FOOD SC 3550WT - Brewing Technology & Beer Production III
Waite Campus - Semester 1 - 2023
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code FOOD SC 3550WT Course Brewing Technology & Beer Production III Coordinating Unit School of Agriculture, Food and Wine Term Semester 1 Level Undergraduate Location/s Waite Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 6 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange N Prerequisites CHEM 1100 or 1101, CHEM 1200 or 1201, BIOLOGY 1101 or 1401 or 1001, BIOLOGY 1202 or equivalent Restrictions Available to Bachelor of Viticulture and Oenology and Bachelor of Applied Biology students only Assessment Reports, Proposals, Sensory Tests, Presentation and Final Examination Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Richard Muhlack
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
1 Discuss the role of the major raw ingredients in beer composition and its sensory properties. 2 Explain the processes by which the raw ingredients are transformed during the brewing process. 3 Identify the tastes, flavours and aromas associated with the key international beer styles in modern production. 4 Identify the major faults in beers, and describe the practices for minimisation of microbial and oxidative spoilage. 5 Plan and implement the production of beer according to a selected style. 6 Work in a group to prepare and critique written and oral presentations University Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Attribute 1: Deep discipline knowledge and intellectual breadth
Graduates have comprehensive knowledge and understanding of their subject area, the ability to engage with different traditions of thought, and the ability to apply their knowledge in practice including in multi-disciplinary or multi-professional contexts.
1,2,3,4 Attribute 2: Creative and critical thinking, and problem solving
Graduates are effective problems-solvers, able to apply critical, creative and evidence-based thinking to conceive innovative responses to future challenges.
5 Attribute 3: Teamwork and communication skills
Graduates convey ideas and information effectively to a range of audiences for a variety of purposes and contribute in a positive and collaborative manner to achieving common goals.
3,4,5 Attribute 4: Professionalism and leadership readiness
Graduates engage in professional behaviour and have the potential to be entrepreneurial and take leadership roles in their chosen occupations or careers and communities.
5,6 Attribute 5: Intercultural and ethical competency
Graduates are responsible and effective global citizens whose personal values and practices are consistent with their roles as responsible members of society.
6 Attribute 8: Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
Graduates are self-aware and reflective; they are flexible and resilient and have the capacity to accept and give constructive feedback; they act with integrity and take responsibility for their actions.
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Learning Resources
Online Learning
Students will need to regularly access the My Uni course site for:
1. Course announcements.
2. Copies of the lecture PowerPoints. These will be uploaded onto the course My Uni site prior to each lecture.
3. Lecture recordings.
4. Copies of assignments and assessment information
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Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
Lectures (2 x 1h per week) will be used to introduce key principles while practical classes (up to 4h per week) will illustrate the application of theoretical knowledge introduced in the lectures.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
A student enrolled in a 3 unit course, such as this, should expect to spend, on average 12 hours per week on the studies required. This includes both the formal contact time required to the course (e.g., lectures and practicals), as well as non-contact time (e.g., pre-class preparation, post-class assessments, reading and revision).Learning Activities Summary
Lectures will introduce the key principles of brewing technology and beer production, including detailed introduction to the principle raw ingredients (fermentables, malt, adjuncts, flavourings, hops), brewhouse operations, milling technologies, the processing stages (malting, milling, mashing and wort filtration, clarification, fermentation and conditioning/blending) and the packaging and marketing of the end product.
Practical classes will introduce students to the major industrial applications of brewing technology and beer production, including barley breeding, malting, and brewing at large and microbrewery scales. Sensory evaluation classes will introduce students to beer tastes, flavours and aromas, and will also provide an in-depth introduction to the styles of beer presently in commercial production. Practical brewing exercises will develop the students’ skills in brewing with small/pilot-scale full-mash brewing exercises. These will illustrate the application of the theoretical knowledge introduced in the lectures. -
Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Assessment Task Task Type Due Weighting Hurdle Learning Outcome Beer styles report Formative & Summative Week 9 20% No 1,2,3,5,6 Beer styles sensory test Formative & Summative Week 11 15% No 3,4 Beer production written report Formative & Summative Week 12 25% No 1,2,6 Final examination Summative Exam Period 40% No 1,2 Assessment Detail
Beer Styles Report [20%]
Styles report - The beer styles report will assess students’ knowledge of a range of styles of beer commercially available. A 2000-word report will be presented, in which a self-selected set of four contrasting beers, representing at least three of the major beer styles, are described. Details of ingredients, production and sensory attributes, and a brief history of the style, are to be provided.
Beer styles sensory test [15%]A Sensory Test will be conducted after the beer styles and beer faults practicals in which beers representing the major styles (pilseners, ales, stouts, wheat beers etc) will have been introduced and their particular sensory attributes described using the standard vocabulary adopted by the brewing industry worldwide. Students will be assessed on their ability to identify and apply the common vocabulary to the description of these beer styles and their sensory properties. Students will also be required to identify and describe key sensory attributes in beer (colour, clarity, bubbles, foam etc), tastes, aromas and flavours, plus a range of common faults including spoilage, oxidation and storage outcomes. The assessment will ensure that students have achieved a basic level of understanding of beer sensory parameters, and are able to describe good and bad beer using an appropriate vocabulary.
Beer production written report [25%]
Each student is to prepare a detailed written report (including an annotated flow chart) which documents the raw ingredients and production process for the beer style(s) produced by that student’s group during the Semester. The report will be a maximum of 3,000 words in length, and must contain, in addition to full production information, a evaluation of how closely the targeted beer style was matched, giving reasons why.
Final examination [40%]
A final examination will be held during the end-of-semester examination period that will assess students’ knowledge of all aspects of brewing technology and beer production covered in the lectures.Submission
Late submission of assessments
If an extension is not applied for, or not granted then a penalty for late submission will apply. A penalty of 10% of the value of the assignment for each calendar day that is late (i.e. weekends count as 2 days), up to a maximum of 50% of the available marks will be applied. This means that an assignment that is 5 days or more late without an approved extension can only receive a maximum of 50% of the mark.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through .
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