Cheney Free Press -

CHENEY- What started with a few beers and good conversation has turned into a Craft Beer Industry Professional Certificate program at Eastern Washington University (EWU).

Senior lecturer Chris Cindric came up with the idea in 2017, and a podcast interview with the right people in October 2021 brought it to life.

"It was kind of back in 2017 that I started to look into starting a craft beer program," Cindric said. The first one that existed took off about two years ago, but it doesn't compare to the scale of the new certificate.

"We created the craft beer appreciation class which people coul...