Professor of engineering at University Of Pittsburgh and a 25-year veteran of home brewing beer, Robert Parker, made the decision to “do something different” and “bring his passion to work.” 

Parker accomplished this, working with colleagues Rob Toplak and Dan Cole, to introduce the Pitt engineering department’s Science, Technology, and Culture of Craft Brewing course. 

“We sat down over lunch and a beer and designed what a syllabus might look like,” Parker said. “We’ve tried to scope it so that it is accessible for anyone who has a passion for learning something about beer.”

The course meets at the Cathedral of Learning on Mondays and Wednesdays at 2:00 p.m. for lecture-style instruction. Parker stated that the sensory beer tasting that takes place in Lawrence Hall on Fridays is the “international standard” for evaluating the quality of beer. 

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SOURCE: PittNews
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