Diploma in Brewing Module 1 - 2025

This lesson is an introduction to the Water 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 introduces water as an ingredient for brewing. It explores the water cycle, sources of water and potability standards. It also examines some characteristics of water (hardness and alkalinity) and their effects on the brewhouse. Finally, the lesson investigates the methods of water analysis.

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

This lesson deals with the influences of water composition on brewing equipment, the brewing process and beer quality. It will cover the positive and negative impacts that the various compounds found in water have on beer. We will explore the recommended water specifications for brewing key beer styles. We will also examine how to correct levels of some of the key salts within water.

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

This lesson deals with the various physical and chemical procedures that we can use to treat all water supplied to the brewery. It also examines the processes used to make water potable (if the water supplied to the brewery is not already potable).

We will also explore all additional treatment processes that we can use to prepare water to the correct quality specifications, making it fit for use as brewing product water.

This lesson provides the opportunity for you to test yourself on the material covered in Lesson 6 (Brewing Product Water Final Treatment) 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 water lessons and determine the level to which you have attained the outcomes.