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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2018 New brewhouse to bolster beer research at Oregon State Training students for emerging jobs By GEORGE PLAVEN Capital Press As the number of craft breweries skyrockets across the U.S., Oregon State Univer- sity is continuing to grow its fermentation science program, offering students hands-on training in the art of making beer. The latest equipment to arrive at Wiegand Hall on campus, a sparkling new brew- house, is nearly commissioned and ready to start producing batches of experimental ale, pilsner, lager or any other beer style, for that matter. Specially made by the Ger- man company Esau & Hue- ber, the Oregon State brew- house combines rows of sleek metallic tanks with a computer interface that controls the flow of liquid from mashing to fermentation. Tom Shellhammer, Nor’Wester professor of fer- mentation science at the uni- versity, said the high-tech sys- tem is not only what students can expect to find at modern breweries, but should allow greater efficiency and repro- duction of beers for research. “It is going to have a trans- formative effect on our pro- gram here,” Shellhammer said. Oregon State purchased the brewhouse thanks to a $1 George Plaven/Capital Press The new brewhouse at Oregon State University was de- signed and built by Esau & Hueber, a German company, which delivered the equipment in February. George Plaven/Capital Press Tom Shellhammer, Nor’Wester professor of fermentation science, looks up at the new brewhouse at Wiegand Hall on the Oregon State campus in Corvallis. million donation from Carlos Alvarez, chairman and CEO of The Gambrinus Co. in San Antonio, Texas, which owns several high-profile breweries across the country — includ- ing BridgePort Brewing Co. in Portland. The brewmaster at Bridge- Port, Jeff Edgerton, is an Ore- gon State alum, and the brew- ery maintains a close working relationship with the college, Shellhammer said. Edgerton occasionally does lectures on brewing, and BridgePort has used the fermentation pro- gram’s facilities in the past to develop new products. “Our students would often be working with them,” Shell- hammer said. Meanwhile, the number of American breweries has increased from 1,460 in 2006 to 5,301 in 2016, according to figures from the Brewers Asso- ciation. That’s a 263 percent increase over the last decade, driven mostly by smaller microbreweries and brewpubs. Shellhammer said the industry growth is opening plenty of job opportunities, and Oregon State is one of just a handful of universities that offers studies in fermentation science. The program, which started in 1996, is now attract- ing students from across the country, he said. “Craft brewing has been taking off,” Shellhammer said. “The whole thing has grown tremendously.” From an industry perspec- tive, Shellhammer said the new brewhouse will continue to set Oregon State apart from other fermentation science programs. The equipment was delivered from Germany in February, and could be commissioned within a matter of days. Shellhammer explained how the process works, begin- ning with the combination of malted barley and water into each of two large mash cook- ers. Steam heats the containers, and enzymes in the barley get to work chewing up starch into simple sugars. From there, the solution — known as wort — goes into a vessel that separates the bar- ley husks from the liquid. It is then pumped into a boiling ket- tle which sterilizes the wort, while brewers add hops for fla- vor and bitterness. The hops are filtered out in a whirlpool separator, and the wort is cooled and left to fer- ment in tanks with yeast. The brewhouse is computer-con- trolled and capable of making up to six kegs of beer per batch. On Wednesday, the fer- mentation tanks contained four different beer varieties, including Triumph IPA (made with the university’s new- est hop variety), two types of German-style Helles lager and a pilsner. “I imagine next month we’ll be doing a lot of play- ing around with a lot of beer,” Shellhammer said. The program does intend to keep its old brewhouse, which Shellhammer said is more evocative of smaller brewpubs. But the new tech- nology means students will be that much more job-ready when they start work in a modern brewery, he said. “I feel like we’re in front of the pack,” Shellhammer said. FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT SATURDAY SUNDAY 58 41 34 Clear to partly cloudy MONDAY TUESDAY 61 43 Mostly sunny Partly sunny 63 45 53 39 Mild with times of clouds and sun Cooler with occasional rain Local science, technology hubs receive career education grants The Daily Astorian ALMANAC REGIONAL WEATHER Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 34/58 Astoria through Thursday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 51°/45° Normal high/low ........................... 53°/38° Record high ............................ 76° in 1905 Record low ............................. 27° in 1974 Tillamook 36/59 Precipitation Thursday .......................................... 0.66" Month to date ................................... 1.11" Normal month to date ....................... 2.03" Year to date .................................... 19.72" Normal year to date ........................ 19.42" Newport 39/58 Mar 9 First Mar 17 Coos Bay 41/59 Full Mar 24 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 1:06 a.m. 2:35 p.m. Low 3.6 ft. 1.5 ft. City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Hi 59 41 39 65 42 37 78 26 78 42 57 77 73 66 72 59 71 42 70 43 49 58 63 50 46 Washington Legislature adjourns 60-day session Klamath Falls 29/52 Lakeview 24/49 Ashland 40/62 REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 52 51 55 53 48 48 59 53 50 53 Today Lo 22 29 43 33 37 29 38 35 39 41 W c c r c c r r c c c Hi 51 54 57 58 56 52 62 60 58 60 Sat. Lo 32 31 43 36 42 27 38 39 42 42 W s pc pc pc s pc pc s s pc City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 50 54 54 58 54 50 44 54 52 57 Today Lo 30 30 35 41 35 35 27 36 34 26 W c c c sh c c c c c c Hi 56 56 61 62 59 58 49 59 59 56 Sat. Lo W 34 s 35 s 42 s 40 pc 38 s 40 s 30 s 38 pc 40 s 34 s By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Legislature adjourned its 60-day legisla- tive session Thursday night after sending Gov. Jay Inslee a supplemental state budget that puts more money toward teacher salaries, a final step in a multiyear process to bring Washington into compliance with a state Supreme Court mandate on education. The state Senate passed the plan with a 25-24 vote after the House passed it on a 54-44 vote. “This Legislature didn’t accomplish everything that we set out to do this year, but we did accomplish our bud- get goals,” said Democratic state Sen. Christine Rolfes, the chamber’s main budget writer. “We are investing not only in the well-being of us, the current generation, and the well-being of our com- munities, but we’re investing in the future of the younger generations.” Road and charged with driving under the influence of intoxi- cants and reckless driving. A car he was driving crashed into a power pole and came to rest on its side near the entrance to Glenwood Village. Postle- waite was taken to Columbia Memorial Hospital, treated and then taken to the Clatsop County Jail. His blood alcohol content was 0.08 percent. TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Today Lo 44 31 24 35 25 24 54 14 66 26 30 56 57 51 60 45 58 30 49 27 35 39 50 35 32 Burns 24/52 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Tonight's Sky: Saturday at dawn, the waning cres- cent moon and Saturn will make a close approach, passing within 213 feet of each other. High 7.6 ft. 6.4 ft. Ontario 29/57 Foundation donated $459,308 to seven hubs around the state. The funds are matched by local industry, foundations and government grants. The grant funding comes from a $100 million settlement the state reached in 2016 with Oracle Corp. over the failed $300 million Cover Oregon online health care exchange. The settlement included a $10 million fund to support sci- ence, technology, engineering and mathematics programs. Roseburg 41/62 Brookings 43/59 Mar 31 Baker 22/51 John Day 30/54 Bend 29/54 Medford 38/62 UNDER THE SKY Time 7:06 a.m. 9:09 p.m. Prineville 28/57 Lebanon 36/59 Eugene 33/58 Sunset tonight ........................... 6:13 p.m. Sunrise Saturday ........................ 6:38 a.m. Moonrise today ........................... 1:40 a.m. Moonset today .......................... 11:10 a.m. New La Grande 27/52 Salem 35/59 SUN AND MOON Last Pendleton 30/56 The Dalles 31/59 Portland 35/61 The Oregon Community Foundation has awarded the Northwest Science, Technol- ogy, Engineering and Mathe- matics Partnership $74,510 a year for the next three years to help coordinate internship programs. “This money is for career-connected learning,” said Myronda Schiding, a coordinator for the partnership covering Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook counties. The partnership has been helping establish Clatsop Works, a new internship link- ing Clatsop County high schoolers with local industry. The grant will help pay for coordinating internships, tak- ing classes on tours of local industry and providing teach- ers and counselors profes- sional development to guide students toward careers, Schiding said. The Oregon Community W s pc pc pc pc sf pc c pc pc pc pc pc pc s pc s sf pc sf c pc c c pc Hi 65 44 43 50 48 39 79 30 79 47 54 72 65 62 78 58 78 43 66 45 52 55 61 57 52 Sat. Lo 52 31 29 20 31 25 54 4 66 27 34 59 58 48 70 46 66 31 40 28 34 37 54 40 32 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc pc s c c s s pc s pc c pc r r pc r t s c s c pc r s s ON THE RECORD DUII • At 7:10 p.m. Thursday, Jonathon Justin Postlewaite, 37, was arrested by Oregon State Police on U.S. Highway 101 near Glenwood Village DEATH March 4, 2018 NEWELL, Andrew Benjamin, 27, of Clatskanie, died in Clatskanie. Groulx Family Mortuary in Rainier is in charge of the arrangements. PUBLIC MEETINGS Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. MONDAY Youngs River Lewis & Clark Water District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business. Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District Board, 6 p.m., Fire-Rescue Main Station, 188 Sunset Ave. Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. 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