How to home brew beer
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Discover how your beer brewing can benefit from the 7 secrets to making good, consistent beer. Avoid your beer turning out with flavour taints by joining us and learning how to homebrew
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Select from a location from the table below to see which short brewing course is right for you. We have courses for beginners to the more advanced grain home brewer or craft brewer. So there is sure to be a course for you.
Brewing Course for 2013
| Course name | Codes | Dates | Venue | Cost* | Status | |
| Melbourne Introductory Extract Brewing Courses |
INTM01, INTM02, INTM03, INTM04 | 2/02/13, 3/5/13, 26/8/13, 1/11/13 (9 hrs) | Costanzo Brewing School, Pascoe Vale South, VIC | $350 | Open | |
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Melbourne All-Grain Courses |
One Day Brewing Essentials Four Day Masterbrew |
1 day and 4 days (click link for dates) | Costanzo Brewing School, Pascoe Vale South, VIC | $390, $1190 | Open | |
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Sydney All Grain Courses |
One Day Brewing Essentials Four Day Masterbrew |
1 day and 4 days (click link for dates) | Maclin Lodge, Campbelltown, NSW |
$390, $1190 | Open | |
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Perth All Grain Courses |
One Day Brewing Essentials Four Day Masterbrew |
1 day and 4 days (click link for dates) |
Comfort Hotel, Perth, WA |
$390, $1190 | Open | |
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Brisbane All Grain Course |
BEB01 One Day Brewing Essentials |
6/7/13 (1 day) | Comfort Inn & Suites Robertson Gardens, Brisbane | $390 | Open | |
| New Zealand All Grain Courses | Click link | 1 day and 4 days (click link for dates) | Black Dog Brewery, Wellington, and Hallertau Brewery, Auckland | NZ$420, NZ$1420 | Open | |
| Newcastle | TBA | Newcastle | $565 | Open | ||
| Advanced All Grain Brewing 1-on-1 | ADV1-on-1 | Time negotiable on application |
Costanzo Brewing School,Pascoe Vale South, VIC | From $580 | Open | |
*Please Note: These prices are exclusive of GST for all courses except NZ courses
Good Beer Week 2013
We are taking part in the Good Beer Week in Melbourne 2013 and would like to welcome all who participate in this event. For those that would like to participate in brewing courses simply click on the Melbourne All-grain courses in the table above and enrol. For a full program of all events during the GBW festival click the banner below.
Learn and Brew on a 100L brew System
Join us for a special 2 day short course in Newcastle which will show you the way to make your favourite beer using a 100L. brew system. Monday2Sunday Brewhaus, run by James McKay, will host these events and Vincent Costanzo will introduce the brewing concepts and take you, along with James, through a actual brew. For further information just click on the logo below.
Why You Should Do These Home Brewing Courses
There are many brewing courses around but these ones would benefit those wanting to learn from a professional brewer with almost 3 decades of experience
- experience in craft brewing
- experience with brewing beer at the highest commercial level
- experience with quality control and how this can affect beer quality
- experience with setting up craft breweries and traps that brewers must avoid
- Practical recipe development and scale up factors
- providing choice of type of course to suit your needs either over 1 day, 2 day or 4 days on a full time basis
- excellent value for money
Read More on Vince Costanzo’s qualifications
What the Home brewing Courses Cover
The home brewing courses cover topics such as malt, yeast and hops, beer styles and design, craft beer tasting education, filtration, stabilisation and packaging of beer. A field trip to a local microbrewery is incorporated as well as the hands-on Brewery day in the 2 and 4 day courses. This serves as a chance to see a working brewery in progress and experience and participate in some of the nuances a brewer faces on a daily basis. Every course includes tea/coffee breraks and lunch. Comprehensive take home notes are also included so you have a record of what is taught.
For International Students please click here for more information.
What You’ll Get Out Of the Home Brewing Courses
- just what does it mean & how do you get consistent beer every time you brew. This is the crux of the course and everything is related back to consistency
- the seven secrets to brewing better beer
- why you shouldn’t use the most common type of sanitiser
- learn about beer stabilisation and effect of oxygen from an expert in the field. Why and how to avoid oxygen ingress at all cost. No, you don’t need that much for bottle conditioned beer
- why and how you can know that you put in the right amount of hops
- why you absolutely must record everything you do
- Is your mash tun design the cause of your problems. More often than not it can be. Find out what you can do about it
- How best to use your home brew kegs
- Practice on a real commercial microbrewery for a day
- Bottle your own takeaway beer and see what the right way is
- How to remove unsightly sediment from your beer
- and much, much more
Enrollments
You can enrol by clicking on one of the courses shown in the table above and making payment on-line using PayPal or direct transfer. Payment will secure a seat. If you would like to enrol but can’t right now, please contact me to discuss.
Part Time Enrollments-Masterbrew Courses
Students who can’t attend a full 4 day program can do some of the advanced course to suit their requirements by enrolling on the basis of one or more days. For example, if you want to take part in the brew day (which allows you to see how its done) you can enroll for this day at the cost of $390. And for any 2 days, cost is $640, or any 3 days $950. Please refer to the timetable after clicking the course name in the above table to see which day(s) you may be interested in or contact me for further details.
Please note: Already enrolled students cannot downgrade to part time enrollment.
Gift Certificates
Are you looking for that special gift for someone special? Well, you can now purchase a gift certificate and surprise them with a new and rewarding hobby. Its fun to make beer and even better to drink all the new styles which are becoming more popular in Australia. Gift Certificates are also available for all special occasions such as birthdays, Easter and Christmas, or just to say thank-you.
For your gift certificate just drop me an Email
Special Packages For Masterbrew Home Brewing Courses
Gold Package (Save Total package value of $722)
Silver Package (Save Total package value of $608)
Read more after clicking on a particular course in the table above