Course code 05 19 0019 01
Number of ECTS points 5
Course title in the language of instruction
Technologia piwowarstwa
Course title in Polish Technologia piwowarstwa
Course title in English
Brewing Technology
Language of instruction Polish
Type of classes
Lecture Tutorials Laboratory Project Seminar Other Total of teaching hours during semester
Contact hours 45 15 0 60
E-learning No No No No No No
Assessment criteria (weightage) 0.00 0.00 0.00
Unit running the course Instytut Technologii Fermentacji i Mikrobiologii
Course coordinator dr hab. inż. Edyta Kordialik-Bogacka
Course instructors dr hab. inż. Joanna Berłowska
Prerequisites
Knowledge of basic problems on organic chemistry, biochemistry and microbiology
Course learning outcomes A student: characterizes raw materials used in brewing industry; evaluates the influence of raw materials quality on the properties of final product; describes malting and brewing processes from raw materials to final product; explains the science underlying the conversion of raw materials to final product; distinguishes the characteristics and faults of beer styles; studies independently; appreciates the need of continuous update of knowledge on technology. shows responsibility for the entrusted range of studies, quality of own work, entrusted equipment and safety of own work and that of other team members.
Programme learning outcomes
    Programme content W TRAKCIE UZUPEŁNIANIA
    Assessment methods
    Written tests, quiz, laboratory reports, assessment of work, attitude and engagement in the classes
    
     
    Grading policies W TRAKCIE UZUPEŁNIANIA
    Course content LECTURE I. Raw materials in beer production - Barley. Barley varieties. Chemical composition of barley grain. Physico-chemical parameters. - Hop. Hop varieties. The main components of hop from brewing point of view: essential oils, polyphenols, bitter substances. Hop products: normal and izomerized extracts. Hop granulates, reduced izo-alpha-acids products. - Production water. Chemical composition of water. Components of non-carbonate and temporary hardness. Remaining alkalinity. The correction of chemical composition of water. II. Malting: - Preparation of grain for storage. - Steeping. Physico-chemical and biochemical changes in grain during steeping. Steeping tans. - Germination. Biochemical changes in germinating grains. The types of malthouses. - Kilning of malt. Physico-chemical and biochemical changes in grains during kilning of light and dark malt. - Production of special malt. - Qualitative parameters of malt. III. Wort production - Malt grinding. Mills. The fractions of milled malt. - Mashing of ground malt. Physico-chemical and biochemical changes in grains during mashing. Methods of mashing. The brewhouse equipment. Modifications of mashing systems. Wort production with adjuncts. - Mash filtration. - Hopping. Physico-chemical changes during wort boiling. Methods of hop dosing. Izomerisation of hop alpha-acids. Brewhouse productivity. - Separation of spent hops and trubs. Cooling of hopped wort. Hot and cold trubs. Wort aeration. IV. Wort fermentation. - Brewing yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and S. pastorianus. Pitching yeast. Yeast pure culture and methods of yeast propagation. - Traditional fermentation vessel and cylindroconical tanks. Traditional method of beer fermentation. Fermentation in the cylindroconical tanks. Irregularities of wort fermentation. Fermentation by-products. - Secondary fermentation. - Continuous methods of fermentation. V. Filtration and stabilization of beer. Beer stability. Pasteurization. VI. High gravity brewing VII. Chemical composition of beer. Methods of the improvement of colloidal and taste stability of beer. Foam stability. VIII. Production of non-alcoholic beer. LABORATORY Evaluation of technological parameters of hop: the determination of moisture, total and soft resin and alpha acid content. Assessment of viability and vitality of brewing yeast.
    Basic reference materials
    Kunze W.: Technologia piwa i słodu. Piwochmiel, Warszawa 1999.
    Other reference materials
    Pazera T., Rzemieniuk T.: Browarnictwo. WSziP, Warszawa 1998.
    Briggs D.E. i wsp.: Malting and Brewing Science. Chapman & Hall, Londyn 1996.
    
    Average student workload outside classroom
    81
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    Updated on 2020-07-29 15:26:18
    Archival course yes/no no