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Beer Quality

This Specialization is intended for home and professional brewers seeking to advance their brewing skills conveniently from home. This series of five courses, provide brewers with an in-depth look over several weeks at how to brew great beer every time. Designed for brewers of all skill levels, this comprehensive series features creator and "The Pope of Foam”, Charlie Bamforth, who guides you through the key markers of beer quality: flavor, foam, color/clarity, freshness and quality systems.

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Five courses

Beer Quality: Foam

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As one of the most distinctive qualities of beer, achieving the perfect foam is a precise art. In this course, you’ll learn how foam affects the quality of beer and how to achieve the ideal foam. By the end of this course, you will be able to apply your new knowledge to ensure excellent foam performance on your beers.

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Beer Quality: Flavor

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In this Beer Quality Series course, you will learn about factors influencing the perception of flavor and the molecules that influence flavor. We also review methods of evaluating and measuring flavor, as well as methods of modifying flavor.

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Beer Quality: Freshness

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In this third course of the Beer Quality Series on beer freshness, led by distinguished professor Charles Bamforth, Ph.D, you will learn about beer flavor preconceptions, expectations, and the causes of flavor instability. You will also learn about the science of flavor change and the study and process impacts of flavor stability. In addition, you will review light instability and how it can lead to skunking.

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Beer Quality: Color & Clarity

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Welcome to Beer Quality: Color and Clarity. In this course, you will learn about beer color and how it impacts consumer perception. Also discussed are the scientific factors affecting beer color and clarity. The methods of measuring and altering beer color are presented, as are ways to troubleshoot problems with beer color.

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Beer Quality Systems

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Ultimately, the difference between success and failure as a brewer is whether you consistently deliver a quality beer. Designed for brewers of all skill levels, this course is part of a comprehensive series where brewing legend Charlie Bamforth, Ph.D. guides you through the key markers of beer quality: flavor, foam, color/clarity, freshness and quality systems. In this last course of the Beer Quality Series, you will examine the systems necessary to produce quality beer.

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Intermediate

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University of California, Davis

Instructor

Charles Bamforth

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Intermediate

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