Brewing studies often begin with studying chemistry, biological sciences, physics or engineering. Students’ initial knowledge can then be applied in the brewery industry as they further their education studying fermentation processes, brewhouse technology, refrigeration sciences and the biochemistry of brewing.

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the western most point of Eurasia, Europe is usually divided from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting the Black and Aegean Seas.