Agenda
Thursday 2 November
- Welcome
- Chemistry overview – critical transformations and why understanding them is important
- Distillery safety – what to know, what to plan for and steps you can take
- Raw ingredients overview – choosing, receiving, processing
- Distillation – technology and choosing the right gear for the right purpose
- Distillation process – technical management and unpacking problems
- Distillery visit and drinks
Friday 3 November
- Quality management of your spirit, how to do it and why it’s important
- Making multiple spirits in your distillery – how to best manage this
- Post distillation control of flavour – maturation and how to avoid spirit profile change
- CIP and maintenance role of cleaning in place, and what’s needed
- Business overview – how to grow and what to plan for
- IBD qualifications and options
- Distillery visit and dinner
Who’s it for?
This event is ideal for distillers looking for professional development, for those interested to gain an understanding of how IBD qualifications contribute to industry success and for those considering doing the General Certificate. It is designed for people in the industry at all levels of their technical education.
The IBD’s curriculum is regarded as the global standard for distilling and brewing education and provides an accepted industry standard for technical understanding of distilling. The event is best done in conjunction with study online of the General Certificate of Distilling and resultant exams to gain the industry qualification.
The event is organised by Anne Gigney on behalf of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling and the technical tutor will be Ian Thorn, IBD Asia-Pacific’s technical distilling trainer, international Diploma Tutor and IBD Master Distiller.
Normally $1695. Discount available only to DSA members of 10% taking cost to $1525.50.