Beakers of beer in the Hops and Brewing Analysis Lab.

Purdue To Offer Fermentation Minor That’s Not Just About Beer

Purdue University officials are pushing back against the notion a new program will allow students to officially minor in beer.

The new fermentation minor program will teach students how to apply knowledge of fermentation to several industries. Students will take 18 credit hours in a variety of areas, including brewing beer.

Purdue Food Science senior academic advisor Allie Kingery says the fermentation minor will send students into more than just the alcohol industry, though. “It is something in the industry – not just the food industry – but many different industries that are really having a different understanding of the capability of fermentation,” Kingery says. She adds that the term “fermentation” could give some people the wrong idea. “There’s a lot of products that are in that category that people are very comfortable with and then there’s products in that category people are, assume to be very uncomfortable with,” Kingery says. The university is joining more than a dozen other colleges across the […]

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