Brewing

Hero shot of Tapping Potential Pink IPA can on a bar top

What’s Brewin’?

  • by Michelle Risser
UC Davis Tapping Potential Pink IPA is a collaboration brew featuring a unique recipe developed by 2022 scholarship winner Chijindu Onwuchekwa and five regional breweries who helped bring her recipe to life.
UC Davis Master Brewers graduate Shae Vaughn poses outside Storm Peak Brewing Co

From Beverage Sales to Master Brewer

  • by Stephanie Trinh
Shae Vaughn knew he wanted to make a career for himself in the brewing industry. His beer odyssey led him to the UC Davis Master Brewers Certificate Program. Shortly after completing the program, he was hired by Storm Peak Brewing Co.
Jon Hughes next to brewing equipment

Brewing with Jon Hughes

Jonathan Hughes, director of brewing and sensory science at UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education, has extensive insight on the brewing industry and the experience and training necessary to be a part of it. Here’s a summary of our conversation on brewing trends and the direction of CPE’s Brewing Program.
Mariana da Silva Schneider

UC Davis “Tapping Potential” Brewing Scholarship Winner Announced

Brewer Mariana da Silva Schneider was selected as the winner of the UC Davis "Tapping Potential” scholarship. The crowdfunded scholarship, designed to support diversity, leadership and cross-cultural understanding in the brewing industry, provides full enrollment into the prestigious online UC Davis Master Brewers Certificate Program.
UC Davis Master Brewers graduate Amanda Koeller poses the brewery at Las Vegas Brewing where she's head brewer

Student Spotlight: Amanda Koeller

Amanda Koeller is the head brewer of Las Vegas Brewing Company and holds the title as the only female head brewer in Nevada. See how the Master Brewers Certificate Program helped her get there and what advice she has for other women looking to break into the industry.
hops and glasses full of beer on a wooden table

UC Davis Professional Brewing Scholarships

Creating Opportunities for a New, Diverse Generation of Brewers

UC Davis Professional Brewing Scholarships provide support for deserving students to attend UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education’s world-renowned in-person and online Brewing Programs, including the UC Davis Master Brewers Certificate Program. Scholarships are designed to recognize academic and professional excellence and increase diversity and cross-cultural understanding in the brewing industry.

headshot of Master Brewer grad Logan Jager

Student Spotlight: Logan Jager

Logan Jager wasn’t always a brewer. He actually started his career in finance. But desiring to do something new that would have a positive impact on his community, he heard the call of brewing and answered. He is a graduate of the Master Brewers Certificate Program and the founder and head brewer of Western Flyer Brewing.
Dan Weber in brewery

3 Things You Should Know about Creating Beer Recipes

With a decade of experience in the brewing industry, Dan Weber, assistant brewing manager at Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, knows a thing or two about crafting unique, quality beer. For Weber, the magic of brewing is in the process of marrying art with science to create a great recipe every time. These are skills any brewer needs to know, and it’s the focus of Weber’s new class Beer Recipe Development and Scaling: From Small to Large.
brewing ingredients malt, yeast and hops

3 Reasons Why Malt is Important to Brewing

Beer is made from four main ingredients: water, malt, hops and yeast. Of those four ingredients, malt is perhaps the most important. However, malt can be a somewhat overlooked ingredient in the brewing process. So, we reached out to Glen Fox, the Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting & Brewing Science at UC Davis, to find out just how important this ingredient really is.
UC Davis Brewing instructor Glen Fox head shot

Instructor Spotlight: Glen Fox

Glen Fox joined UC Davis in 2019 as the new Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting & Brewing Science. With a Ph.D. in the subject of barley genetics as it relates to barley and malt quality, Fox has conducted research with some of the world’s largest beer companies. He is an instructor in UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education’s Master Brewers Certificate Program.
Brennan Fleming at his bar with beer

How to Turn Your Passion for Brewing Into a Career

Are you a beer enthusiast or an avid homebrewer? Have you ever wondered what it would take to become a professional brewer and actually make a living doing something you love? We spoke with three professional brewers, all UC Davis graduates and alumni of the Master Brewers Certificate Program at UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education, and an industry expert to find out how they translated their love for brewing into a successful career.
Micheal Lewis in the classroom

UC Davis Professor Emeritus Michael Lewis to be Recognized by National Museum of American History

Michael Lewis, professor emeritus of brewing science at the University of California, Davis, will be recognized by the National Museum of American History as one of the most transformational figures in the beer industry. As one of the founders of craft beer, Lewis’ 50+ year career was dedicated to the advancement of brewing, as well as training and mentoring new generations of brewers.
UC Davis Brewery Safety Instructor Pat Greer headshot

Instructor Spotlight: Pat Greer

Pat Greer, MBA, has been working in the brewing industry for more than four decades. He recently retired from the corporate brewing world, where he traveled to more than 26 countries and managed all aspects of supply operations. “My career focused on enabling brew masters to make great beers,” says Greer.
Charlie Bamforth filming in studio

UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education’s Online Beer Quality Series Offers High-quality, Convenient Brewing Education

The Online Beer Quality Series from the UC Davis Division of Continuing and Professional Education is the division’s first online brewing program, providing brewers worldwide access to world-renowned brewing knowledge. These courses are taught by distinguished UC Davis professor emeritus, Charlie Bamforth, Ph.D., D.Sc, the “pope of foam,” an internationally acclaimed brewing expert with more than 40 years of experience in the brewing industry.
UC Davis Marketing Craft Beer Instructor Derek Gallanosa

Instructor Spotlight: Derek Gallanosa

Derek Gallanosa began his career in the brewing industry as a passionate homebrewer. “The fact that you can make your own beer at home blew my mind,” he said. “I took every opportunity to make a new batch of beer at home and after a couple of years, I knew I wanted to pursue brewing as a career.” Now he has more than nine years of professional brewing experience under his belt.

Master Brewers Program Grad Sam Hartwell

Student Spotlight: Sam Hartwell

Following a successful 30-year active duty and reserve career in the Army—which included time served in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as intelligence support for special ops—Sam Hartwell retired as a colonel and was ready for a different kind of “action” in his life.