BREW 230 Packaging & Distribution
(Contact Hours: 3) Through this course students will gain the opportunity to study beer packaging in bottles, cans, kegs and casks, including draft systems. Students will learn about technological design and operation of packaging equipment, container unit delivery systems, and systems for unitized, packaged beer. Packaging equipment discussed will include vessels, pump, piping, valves, heat exchangers, CO2 systems, counter-pressure filling machines, pasteurizers, conveying equipment, casing and palletizing machinery. The management and handling of packaging by-products and waste will be investigated with an aim of promoting sustainable packaging and reducing carbon footprint. Warehousing and distribution channel operations will also be discussed, including scheduling and reporting functions using dashboards. Personal safety and safe operation of packaging equipment will be emphasized. This course will employ case studies and excursions to local breweries to illustrate the U.S. 3-tier beer distribution system and enable students to learn about operations and equipment installations directly. Recommended prerequisite: Completion of BREW 110. Corequisite: BREW 220 is recommended. Minimum benchmarks will be enforced.