Ok, beer people. My volunteer work is in full swing. I'm nearly 15 hours deep over two days. If 15 hours of volunteer work in two days doesn't say dedication I don't know what does. As I suspected, work at the brewery is tuff but I have loved every second of it. So far I have done some grunt work like making 6 and 12 packs and cleaned kegs. I've also been covered in beer while filling kegs and logs. Bottling operations did not go so smooth. Thursday was Hooker's second bottling run and it was a little shaky...and wet. I manned the labeler and once we got the kinks worked out we were running about 24 bottles per minute. Not bad for the second run but capacity is double that. It's been a great experience so far and I've learned a lot!
My nails are bloody and my finger tips bruised but I'm going back for more next week. I need a few days in between to work on the craft beer job search. I'm feeling confident as a few positions have opened up. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a call back. Wish me luck. I'll give you more detailed updates on my volunteer work soon.
Most importantly, what's on tap for this weekend? Mayflower IPA! Made a special trip to MA the other day. I also picked a bottle of Magic Hat's summer seasonal, Wacko. Should be interesting as it falls into the fruit / vegetable beer category. Cheers!
5 comments:
Look at you, living the dream of all of us beer bloggers. It sounds like you are having fun. Most important, you are gaining experience. I wish there was a brewery near me that I could learn from.
Thanks, man. Ya - so far so good. I'm really having a good time at the brewery. It would be a hell of a lot cooler if I was getting paid but that will come in time. Until then, the experience is priceless. More updates to come.
wow, you seem to enjoy in what you are doing even though your hands are cut, bruised and bloody, you still manage to update your beer blog and for the fact that you can't earn from that work. Keep it up :-) grab a beer buddy after work..Cheers!
Great to hear its working out! Would they allow some behind-the-scenes pictures?
I'm heading back Wednesday for another bottling run. I'll see if I can grab some pics while I'm there. If I get in trouble I'll blame it on the interns :)
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