Ontario Craft Brewers launches Women in Craft Brewing Education Scholarships

Toronto – The Ontario Craft Brewers (OCB) today launched its new Women in Craft Brewing Education Scholarship dedicating to further advance their knowledge of beer and brewing through the Cicerone Certification Program’s Level 1 Beer Server designation.

The scholoraship, celebrating the annual International Women’s Day 2017, the OCB will award six scholarships for women working at any OCB member breweries.

Each OCB scholarship award will cover course registration fees for the interactive e-Learning program, BeerSavvy® as well as Road to Cicerone course book and a full set of Beer Style Flashcards. BeerSavvy® covers key content for the Certified Beer Server program and exam which trains participants in the fundamentals of great beer service for quality craft beer, according to the announcement.

Eligible applicants must be female, 19+ years and have been working with an OCB member brewery for a minimum of one year.

Interested applicants can apply here before March 31, 2017. Successful applicants will be chosen by a panel in April 2017 and must register for the program by end of June 2017.