Jones and his ad- ministration sees it, Stone’s operations will create a major anchor in Fulton that will pay off in expanded tourism and a wave of private development - a vision that has enraptured Richmond City Council, which voted 9-0 Monday to allow the transfer of public property to advance the effort. Million in beer production equipment and furniture, but will benefit from a lease in which its payments will be fixed, a contrast with other restaurants that face an escalation in rent almost every year.Īs Mayor Dwight C. The city also is building the company’s plant and restaurant through its economic development arm while allowing the company to pay back the estimated $31 million expense over 25 years at government interest rates - rates far below what other businesses must pay. Nonetheless, Richmond’s city officials view Stone as a catalyst for growth, particularly for the city’s eastern riverfront - a key reason Richmond aggressively sought to become the East Coast hub for the beer brewer and teamed with the state to offer substantial subsidies.Īmong other things, the city is providing land for the brewery plant and the company’s future beer garden that the city believes will ignite growth. Stone’s success in the West has led Richmond to bet millions of dollars that the company can bring that same kind of business magic to this community - a view that a coalition of nearly 70 Richmond restaurants finds hard to accept. The company boasts that only the renowned San Diego Zoo and the LEGOLAND amusement park attract more visitors to the Navy port city with 4 million people in the metropolitan area or four times the population of metro Richmond. For more information, check out KPU's Brewing Job Board and KPU's Career Services for job postings and instructions for using Career Connection.In its California hometown, Stone Brewery is a standout in San Diego’s burgeoning craft beer market, with Stone’s two beer gardens ranking as important tourist lures. There are lots of opportunities to work at local breweries and KPU students are also eligible for employment both on and off campus through the university. However, many students need to work while going to school. The Brewing and Brewery Operations diploma program is intense and requires a full-time commitment. You should expect to be on your feet for six to eight hours a day and should be capable of lifting 25kg or moving 75kg. Breweries can be hot or cold, wet, and noisy environments. You're expected to wear appropriate protective clothing and safety gear at all times inside the brewery and science labs. With their help, you'll develop critical skills and training with brewing equipment and technologies, recipe formulation, sensory evaluation, brewing chemistry and microbiology, production and packaging, sales and promotion, and management and supervisory skills.īrewing is a physically demanding, hands-on career. Small class sizes ensure you get the one-on-one support you need from our instructors, who have decades of brewing and beer industry experience. The program combines a solid foundation in microbiology and brewing science with hands-on practical learning in our state-of-the-art, two-hectolitre pilot brewery, located on our Langley campus. Our two-year Diploma in Brewing and Brewery Operations teaches you the science, production and business of brewing craft beer. This program was developed in consultation with the BC Craft Brewers Guild and an Advisory Committee consisting of local brewmasters, brewery owners and industry experts, and taught by award-winning instructors with decades of brewing and beer industry experience.įor more information about the program email us at or contact the Future Students' Office at 60 or international students, please contact Details Prior to the pandemic, KPU was named a top brewing school in North America winning awards in the US Open College Beer Championship and was also named Brewery of the Year at the 2019 BC Beer Awards.
KPU's Brewing and Brewery Operations program is the only brewing diploma of its kind in British Columbia, the first and only brewing program in Canada recognized by the Master Brewers Association, and our students and brewery have won numerous awards over the years, including more recent wins at the 2022 Canada Beer Cup, 2022 Canadian Brewing Awards, 2022 US Open Beer Championship(bronze) and 2022 BC Beer Awards. Diploma in Brewing and Brewery Operations
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