October 17, 2018
Today was a brew day for the upcoming “No Simple Highway” release; a saison co-fermented with brettanomyces. Most of my day was spent in moving around beer in the cellar, cleaning draft lines, kegging, and washing kegs. Here are a few sample pictures from the day. Photo descriptions: 1. Double keg washer, built by Dave’s father-in-law to automatically run through…
October 15, 2018
Today happened to be a pretty light, quick day in the brewhouse. This was nice after a few long/hard days last week. I had one MAJOR improvement today… I put the insoles from my shoes into the rubber boots I had been wearing last week. It was a total game changer! For today’s tasks we had quite a bit of…
October 13, 2018
Activities for the day… Brew Day: Cherrywood smoked porter with blueberries for Pints for Prostates. Additional work in transferring of fermented beer into brite tanks and kegging the last remaining beer from serving tank. Take Aways for the day: Be mindful of environmental conditions, such spending 2-3 hours in the cold walk-in cooler. Dress appropriately and take frequent breaks to…
October 10, 2018
Day 2 at the brewery was my first brewery with Joyride brewer Kyle and it was a lot of fun! Getting things going by milling the grain. The base grain for this brew was Golden Promise. Like most things in the brewery, the process is just like home brewing, just on a larger scale. Such as milling an entire bag…
October 10, 2018
Day 1 – October 8, 2018: On my first day at the brewery I got a quick tour around the brewhouse and safety orientation with the head brewer Dave. We went over standard safety procedures and general personal safety in the brew house. Then it was on to helping one of the assistant brewers, Kyle, with the jobs for the…
October 6, 2018
As part of the Regis Applied Craft Brewing program that I am currently taking, one of the program requirements is to conduct an internship at a local brewery. The internship is to give each of us a hands-on take at what its like to work at a brewery. We are told that the internship can look like anything we are…
July 30, 2018
I’ve been on a lager kick lately, with a vienna lager recently under my belt and a pilsner almost complete with primary fermentation. I’m thinking ahead a bit more to fall and thought it would be a great time to do a traditional lager for a Märzen/Oktoberfest lager. With plenty of room in the chest freezer, I feel comfortable making…
This fall, I will be beginning the Applied Craft Brewing certificate program this fall at Regis University. This one-year program will help me to develop my knowledge of brewing science and techniques and give me a firm foundation for beginning a new career in brewing. Along the professional lines, I have recently had several interviews for a brewing position in…
Today I was thinking a bit about what I want to brew for 2018. Call it a New Year’s resolution, call it a working plan, or just a sketch of what I think I will try to tackle this year. The beers are in no particular order, and what I brew and when will likely be the result of the…
This morning, when I was eating breakfast, I stumbled upon an interesting article from Relevant Magazine, titled: It’s Time for Christians to Start Taking Climate Change Seriously; It’s a pro-life issue. The tag on the Facebook post said, “What it means to be fully pro-life.” I quickly read through the article, which I thought was reasoned and fairly well put together. Then, I…