The primary objective of this course is to (1) learn the proper terminology (nouns, verbs, collocations) for the equipment and processes involved in the production of both malt and beer, and (2) how to use them in the generation of text in the form of coherent English sentences (written, spoken).
After a general introduction about how to describe objects in a technical context, the instruction begins with malting:
- attributes of grain
- cleaning
- steeping
- germination
- kilning
- deculming
- attributes of the finished malt
- milling
- mashing
- wort separation
- boiling
- chilling
- yeast propagation/pitching
- fermentation
- maturation
- filtration
- filling
- dispensing
- attributes of the finished beer