Know of any Collage home brewing clubs/classes?

a friend and I are trying to start a home brewing club at FSU and we are currently in the planning stages before really pushing for it.

we think that if we make it VERY educational focused on the science, process, and styles of brewing/its related activities (and keep a very strict and enforced 21+ and a no-consumption of alcohol rule's). If we hold it to those guidelines, I think we can make it a reality.

for now, having a list of schools that have adapted similar clubs would be helpful for us.

currently I have the following schools that have/have had brewing clubs (and classes)
University of Illinois
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ro/www/BoneyardUnionofZymurgicalZealots/
FIU
http://brewfiu.blogspot.com/
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://win.wisc.edu/organization/badgerbrewingassociation
Johnson & Wales University
http://www.jwu.edu/content.aspx?id=20078
Cabrillo College
http://www.cabrillo.edu/services/extension/culinary.html#beerbrew1
Appalachian State University
http://www.theappalachianonline.com/campus/5825-beer-brewing-class-to-be-offered-spring-semester
University of Cincinnati
http://comdo-wcnlb.uc.edu/MedOneStop/Organizations/StudentOrg.aspx?OrgID=144



getting a bunch more would help our case a lot.
At current, we have a ale and lager class......so their is some precident for making a club like this.
Hopefully this thread can help

He he. Collage, is an art form. Drunken collage classes could be interesting.

Haha! UW-Madison (my school) is on the list. Of course.

Might want to concentrate on the English club before pursuing the drinking clubs But making collages can be nice. Here's a nice Craft beer one.

I'd rather make the homebrew than make collages, eventually you'll get collaged out. Although if someone made me a quilt out of Irregularpulses collage, that would be cool.

Is there any reason you can't have a Homebrewing club at FSU? I have been involved in RSOs (registered student organizations) at FSU and I don't see why not. You have the right to RSO status and can't be denied that right as long as you turn in the right paperwork. That being said, you do have to be careful running afoul of any rules that govern RSOs.

From the Alcohol Policies portion of the RSO Handbook:

Below are alcohol policies that are pertinent to RSOs; however RSOs should be aware of all university alcohol policies as listed in the FSU Student Code of Conduct. Please read the code online at http://srr.fsu.edu/conduct_code.html.

The alcohol policy pertaining to all members, groups, events, and organizations in the University Community states:

No individual under the legal drinking age (minimum of 21years of age) may serve, sell, consume or possess alcohol on university properties, except to the extent allowed by law within licensed premises or designated areas of the university.
No individual may serve or otherwise provide alcohol to persons under the legal drinking age.

All members of the campus community (students, faculty, staff, alumni, and guests) must adhere to all applicable state and local laws and university regulations related to the sale and use of alcohol. They include, but are not limited to the following:

It is unlawful for any person to aid or abet an underage person in the purchase or attempt to obtain alcoholic beverages.
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No person may bring any type of alcoholic beverage into a licensed facility or area nor may any person take alcoholic beverages out of the licensed facility or area.
Transportation of all alcoholic beverages on campus shall be in unopened and unobservable containers.
Damage to or destruction of property, or injury to person(s), which is caused by or can be shown to be related to the consumption of alcohol will be subject to disciplinary action, as will any other violation of this rule.

Promotional guidelines in regard to alcohol state:

The on-campus promotion of activities or events shall not advertise alcohol or sponsorship by alcohol marketers without prior written approval of the Vice President for Student Affairs. Events that seek advertising approval must meet the following requirements:

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A class offered in the Hospitality School:

HFT 4064. Ales, Lagers and Culture (3). This course is an introduction to ales and lagers of the world with a focus upon their importance to global cultures found in many regions. Students learn about these regional beers and the interrelationship with their culture, including food, heritage, and festivals.

http://registrar.fsu.edu/bulletin/undergrad/depts/hospitality_admin.htm#undergradcourses

RAWhiteFSU said:

A class offered in the Hospitality School:

HFT 4064. Ales, Lagers and Culture (3). This course is an introduction to ales and lagers of the world with a focus upon their importance to global cultures found in many regions. Students learn about these regional beers and the interrelationship with their culture, including food, heritage, and festivals.

http://registrar.fsu.edu/bulletin/undergrad/depts/hospitality_admin.htm#undergradcourses

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hh yes, we know of that class. We talked to the professor who teaches it in our search for a adviser.

He helped refer us to the person who will become our adviser if we end up becoming a club.

at the moment, we are looking for as many potential members as we can.

We also filled out all the information we needed to submit our request. The addition of brewing books at Dirac (Highly recommended books, "Brewing" and "brewers yeast performance" are both very good books for the scientific aspect of brewing)

Our constitution is also finished, and I would be happy to send it to you if you wanted to look it over. The club is 21+ to help with liability, and we hope to star meetings by next semester.

Olds college in olds, alberta ,canada offers a brewmaster program focusing on history as well as actually brewing. Not positive but I think it is a two year course

Hey, he is going to a university he doesn’t need to spell college.


Sorry man, honest mistake but what made it really funny was instead of correcting your spelling you changed the word.

(making sure I use spell check here…)

IrregularPulse said:

Might want to concentrate on the English club before pursuing the drinking clubs

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Holy ironic, Batman!

YUP, at this point I really don't feel like doing a spell checker, mostly because their are so many shot against it on the thread that the damage has been pertinently done

at this point whether or not other Schools have brewing programs matters little to us at this point because we are on our way to being starred as a club, and really, really, need to get new member's.

Why do you want to be an RSO? Is there any benefit to you being recognized by the university at all?

RAWhiteFSU said:

Why do you want to be an RSO? Is there any benefit to you being recognized by the university at all?

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well for starters, for their to be a free home-brew club in Tallahassee (NFBL has a 20$ members fee), and to meet newer brewers local to FSU.

Id also like to see If I could start a Homebrewers library (either through small fees, donations, or money from the campus if we can get it) for members. That would reduce the cost of reading the books and make them more open to new brewers (thus improving their brew).


I would also like to organize road trips to beer festivals and breweries as well as use the club to see local breweries in action (like at Momos or proof).
those are my main reasons for wanting to start the club.

Fair enough I suppose. You might ask the authors of the books to donate copies to the club, I think you will get a favorable response.

I go to FSU and think this is a great idea! I'm down! How do I contact you guys?

Southern Illinois University used to have a class "Wines and Vines" in the ag program where you grew grapes and made wine.

It is worth mentioning that we have made the club happen......

well at least get approved. I'm too swamped by tests and HW right now to even start doing PR, but next week I start putting up Campus approved flyers, tabling at market Wensday, and chalking the sidewalks.

Still. I'm hoping that we get a lot of people who come out of the woodwork ^__^