Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

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A-B Tech inspires, nurtures and empowers students and the community toward a better quality of life through progressive teaching, bold innovation and supportive collaboration.
Course Catalog
Courses: 15
Artisanal Probiotic Cultures

Artisanal Probiotic Cultures

Would you like to learn how to grow cultures that will aid digestion, preserve foods, and add flavor and nutrition?…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Barbecue Blasphemy

Barbecue Blasphemy

What is 'real' BBQ?  Are the techniques used by notable pitmasters a mystery to you?  Are you interested in…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Beer Tasting and Evaluation

Beer Tasting and Evaluation

With as many options on the beer aisle as today, it can be intimidating and confusing.  It's also exciting to have…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Canning Basics

Canning Basics

Canning is the perfect way to preserve the flavor of your favorite foods at their freshest so you can enjoy them all…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Creating Wild Probiotics

Creating Wild Probiotics

Wild microbes live in the environment all around us, and ancient humans believed they were a gift from the heavens. We…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Elements of Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) for the Food, Beverage, and Natural Products Industries

Fermenting Fruits and Veggies

Learn to grow probiotic cultures that will aid digestion, preserve foods, and add flavor and nutrition to fruits and…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face, Live Instructor Led
Level: Beginner

Growing Koji: The Magic Inside Soy Sauce and Tempeh

Growing Koji: The Magic Inside Soy Sauce and Tempeh

Koji is a type of mold often used in Japanese cuisine. It is responsible for miso, tempeh, soy sauce, mirin, amazake,…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Kyaraben or Character bento

Kyaraben/Character Bento

Kyaraben or character bento, is a style of bento that incorporates dishes that are designed and arranged to look like…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Methods of Home Mushroom Cultivation

Methods of Home Mushroom Cultivation

Learn about the mushroom life cycle and varieties of mushrooms that are easiest to grow at home. We’ll discuss methods…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Molecular Cocktails

Molecular Cocktails

Entertain your party guests with molecular cocktails that foam, spew dragon’s breath, freeze in front of your eyes,…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Sake Brewing

Sake Brewing

This course is a fun and unique opportunity to learn how to brew sake. There are only 14 sake breweries in the US,…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Test Kitchen Asheville, NC

Scientific Cuisine

Experience our local Test Kitchen, available to the community via a joint partnership between A-B Tech and BioNetwork.…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

Sensory Evaluation of Fermented Food and Beverages of the World

Sensory Evaluation of Fermented Food and Beverages of the World

Learn the skills to become a taste tester and enjoy exotic fermented food and beverages from around the world. We will…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner

FSPCA Preventive Controls Qualified Individuals (PCQI) for Human Foods – Craft Beverage

Sensory Science for Brewing

Could your brewery benefit from a well-developed sensory evaluation program?   Many breweries routinely neglect…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Intermediate

The Art of Making Fruit Wine

The Art of Making Fruit Wine

Traditional wine is Fabulous, but have you ever wondered what it would be like to create wine from the fruit you've got…

Delivery Format: Face-to-Face
Level: Beginner