regional producers.
of dining services for the getting into the retail end “A lot of young people,
Cal Poly Foundation, said of things would be a dis- 30 and under, consider
over a lunch of pizza and traction for him and his themselves beer geeks,”
— of course — beer at the students. said Francis, whose school
school’s new Innovation Asked what happens to offers a degree in fermen-
Brew Works. his students’ creations, his tation science.q
