North American Breweries Launches: Mission to Become a Master Cicerone® Scholarship Program

From North American Breweries:

BUFFALO, N.Y., March 21, 2013/mbb/ – The learning academy at North American Breweries, named NABrewniversity, recently announced the launch of its exclusive Mission to Become a Master Cicerone® Scholarship Program. The Program includes quarterly rotations, over two years, designed to prepare qualified candidates to take the Cicerone® Certification Program’s Master Cicerone® exam. The Program provides real-world experience in beer and brewing from a process, ingredients, historical, and service point of view. Several NAB wholesaler representatives and NAB employees will be selected to participate in the Program, based on an application process that will begin in August. Applications will be available to download on http://nabscholarship.com/. Once participants are chosen, the Program begins in October. Scholarships are valued at more than $50,000 each.

• The Origin of Beer Styles: The Program will include multiple trips to Europe to learn about and sample traditional beer styles in their native countries. Participants will have the chance to experience Europe’s rich beer culture in some of the most famous breweries in the world with visits to countries such as Germany, Belgium, England, and Ireland.
• Mastering the Brewing Process: Participants will master the art of the brewing process by attending classes at The Master Brewers Association of the Americas at the University of Wisconsin and the Siebel Institute of Technology.
• Craft Innovation/Brewing Application: Participants will then have the chance to apply their knowledge by working in one of NAB’s famous craft breweries where they will create a recipe and brew a new NAB beer.
• Serving Beer: Participants will spend time in one of the celebrated Pyramid Alehouses, learning the art of properly serving beer and the complex components of how a draft system operates.
• Farm to Table Beer and Food Tour: Participants will visit one of the world’s leading hop farms and complete a brief rotation in a culinary environment to better understand the science of cooking and how to relate it to pairing beer with food.