![]() ![]() Two-day ticket packages are available on Eventbrite. It will feature Rodney Crowell, Lee Roy Parnell, Mandy Barnett, Sarah Potenza and a number of other Americana entertainers. Hop Springs will host WMOT Roots Radio’s 895 Fest on May 31-June 1, the first music festival to be held at the new venue. MTSU fermentation science and Hop Springs celebrated with a grand opening Thursday, May 23. Also taking part in the conversation are Jones’ business partners, Derrick Morse, second from left, and Lou Diaz. MTSU College of Basic and Applied Sciences Dean Bud Fischer, second from right, laughs at a comment made by Hop Springs and Steel Barrel Brewery founder and co-owner Mark Jones, left. He also discussed allowing MTSU students to utilize some of Hop Springs’ outdoor activities for free. In a small group later, Jones said how Thursdays have become an “MTSU night” with “Trivia and MTSU True Brew” - live music featuring university students starting at 4 p.m. ![]() Kelly Beam with the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce called the facility “one of the new jewels of the community” and shared how MTSU fermentation science and Hop Springs have formed a great partnership.įermentation science has had its first graduating class of six students, who are now working in the industry. Whatever it is, we can gather that data, sell that data back to the company requesting the research (and) both of those labs are functioning.įor College of Basic and Applied Sciences Dean Bud Fischer, “the best part is our students get the opportunity to see the whole process while getting to perform analytical analysis and sensory testing.” He added it has led to internships for several of the first-time graduates with Yoplait yogurt, Hop Springs and others. I can find out colors, names of new beers, names of carpet. All of our tours will go through the sensory lab. Jones said it is a lab that “can do analysis for companies all across the country. MTSU and Hop Springs celebrated with a grand opening of the facility. ![]() On a tour of the Hop Springs facility Thursday, May 23, visitors learn about the brew house on the left and the large fermentation and regular tanks in the room. And, believe me, I am grateful to have those facilities.” “The analytical lab is for traditional chemical analysis of foods and other products and the sensory lab can be used for almost anything anyone wants to evaluate. “We have an analytical lab as well as a sensory lab,” Johnston told the audience. It’s a merging of academics and agritourism. Jones, an MTSU School of Agriculture alumnus, and business partner Derrick Morse, opened their venture and partnered with MTSU to provide lab space in the large facility that features soon-to-open Steel Barrel Brewery. The recent grads had internships with Yoplait yogurt, Hop Springs and other companies. The MTSU degree program, which recently graduated its first class, has gained interest from prospective students from all across the country. The event included music, food and beverages and tours of the new analytical and fermentation science labs in Hop Springs’ building space. Invited guests, MTSU staff and administrators and Hop Springs owners and personnel participate in the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting Thursday, May 23, to celebrate the grand opening of the facility and partnership with MTSU fermentation science. ![]()
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