A Craft Beer Education

by | May 26, 2022

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Students in Washington are getting access to a new kind of education, craft beer. I’m Brian Banmiller on Business.

Eastern Washington University and a brew house in Spokane are joining forces to create the school’s first professional certificate program for the craft beer industry. A senior lecturer for the school’s department of wellness and movement sciences says there are more than 64 breweries in the area and demand for jobs is increasing. Plus, as the breweries expand, they need to hire people in all aspects of the job such as production, distribution, human resources and marketing. The brewery owners donated $10,000 to help launch the certificate program after one of them spoke at the school and noticed how interested students were. Now this gives them another career to consider. Students participating in the craft beer certificate program will learn about the various types, flavors and ingredients of beer, proper serving styles, storage and draft line management, plus diversity and equity issues that often come up within the industry. And it’s a lucrative business. In 2019 craft beer brought in more than two billion dollars. Brian Banmiller, CBS News.

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CBS News Radio national business journalist Brian Banmiller has spent more than 40 years in the news industry, covering business, politics and the economy on television, radio and in print. Currently, his “Banmiller on Business” reports are delivered to an audience of millions nationwide.

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