Diploma in Brewing Module 1 - 2025

This lesson is an introduction to the Malt Unit. It offers you the opportunity to ensure that you have the necessary knowledge required to study the unit successfully. Also included is a brief overview of the topics that you will learn.

This lesson deals with barley and its influence on the brewing process. We examine barley cultivation, as well as the effect of growing conditions on the barley crop and the kernel. The lesson also considers the function of each component of the barley kernel in the malting and brewing process.

This lesson provides the opportunity for you to test yourself on the material covered in Lesson 2 (Barley) and determine the level to which you have attained the expected outcomes.

This lesson deals with the malting process. We investigate each stage of the malting process in detail. We describe the required physical and biochemical changes involved in the conversion of barley to malt. We also discuss the vessels used for malting and explain how they help to produce malt of optimum quality.

This lesson provides the opportunity for you to test yourself on the material covered in Lesson 4 (Malting Process) and determine the level to which you have attained the expected outcomes.

This lesson deals with malt quality. We explore each parameter on a malt specification sheet and identify why they are specified. We then examine how they affect beer and the brewing process.

This lesson provides the opportunity for you to test yourself on the material covered in Lesson 6 (Malt Quality) and determine the level to which you have attained the expected outcomes.

This lesson allows you to test yourself on the material covered in all previous malt lessons and determine the level to which you have attained the outcomes.