Otago Polytechnic students will be brewing up lager and pale ale at their new facility in Cromwell - which has just been officially named the Rough Rock Brewing Company.
The brewery will form part of a $3million redevelopment of Otago Polytechnic's Central Otago Campus Bannockburn site, which also includes a trades facility for carpentry and automotive students.
An open day will be held on December 1, and the brewery, which cost about $1million to set up, will open in February.
Otago Polytechnic Central Otago campus head of school Alex Huffadine said students would work with a nano kit, which would allow them to experiment.
The beer would initially only be available to a "brew share'' club.