Hey everyone -
So my employer is in all likelyhood relocating to a horrible state which I have no desire to move to. I will not mention where because I wouldn't want those of you living there to be offended.
That being said I knew I didn't want to do accounting the rest of my life and started homebrewing to develop knowledge of brewing to hopefully one day make it a carrer, and if not at least make some good beer.
Earlier this year I reached out to local breweries to hopefully get an apprenticeship (no pay, just experience), but I was unsuccessful largely because I believe having a non-employee in the brewery area would be frowned upon by insurance companies. However, given the upcoming changes to my employment situation, I'm planning on looking for a position at a brewery.
My question is, without any official training what is the likelihood that I could get a job at a brewery? There are several breweries in San Diego (Stone, Karl Strauss, Ballast Point, AleSmith, Port, Coronado, etc...), so I'm in the right place, but might there also be a large population of people with brewing experience?
Those of you who brew professionally, how did you get your start?
I've got a lot of questions, but I'll leave it with that to hopefully get some help.
Thank you.
So my employer is in all likelyhood relocating to a horrible state which I have no desire to move to. I will not mention where because I wouldn't want those of you living there to be offended.
That being said I knew I didn't want to do accounting the rest of my life and started homebrewing to develop knowledge of brewing to hopefully one day make it a carrer, and if not at least make some good beer.
Earlier this year I reached out to local breweries to hopefully get an apprenticeship (no pay, just experience), but I was unsuccessful largely because I believe having a non-employee in the brewery area would be frowned upon by insurance companies. However, given the upcoming changes to my employment situation, I'm planning on looking for a position at a brewery.
My question is, without any official training what is the likelihood that I could get a job at a brewery? There are several breweries in San Diego (Stone, Karl Strauss, Ballast Point, AleSmith, Port, Coronado, etc...), so I'm in the right place, but might there also be a large population of people with brewing experience?
Those of you who brew professionally, how did you get your start?
I've got a lot of questions, but I'll leave it with that to hopefully get some help.
Thank you.