I have helped out before in a small production brewery. What do you want to know?
This is why you always have a hose around, wash the caustic away from you while you are on the floor.When you are scrubbing out the floor drains make sure that you're knee is not resting in a puddle of caustic. You won't notice it until you're done and the skin on your knee will hurt for the rest of the day while you're scrubbing out the brew kettle and washing kegs. You'll forget about it after having a few beers when you finish up everything you needed to get done that day. Then you'll wake the next morning and your whole knee will be a giant scab that lasts for weeks. Just a little friendly warning
Sort of off topic, how do you approach a small brewer about helping out (unpaid apprentice)? I would think they're constantly being approached by aspiring brewers, so what would help one stand out?
Can't hurt to try. The worst that can happen is they say no and you are right where you are right now, no worse for the wear.I kinda figured showing up and talking would work. My situation is that the closest -respectable- brewery is almost 2 hours away. I'd love to spend my days off there, but I can't just show up several times a week to develop a rapport. Should I just call them and ask? ...Out of the blue?
Edit: Sorry to hijack this thread, not my intention.
Go to Bold City and ask them if they ever use volunteers and if you can help out from time to time. Don't press it too hard and don't be surprised if you just do grunt work.I'm a college student homebrewer and wondering what the best way is to go about getting a job at one of the local breweries where I live. I want the hands on experience of brewing on a larger scale. For the brewpub owners, do you get homebrewers who want to help out?
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