Hey there, I know this is a bit late in the discussion but i decided to give back seeing as how i searched forums to research which brew school to take. I'm currently taking Intensive Brewing Science and Engineering course for working brewers at the American Brewers Guild and I LOVE it! I am currently a brewer and came from a homebrewing background so I already knew quite a bit about brewing. When choosing a school I wanted to get the most in depth and comprehensive program for cost (obviously) so I chose this course because A: it was 6 months long so compared to the siebel 3 month course I assumed it was twice as in depth. Siebel offers a 6 month one as well but my co-worker took the 3 month one and i saw his text book and it was really basic. I personally thought it looked like crap so i wasn't going to give them the benefit of the doubt with the 6 month course. I also know someone who did the brewlab program and didn't enjoy it that much (not in depth enough and parts felt like filler). This course rocks so far. I'm a month in and have learned tons! Very science (chemistry mostly) oriented. I'm doing distance learning so all the lectures are dvd's which is awesome!! If you have the interest and the motivation to spend basically all your free time learning you can get so much out of this course. The reason I like the distance learning is because you can take as detailed of notes as you want because you can pause and rewind. It's tricky at times but it's enjoyable if your a beer nerd. I find myself saying "oh my god that's why that happens!?" a lot. Unfortunately if your not a working brewer you need a post secondary chem, bio or engineering background. I think just one course they will accept