Help me get a job at the brewery!

[fightguy]

Congrats man! Gotta start somewhere... and if you are starting at the bottom you can only go up! Give it a few years of experience and you'll be brewing somewhere...

Just to clarify, this is a Brewer position.

 

[Joker]

Even better, congrats.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

That's AWSOME news. Congrats. I think it's a great idea to keep a blog. Let us all know how it's going.

 

[bobjenkins79]

I just read this post from beginnning to end. Man, I'm happy for you, there's no greater feeling than having a job you love. Congratulations

bob

 

[RoaringBrewer]

Just to clarify, this is a Brewer position.

Hey man, that's even more awesome!

I more meant, even if you had to crawl in the grundy's and scrub them out a few times to "earn your stripes" that eventually this would help lead into a "head/master brewer" position somewhere in a couple years... that is awesome that you will get to do some brewing just starting out though too! Hopefully they let you have some creative input on the seasonals or something, that would rock! :rockin:

 

[Fish]

Congrats man!!

I would be interested to know what range brewery jobs pay. But that may be another topic

 

[fightguy]

Congrats man!!

I would be interested to know what range brewery jobs pay. But that may be another topic

The salary for a regular Brewer at Alaskan Brewing Company, according to the job description they gave me, is between 27K and 41.5/42.5K (I don't remember which) DOE. It's quite a decrease from my current wages, but doing what I love is worth a lot to me

 

[Warped04]

The salary for a regular Brewer at Alaskan Brewing Company, according to the job description they gave me, is between 27K and 41.5/42.5K (I don't remember which) DOE. It's quite a decrease from my current wages, but doing what I love is worth a lot to me

I took a huge decrease in pay to do a job I loved. It paid off in more ways than 1. My health, job stress, and overall happiness. I now make more money that I did before I left the original job.

Congrats!

 

[Ryanh1801]

congrats man that is awesome.

 

[fightguy]

I took a huge decrease in pay to do a job I loved. It paid off in more ways than 1. My health, job stress, and overall happiness. I now make more money that I did before I left the original job.

Congrats!

I'm sure that my stress level will go down and my happiness will increase. I just hope that the money increases too! :rockin:

 

[Warped04]

I'm sure that my stress level will go down and my happiness will increase. I just hope that the money increases too! :rockin:

Took me a while....but it was worth it.

 

[Spyk'd]

I knew you had it!


Two bits of advice:

Get some 3/4 rubber boots instead of the full. Your shins will thank you!

Get some gel insoles.



Also, I doubt that you will actually have to crawl into anything other than maybe a kettle, to clear out the trub. Most breweries use CIP pumps and spray balls to clean their vessels.


Congrats, you'll love it!

 

[fightguy]

Thanks for the advice. I'll look into getting some boots like that

 

[Brewtopia]

Congrats! Welcome to the wonderful world of commercial brewing. Now, go make me some Smoked Porter

 

[Section1]

Thats great news and sounds like fun work too. As someone said a few post back start a blog on what you do and how you become a brewer.

 

[Orpheus]

CONGRATULATIONS!

Man, what an awesome opportunity for you! My friend just got back from Alaska last night and she has a bottle of Alaskan Smoked Porter with my name on it!

 

[fightguy]

http://www.alaskanbeer.com/artman/publish/article_181.shtml

Hopefully, I'll be in this pic next year :rockin:

 

[Junebug]

Congratulations on the job! Keep us posted, looks like a fun place to work!

 

[fightguy]

Well, it looks like my first day will be on Jan 2nd.

I CAN'T WAIT!!

 

[MikeFlynn74]

Damn bro Awesome! I wonder if they have any Anchorage Positions?

Course I know they could use better advertising and better sales reps.

AK Amber is by far not thier best. But their most popular. Im really liking their new IPA though.

Im in Anchorage so hit me up if you want

 

[fightguy]

Damn bro Awesome! I wonder if they have any Anchorage Positions?

Course I know they could use better advertising and better sales reps.

AK Amber is by far not thier best. But their most popular. Im really liking their new IPA though.

Im in Anchorage so hit me up if you want

They don't have a brewery in Anchorage, but you could try to get a job at Midnight Sun Brewing Company. I hear that their beers are AWESOME! I've only had a few of them but they have all been fantastic.

http://www.midnightsunbrewing.com/

And as for your assessment of the Alaskan Amber, I am going to have to respectfully disagree. I think that their Smoked Porter, Baltic Porter, Big Nugget Barleywine, and Winter Ales are all better. That's just my opinion though

 

[MikeFlynn74]

??? I said Amber was more popular- But not thier best.

Kinda like what you said.

I forgot Midnight Sun was here-

 

[fightguy]

??? I said Amber was more popular- But not thier best.

Kinda like what you said.

I forgot Midnight Sun was here-

My bad, I totally misread that. You are absolutely right about it being the most popular though. In fact, one of the interview questions they asked me is how I would feel about brewing the same beer 80% of the time.

You should look into Midnight Sun though, as I believe they are rated one of the best breweries in the country. Lots of high 90s in there....

http://www.ratebeer.com/Brewers/midnight-sun-brewing-company/424/

 

[fightguy]

It looks like Ratebeer.com has them ranked #24 in the entire world!

http://www.ratebeer.com/RateBeerBest/BestBrewers_012007.asp

 

[MikeFlynn74]

I doubt Midnight could match my salary-

But its worth a look!

 

[fightguy]

I doubt Midnight could match my salary-

But its worth a look!

Like I said earlier, I took a huge paycut for this job at Alaskan Brewing Company, but it's worth it to me to be able to do something that I am passionate about. I guess it's up to each person to decide what is most important to them

And if nothing else, you should definitely head over there to drink a few pints! One of these days I am going to make it over to Anchorage and that will be one of my first stops

 

[MikeFlynn74]

Awesome- Unfortunately I have a small village to provide for-

Maybe I will make a good enough beer to share too! lol

 

[Rhoobarb]

Holy crap! Congrats! What a great Christmas and New Year's you'll have. Keep us posted with your progress.
:rockin:

 

[fightguy]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

This has been the most bittersweet week of my entire life!

The awesome news:

My wife, Leeann, was notified the other day that she was accepted into Creighton University School of Dentistry for the incoming class of 2008! We are still waiting to hear back from 15 schools but we are so relieved that she will be starting next year! This has been such and incredible journey for us both, and finally she is getting the opportunity to show what she can do. It is incredible to think that after all of her hard work and perseverance over the past several years, that in less than five years she may very well be Dr. Leeann Welch, DDS.

The horrible news:

Now I have to go and tell the brewery that I will only be able to stay for 7 months, and see if they still want to go with me or take someone else. On one hand, I don't want to miss out on this opportunity but on the other hand, I can't in good conscience take a job there knowing that I am going to be moving in 7 months. They are great people and I really appreciate the opportunity that they have offered me and I just can't screw them over like that. My only hope is that they take pity on me and realize how much this job means to me, and let me have it anyways. I will understand if they don't but I will be crushed

I guess I will just have to pray about it and hope for the best. At least I will be able to sleep at night knowing that I did the right thing.

 

[WOP31]

That's awesome that your wife got in to dental school!

That is a rough desicion you have in front of you, at least you are in the right mind set though. I hope that they will still let you work there for a while. Either way good things can only come your way when you make the right desiscions in life.


cheers