Events / In Person
Organised the CIBD Scottish Section Research Update
"I organised five x 20 min research presentations as part of the Section CPD offering. I also facilitated the session in the evening and listened to all the talks and ran the Q&A sessions after the talks."
Events / In person
Attended the CIBD Sustainability in Brewing Conference
"This was a two day conference where I was able to network with fellow brewers. I took away several ideas and shared them with colleagues at work. This has led to cost saving ideas being generated."
Self-study / Online
Studied for Essentials in Brewing Short Course
"A good introduction to the foundations of beer recipe development."
Volunteering / Online
Set for Success mentoring
"Refreshed knowledge and improved presentation skills for two Set for Success topics, supporting brewers studying for their General Certificate in Brewing"
Volunteering / In Person
I am the Asia Pacific Regional Coordinator
"I am organising Asia Pacific Section events for 2025"
Self-study / In Person
Reading Brewing and Distilling International
"Very good reading the article on foam. As I had already studied this in my Diploma, it was nice to re-read content that I had forgotten and therefore enforced my previous knowledge"
Work based learning / In Person
Presentation creation
"I created a slide show presentation for new hires outlining the processes of the site- a distilling 101 primer!"
Training / Online
Took the Dry Hopping Short Course
"As the brewery production I'm working for is hop-forward, I decided to improve my skills about Dry Hopping. I found this course very effective"
Work based learning / In Person
Supported apprentices in breweries
"Various visits to brewing apprentices at their place of work to assist in their career development. 20 plus breweries visited - on average 6 hours per visit"
Events / Online
Attended Great Northern Section webinar on bio-transformation
"Always an interesting topic which changes every year with ongoing research"
Training / Online
Beer Recipe Development Short Course
"This course helped me improve my skills about recipe development as my role in the brewery requires this"
Academic study / Online
I studied for the General Certificate in Brewing
"After a lot of self-study and support from colleagues, I passed!"
Self-study / Online
Reviewed papers in the Journal of The Institute of Brewing
"Charlie Bamforth's paper provided a great overview of prolonged maturation of beer"
Work based learning / In Person
Audit of suppliers
"Supplier audit training at work- five modules then an audit"
Training / Online
Operations Management Short Course
"I gained a greater understanding of the different types of project management, financial management and quality management- topics which will help me in any future role"