William Brennand and Stefan Occhi from the University of Nottingham in the UK join me this week to discuss their Master’s level brewing project called “zerogravity”. They are part of a team brewing at a commercial level as a capstone project for their degrees.
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Topics in This Week’s Episode (40:23)
- Today on the show I welcome William Brennand and Stefano Occhi, students at the University of Nottingham Brewing Sciences School working on a Master’s level project called “zerogravity” to brew and market their own commercial beer. You can follow their progress on Facebook and Twitter.
- We start with a discussion of the project and how it got started at the University of Nottingham.
- Stefano explains some of the educational goals and how it fits into their Master degree theses.
- William talks about how they have teamed up with a commercial brewery to design and brew the beer at a commercial scale.
- We talk about the team and the roles of each team member.
- William explains why they spent quite a bit of time developing their project brand name and logo.
- Stefano talks about funding for the project which includes brewing on a 3000 liter scale.
- William shares his selection of style – the brewing of a traditional English cask ale with a few twists.
- Stefano walks us through the experiments and pilot brews that led to their final selection of recipe.
- We discuss some of the considerations in designing the beer recipe itself.
- Stefano explains their ingredient choices and rationale for them.
- William talks about the challenges of scaling a recipe up to a 3000 liter size
- We talk about differentiating the beer from comparable commercial beers in the area.
- William explains what’s involved in producing and serving a cask ale.
- Stefano covers distribution of the beer which will primarily be via Castle’s pubs.
- They both tie the project back to their educational goals – as a capstone project for their Master’s theses.
- They share their closing thoughts.
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Thanks to William Brennand and Stefano Occhi for appearing on the show and also to you for listening!
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