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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
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34
Clear to partly cloudy
MONDAY
TUESDAY
61
43
Mostly sunny
Partly sunny
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39
Mild with times of clouds
and sun
Cooler with occasional
rain
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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
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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
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Mar 9
First
Mar 17
Coos Bay
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Full
Mar 24
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
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Washington Legislature adjourns 60-day session
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Lakeview
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Ashland
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REGIONAL CITIES
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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
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Burns
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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
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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.
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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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