Hello fellow home brewers. First off I would like to state that I am 24 years old and about to graduate from SDSU with a History major. I have no real options for a career right know with out more schooling. I could get my teaching credentials or study my ass off and take the lsat and hope I get accepted into law school. The question I have for everyone is how do I break into the industry of brewing. Living in San Diego there is many different great brewery's around the area, two within a mile of my house (mission brewery, ballast point). I also use to work for Coronado Brewing Company, or CBC if your local, but as a waiter. I have been home brewing for a while and recently have been questioning what career path to work on. I am in no hurry to jump into a 9-5 job and settle down and raise a family but i do want to find something I enjoy. I am planning on taking a chemistry class this summer so I can get some basics explained to me by a teacher and will be able to ask questions. Also I doing this because i have thought about attending UCD extended school of studies for brewing. I know the classes are full for the next year but it is a goal to get in but in the mean time I want to get some biology and chemistry class under my belt. Is there any classes that you can recommend talking prior to taking these courses other that the basic 100 and 130? Also would physics be good to take and if so what type of classes? Would these classes talk about heat transfer or basic needs for brewing on a large scale?
The Main Question I have is how do you feel is the best way of getting a Brewery like green flash, ballast point, or ale smith to take me on as volunteer. I work at nights as a bartender so in May I have all day free except for 8 weeks in june/july tuesday/thursday which i will have one class. I just don't to say hey I like beer and will work for free can i clean the fermenters? I would like to be able to volunteer and would love to start off cleaning or moving grain but i don't want to come off as a amateur(even though i am) and want to have a real chance of spending some time in and around a brewery. My goal would be to find out if this is something I want to pursue as a career and if I don't like it the worst that could happen is a gain some more knowledge. But I would like some tips on how to approach these breweries on getting volunteer work? Do I send a resume? Just tell them what i wrote here? Any ideas would be great.
The Main Question I have is how do you feel is the best way of getting a Brewery like green flash, ballast point, or ale smith to take me on as volunteer. I work at nights as a bartender so in May I have all day free except for 8 weeks in june/july tuesday/thursday which i will have one class. I just don't to say hey I like beer and will work for free can i clean the fermenters? I would like to be able to volunteer and would love to start off cleaning or moving grain but i don't want to come off as a amateur(even though i am) and want to have a real chance of spending some time in and around a brewery. My goal would be to find out if this is something I want to pursue as a career and if I don't like it the worst that could happen is a gain some more knowledge. But I would like some tips on how to approach these breweries on getting volunteer work? Do I send a resume? Just tell them what i wrote here? Any ideas would be great.