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what comes to mind when you think of the North Carolina mountains
scenic vistas, beautiful rivers, pristine forests
crystal water falls, biking and hiking well
those are great things but the answer we're looking for is
craft beverages of course, the craft beverage industry is booming
and nowhere is it booming like it is in the mountains of Western North Carolina
but Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College or
AB Tech as it's known around here we train tomorrow craft beverage workforce
and we do it like few other places can we teach a curriculum called brewing
distillation and fermentation it's the first of its kind among community
college systems
in the nation, we collaborated with several other North Carolina schools to
develop it, it's based on a wealth of information collected in the US and
abroad, they're gonna get some classroom it's about for forty percent classroom
so they're understanding the science behind it, they're also gonna be you know
kind of understanding some the other things out in the marketplace
between marketing and distribution and then they're gonna be here in our
production floor
getting about 60 percent hands-on experience or so they are getting
the best of both
worlds with with this program whether you're looking for a place to
expand or relocate a craft beverage type of business
or a place to start one or you're trying to get yourself ready to work in one
you need to get in touch with AB Tech here's why
our curriculum covers all the things you need to know to start a career in craft
beverages
topics include fermentation production
calculations, microbiology, filtration
safety and sanitation and all the process technologies that you need
understand beyond the basic topics
you can follow any of several tracks that will take you into a specialty area that
suit your interests
you can do mechatronics
or agriculture or malting or logistics
or marketing or packaging or serving
and that's not all there's another great reason why you need to check out our
program it AB Tech
Asheville itself, this whole region is alive and growing
it's like no other place, the people the outdoors
the arts, the music, not to mention the south slope
the local economy and the sense of community, we train people in skills they
can use to jump right in and start contributing from day one
funny thing about that they don't need much convincing
when you're here somehow that's what you want to do, you just want to be a part of
the place
its easy to feel that you belong here it was my father's dream
he was in Charlotte at the time my parents started this thing
Asheville fell in love with the city fell in love with the people
and fell inl love with the culture and
he had this idea to start a second business, he is an engineer
by degree, he went to my mom said I have an idea, she said
I can't imagine a better thing for you to than start a brewery
so whether you wanna be one of the people learning in using all of these
great brewing distilling and fermenting skills
or you wanna hire these people for your business, you'd be hard-pressed to find a
better place to do it than the Asheville area
or a better school than AB Tech to help you achieve your goals
but don't take our word for it, ask someone who's been here
cheers
for more information go to abtech.edu
or visit ncbionetwork.org