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Fermented Drinks

£175.00

Learn the best ways to create fermented drinks in your own home, for your own enjoyment. This short course gives you all the rudiments for home fermenting.

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Learn to Make your own Fermented Drinks!

Fermented drinks can be made at home. The satisfaction that you have created your own fermented beverage can be satisfying and also save you money. Learn correct techniques with this 20 hour short course. Work through the course in your own pace.

Learn to Make a wide variety of Fermented Drinks:

  • Wine
  • Beer
  • Spirits
  • Mead
  • Cider
  • Low alcohol Drinks
  • Keifir and Kombucha

Course Content

HISTORY, SCOPE AND NATURE OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
  1. A Brief History
  2. Trends in Beverage Consumption
  3. Alcohol & Health
  4. Global Wine Production
  5. Global Wine Consumption
  6. Global Beer Production
  7. Global Beer Consumption
  8. Good Quality Water

THE SCIENCE: CHEMICAL and MICROBIOGOLICAL PROCESSES

  1. Understanding the Science
  2. Fermentation
  3. Glycolysis
  4. Carbohydrates
  5. a) Monosaccharides
    b) Polysaccharides
  6. Microbiology
  7. Yeasts
  8. Enzymes
  9. Effect of Temperature
  10. Effect of pH
  11. Spoilage
PROBIOTIC DRINKS
  1. The Benefits of Probiotics
  2. Kefir
  3. Making Kefir
  4. Variations
  5. Other Uses for Kefir
  6. Reducing Alcohol Content
  7. Storage and Reuse
  8. Long Term Storage
  9. To Feed the Kefir Culture
  10. Kombucha
  11. Making Kambucha step by step
  12. Beet Kvass
BREWING BEERS
  1. What Can Be Brewed?
  2. Water: The Essential Ingredient
  3. The Water Profile
  4. Example of a Commercial Brewing Process
  5. Brewing Using Different Methods
  6. Open Brewing/Fermentation
  7. Closed Brewing
  8. Fermentation Temperatures
  9. Spontaneous Brewing
  10. Barrel Aging
  11. Old Brewing Techniques
  12. Double Dropping/Dropping System
  13. Cleansing System
  14. Skimming System
  15. The Yorkshire Square Brewing Method
  16. Using Hops in Brewing

BREWING CIDERS

  1. Traditional Cider
  2. Fruit Ciders
  3. Apple and Pear Fruits
  4. Making Apple or Pear Cider
  5. Equipment – What You Will Need
  6. The Wild Yeast Method
  7. Heat Treated Method

MEAD

  1. Making Mead
  2. Preparing to Make Mead
  3. Ingredients
  4. Making the Mead
  5. Examples of Different Types of Mead

WINE

  1. What Is Involved In Winemaking?
  2. An Overview of Some Winemaking Terms
  3. An Overview of Winemaking Processes
  4. The Importance of Yeast
  5. The Fermentation Process in Detail
  6. Containers
  7. Sweetness
  8. Malolactic Fermentation
  9. Red and White Winemaking
  10. A Winemaking Method for Some Wines
  11. Preparing to Ferment
  12. Types of Wine
  13. Red Wines
  14. White Wines
  15. Rosé Wine
  16. Sparkling Wine
  17. Fortified Wines
  18. A Glossary of Terms for Wine Making

SPIRITS AND FORTIFIED WINES

  1. Distillation
  2. Spirits
  3. Spirit Groups
  4. Brandy
  5. Whisky
  6. Gin
  7. Rum
  8. Vodka
  9. Tequila
  10. Liqueurs
  11. Liqueur Groups
  12. Aperitifs
  13. Sherry
  14. Vermouth
  15. Port
  16. Gin Making – A Simple Approach

NO OR LOW ALCOHOL BREWED DRINKS

  1. Brief History of Non-alcoholic Drinks
  2. Reasons to Choose Low or No-Alcohol Drinks
  3. Alcohol Content
  4. How to Remove Alcohol after Brewing
  5. Beers
  6. Wine

OTHER VARIATIONS ON BREWED DRINKS: GETTING INVENTIVE

  1. Mixed Drinks & Cocktails
  2. Mixed Drinks
  3. Cocktails
  4. Making Mixed Drinks & Cocktails
  5. The Art of Brewing
  6. Ingredients
  7. Equipment
  8. Getting Inspiration from Around the World
  9. Final Assessment

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