Carl Lintner Establishes a Dedicated Brewing Course at Weihenstephan

In 1865, Carl Lintner established a dedicated Brauer-Cursus at Weihenstephan in Bavaria. The initially one-semester course trained brewers within an educational institution and attracted students beyond Bavaria. It built on earlier combinations of practical brewery training and scientific lectures, rather than introducing scientific instruction into brewing for the first time. The course became a foundation for Weihenstephan’s development as an international center of brewing education. Its later expansion into longer programs, laboratory work, and engineering qualifications helped make brewing a professional technical discipline. Students carried brewing knowledge into industrial breweries beyond Germany. The 1865 course was an early institutional step in this process; the later university and engineering qualifications should not be projected back onto its opening.