Add this to the growing list of undergraduate courses we’d like to take: “Zymurgy, the Science of Brewing.” Where else can you taste a frothy beer while earning credit?
After the University of Wisconsin at Madison christened a new microbial-sciences building last year, the beverage giant MillerCoors donated about $100,000 in brewing equipment to the university’s bacteriology department. The company hoped to both highlight brewing and train potential employees, while the university gained equipment to give students hands-on preparation for careers in Wisconsin’s nearly $7-billion-a-year brewing industry, says Jon T. Roll, a faculty associate in the department and a Ph.D. in bacteriology and biological sciences.