Posted: Thursday, January 24, 2013 4:48 pm
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Updated: 4:51 pm, Thu Jan 24, 2013.
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New Mexico State University has offered several beer brewing courses to students in the past, but the newest one offers students the chance to travel for credits.
The family and Consumer Sciences (FCES) Department is offering a 3 credit class to Munich and Prague May 12-22, 2013 called: “Beer and Brewing Traditions of Bavaria”.
Students will explore the traditions of Bavaria, there is nowhere on earth with a longer brewing tradition.
In Bavaria, students can find both the oldest archaeological evidence of beer making in Europe, a Celtic beer amphora from 800 B.C., and the oldest preserved malting plant and brew house in which beer was made by modern techniques: a complete installation dating from 179 A.D., during the Roman occupation of Bavaria, reports the Economics of Beer and Brewing.
Because of the brewing tradition in Bavaria, it is not surprising that the oldest breweries in the world are located in the Free State.
According to Beeronomics, today, there are about 640 working breweries in Bavaria. This number includes small brewpubs that only produce beer for sale on their own on-premises, small and medium sized breweries that predominantly serve their local or regional markets, as well as large breweries, even subsidiaries of transnational brewing conglomerates that ship their beers all over the globe.
Bavarian breweries still produce more than 4,000 different labels, split among some four dozen different beer styles, all from nothing but water, malt, hops and yeast.
Students can sign up for the course by contacting Dr. Stuart Munson-McGee. Only 10-15 spaces are available and are expected to fill quickly due to the nature of the course.
The Program will cost $2,945 including all lodging, meals (except 4 lunches on your own), tours, guides, transportation and health insurance.
Not included: international airfare (est. ~$1,200), NMSU tuition, passport, and personal expenses. There are $300 scholarships available for the first 5 students who register with Dr. Munson-McGee.
An added perk to the course is that some colleges may count this as a Viewing a Wider World course, but students must check with the college’s dean’s office.
The course FSTE 450: Beer and Brewing Traditions of Bavaria and is Fridays from 3:30-4:20 p.m.
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