Craft Beer & Brewing Course
Award-Winning Beer Quality with Jonathan Reeves
Jonathan Reeves, the longtime brewmaster of Port City Brewing in Alexandria, Virginia, and a frequent GABF medal-winner, shares his overarching philosophy, processes, and specific tips on ensuring technical excellence in your beers.
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With Jonathan Reeves at the helm of its brewing program, Port City Brewing in Alexandria, Virginia, established a record as one of the most consistent winners at the Great American Beer Festival, earning 12 medals over an eight-year span, plus Small Brewing Company of the Year in 2015, besides various international honors.
In this 52-minute video course, available to All Access subscribers, Reeves shares his top-to-bottom approach to ensuring technical excellence, from his overarching philosophy down to Port City’s data- and details-oriented methods. Among the topics that Reeves covers:
- The importance of quality ingredients and equipment
- Learning from the brewers who came before us
- Establishing bulletproof SOPs and brewery protocols
- Identifying data points for measuring and fine-tuning
- Monitoring dissolved oxygen throughout the process
- Airtight beer transfer and packaging
- Keeping a beer library to monitor freshness and stability
And more, from Kunze to Frederick the Mouse.
Course contents
3 chapters, 15 lessons, 52m of video
Chapter 1
Welcome
- Intro: Establishing Processes for Quality7:56
- Port City: A Record of Success
- The Punk Rock Roots of Port City Porter
Chapter 2
From Love to Data Points: A Top-to-Bottom Approach to Quality
- The Love of Brewing: Motivation for Quality7:25
- Pro Perspective: Quality—The Indefinable X-Factor
- Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Great Ingredients, Equipment & Received Wisdom9:35
- Bulletproof: Establishing SOPs & Protocols for Success11:22
- What is Dissolved Oxygen?
- Tips on Avoiding Oxidation
- Airtight: Transfer, Packaging & Keeping a Beer Library10:37
- Brewing for Gold
- Dialing in a Recipe
- How To Build A Basic Quality Program for Your Brewery
Chapter 3
Thank You
- Forever: Evolving Flavor & Continued Innovation5:07
- Recipe: Port City Porter
What students say
Jon does a great job of covering process details that help him package award winning beers.
Great course! Tons of great ideas about ensuring consistency. Also tons of product placement. Maybe more shots of his notes and spreadsheets etc.
Well written with a good outline of a good quality measures for brewing.