Renaissance Man---- May 6-7

Plumber, electrician, sanitation specialist, scientist, artist that's just a few of the words to describe the renaissance man that is a brewer. After being with the brewery for a week now and helping Joe brew a batch of Red Rambler, I realized that it takes more than just knowing a little bit about beer to run a successful brewery. Sanitation is key, something that I already understood from my home brewing experience , but when you actually brew a large batch you realize how much cleaning you actually have to do. Everything is cleaned, rinsed and sanitized out of the 8 hours it took to brew the majority of that time we were cleaning something. Once you see everything in action you come to find out how much plumbing had to be done before the brewery was even operational along with the all the electric work that has to be done to run the the pumps augers, cooling systems you really have to be a jack of all trades to do the job successfully.The whole process of brewing was really fun and I did enjoy it I hope I can keep learning more as these weeks go on with the internship

Saturday----On Saturday I was working the tap room serving beer to the many people coming into the brewery to hear the two different bands that played. It was definitely a fun experience I loved being able to meet and talk with different people, not to mention the music was awesome. My family even came in and I limped through my first tour. I attempted to get my grandma and my step-mom to try one of the awesome beers that we have on tap but failed in that attempt. I did make my grandpa and dad Peace Tree drinkers for life. My grandfather LOVED the Blonde which who doesn't its awesome, and was already asking me where he could get it. My dad on the other hand fell for the Rye Porter. The night was pretty fun talked to a lot of people and served a lot of good beer. Well check in later  at "My Brewing Adventure"