Benedict oversees the school's new Quality Assurance/Quality Control and Research Laboratory.
In a partnership with the Maine Brewers Guild, the lab will provide testing and training for breweries and brewmasters.
Students say the beer-testing lab allows them to use science to solve real-world problems. Students will focus on how a flawed brewing process can contaminate or ruin beer.
Classes for brewers begin in the fall.
Brewers can also send samples to the lab for testing. The lab charges $25 for basic testing.
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