Good luck. Real time intensive, essay based exams. There are some sections which would not benefit the home brewer (maintenance, quality systems, CIP,environment,water, gases, micro etc.) IBD reccomends taking one module of the diploma a year for somebody with a full time job. Unit 1.2 - Beer Preparation. I passed the IBD Certificate exam with honors several years back. 1.2.3 Beer dilution, carbonation and bright beer handling . Not sure. There is ways of getting some of the mock exams through Google, just search for brilliant beer college section 1, and they have some questions that are in similar format to the actual exam. To give it a sense of scale, the guy who proxies my exam had done his masters, and he is now some director of brewing operations type job at one of the Macros here in Canada. Two of the various examples of heating in distilling are (a) beer/wash pre-heaters for heating the charge to a pot still by spent beer/wash of the previous distillation or (b) heating the charge to a … I've been brewing professionally for seven years. I've been studying the material that they provided as a study guide as well as a variety of other suggested things, but am curious if anyone has taken this exam. I recently signed up for the Summer 2017 diploma in brewing exam. 1.2.1 Fundamentals of brewing practice. The time available is more than it takes, and the quizzes of each unit are sufficient to train for the exam. As far as I know, you don't get any, in fact you don't get any indication on what mark you get, just Pass, Credit or Distinction. If waiting for it, take final units quizzes to death. I've worked my way up to head brewer of a craft brewery and I've got several awards to my name. I found the exam easy, apart from a few slightly more complex questions. I know some of the exams, packaging maybe, are multiple choice type. I just took the exam of the General Certificate in Brewing of the IBD and want share with you my impressions. Previous Exams. I might have some sample study material and maybe even some mock multiple choose exams. 1.2.2 Beer filtration. I will be taking the IBD General Certificate in Brewing exam in a few weeks. but the overall front end of the program which looks at the actual brewing process (beer types, malting, wort … Not sure what the general certificate is like. It is a second copy of a text for the brewing certificate exam prep course that started this spring term at COCC. So three years total. General Certificate in Packaging-Beer (Member Only) ... 1.1.1 Theory. I havnt looked into the masters so I can't help you there. Hi I completed this last year through work. Might as well go for the diploma brewer IMO if you are planning a career in the brewing industry. Passed the first two diploma brewer exams, retaking the third. 1.1.2 Materials. General term for a device for heating or cooling a process fluid or vapour. My concern is the depth of knowledge they test against compared to the depth the study guide provides.