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Course, academic year 2026/2027
  
   
Brewing and Malting Control Methods - M319026
Title: Pivovarské a sladařské kontrolní metody
Guaranteed by: Department of Biotechnology (319)
Faculty: Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology
Actual: from 2026
Semester: winter
Points: winter s.:5
E-Credits: winter s.:5
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited / unlimited (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Dostálek Pavel prof. Ing. CSc.
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation -
The aim of the course is to introduce the student to the control system in the brewing and malting industry, both in the laboratory and in operation.
Last update: Dostálek Pavel (07.05.2025)
Course completion requirements -

Credit test (rated at least 50%).

Exam test (rated at least 50%).

Oral exam.

Last update: Dostálek Pavel (07.05.2025)
Literature -

Recommended:

  • Basařová G., Šavel J., Basař P., Basařová P., Lejsek T. . The Comprehensive Guide to Brewing - From Raw Materiál to Packaging. Nuremberg: Fachverlag Hans Carl, 2018, s. ISBN ISBN: 978-3-418-0084.
  • ASBC methods of analysis [online]. Dostupné z: https://www.asbcnet.org/Methods/pages/default.aspx

Last update: Dostálek Pavel (07.05.2025)
Teaching methods -

Lectures, exercises focused on calculations, excursions to plants and laboratories

Last update: Dostálek Pavel (07.05.2025)
Requirements to the exam -

For the exam, you must have been awarded credit, which is conditioned by a minimum of 50% of the full number of points of the credit test. The exam includes a written and oral part.

Last update: Dostálek Pavel (07.05.2025)
Syllabus -

1. The importance and role of control methods in the production of brewing raw materials, beer, and beer-based beverages.

2. Sampling — principles, the statistical basis of sampling, sampling tools, sample preparation, and legislative requirements.

3. Sampling of brewery raw materials and finished products — procedures, examples, and sampling plans.

4. Errors and uncertainties in analytical determinations — estimation of uncertainties in analytical measurements.

5. Methods of statistical analysis for evaluating measured data.

6. Methods for assessing basic characteristics of barley and malting cereals.

7. Methods for measuring key properties of malt.

8. Methods for evaluating basic characteristics of hops.

9. Methods for analysing wort and beer — key quality parameters.

10. Microbiological methods — yeast and microbiological contaminants.

11. Methods for testing packaging and auxiliary materials.

12. Visit to an accredited laboratory — good laboratory practices.

13. Sensory analysis — basic methods and correct application.

14. Online monitoring sensors during operation and laboratory beer analysers (density, alcohol content, turbidity, NIR IR probes, physical property measurements, etc.).

Last update: Dostálek Pavel (07.05.2025)
Learning outcomes -

Students will be able to:

Orient themselves to the issues within the scope of the syllabus.

Based on the knowledge they acquire, they are able to apply control methods in operational and laboratory practice.

Last update: Dostálek Pavel (07.05.2025)
Entry requirements -

Basic knowledge of general analytical and analytical instrumental methods, microbiology and sensory analysis

Last update: Dostálek Pavel (07.05.2025)
Registration requirements -

Basic knowledge of general analytical and analytical instrumental methods, microbiology and sensory analysis

Last update: Dostálek Pavel (14.05.2025)
Teaching methods
Activity Credits Hours
Účast na přednáškách 1 28
Příprava na přednášky, semináře, laboratoře, exkurzi nebo praxi 1 28
Příprava na zkoušku a její absolvování 1.5 42
Účast na seminářích 0.5 14
4 / 5 112 / 140
Coursework assessment
Form Significance
Examination test 80
Oral examination 20

 
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