Students learned how to brew beer at a workshop at SZTU. [Photo/Southern Metropolis Daily]

    A group of students at Shenzhen Technology University was lucky enough to brew their own beer at a newly opened laboratory which has introduced the skills of brewing German beer.

    It is the first laboratory built with the support of experienced German universities of applied sciences. The lab also invited a professor from Regensburg University of Applied Sciences to teach students how to brew beer with pure taste.

    According to Shenzhen Technology University, the purpose of setting up the lab is to help students obtain both theories and hands-on experience about the beer industry.

    The students who attended the face-to-face brewing workshop would have a chance to taste the beer they were brewing 40 days later. According to the German professor, it takes four steps before the beer is ready for sale, namely malting, saccharification, fermentation and packaging.

    It is said that the lab is able to provide students with practical training on saccharification and fermentation. The first batch of raw materials used at the workshop was imported from Germany.

    During the workshop, the German professor emphasized that it is crucial to control the temperature during the saccharification and fermentation process. Students who attended the workshop said they were excited about brewing beer themselves and happy to gain a lot of theoretical knowledge about the beer industry.