TRAINING & EVENTS
VLB Certified Brewmaster Course 2020 successfully completed On 10 July, the participants of this year’s Certified Brewmaster Course at VLB Berlin received their hard-earned certificates. But congratulations do not only go to the graduates this year. In his speech, VLB Managing Director Dr. Josef Fontaine looked back on the extraordinary challenges of the past six months, which were anything but as planned due to COVID-19. It was thanks to the efforts of the organizers and lecturers, that the course could be completed safely despite all the difficulties.
With great relief and masks: The students of the VLB Certified Brewmaster Course 2020 finally received their certificates
(ew) “There are many heroes in these times, and you, dear students, are my heroes because you have not been discouraged,” said course coordinator Heike Flohr on the occasion of the certificate presentation in Berlin. “And the lecturers should be your heroes, because they made sure that this course could be completed despite all the difficulties.” At the beginning of the Certified Brewmaster
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Brauerei Forum International – November 2020
Course in January, everything went according to plan. 37 participants from 23 nations started their education in January and settled in Berlin. Then, Corona moved in and from mid-March all face-to-face courses were no longer allowed in vocational institutions in Berlin. As a result, 13 course participants immediately returned to their home countries, the remaining 24 stayed in Berlin.
Course concept adjusted during runtime Course manager Burghard Meyer and the team of lecturers worked out a backup plan, which enabled all participants to continue the Certified Brewmaster Course from home. The theoretical part of the course was held in compact video conferences until the end of May. The practical exercises were switched to a continuous on-site
