Nova Scotians can now go to beer school
Last Updated Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:44:02 EST
CBC News
[HALIFAX-] Students at Nova Scotia Community College are now able to
earn an academic credit for cradling a glass of beer.
The Labatt Beer Institute, which officially opened in Halifax's Brewery
Market complex on Wednesday, will train students on everything from the
history of beer to matching beer choices with different foods, to how
to pour it properly.
"What I would have thought, in my day, is that there was very little
about beer that the students didn't know," joked Nova Scotia Premier John
Hamm.
In fact, the new offering is a serious course designed to help students
taking the hospitality and culinary arts program.
Students will learn about beer in a pub setting with 16 brews on tap.
There is a lot to learn about beer, said Chris Mosher, who is both the
course instructor and the institute's general man
ager.
For example, "in Belgium they have a very unique ritual where every
glass is hand-washed," he said. Servers mist the glass and pour foam over
the side before rinsing it off and presenting the glass to the customer
on a coaster.
Mosher said he has a high level of job satisfaction.
"I love saying that I teach beer. Everybody has a great passion for
beer everybody that I meet, anyway. And they're amazed by the things they
don't know about beer and I love being able to tell them about it."
The institute was set up with $1 million from Labatt Breweries of
Canada.
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