A prestigious beer brewing school in Chicago — the oldest in the Americas — is moving to Montreal citing regulatory changes in the United States, and the relocation is drawing attention locally.

“Everybody in the industry probably knows about the Siebel Institute,” said Julien Savoie, head brewer at Brasserie Boswell in Montreal Plateau-Mont-Royal borough.

“It’s one of the only schools in North America that offers classes on brewing.”

The Siebel Institute of Technology, operating since 1872, will relocate in January to a building on Ste-Catherine Street East. The school did not respond to an interview request but said in a statement on social media the move is strategic.

The statement says “recent regulatory changes in the U.S. have made it much more challenging for international stude

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