Hey cj!
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Posted 06 April 2009 - 05:37 PM
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Posted 06 April 2009 - 06:04 PM
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Posted 08 April 2009 - 08:09 AM
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Posted 11 April 2009 - 09:57 AM
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Posted 11 April 2009 - 10:54 AM
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Posted 11 April 2009 - 11:37 AM
#7 *_Guest_BigBossMan_*
Posted 11 April 2009 - 05:19 PM
Actually I have some youtube brewery humping footage if you're interested...cj can't come to the phone right now...... his boss has him busy humping malt.OK, that's a picture I didn't want in my mind.
#8
Posted 12 April 2009 - 04:06 AM
I'm learning, I'm stressed out, I'm having fun, I'm tired, I'm losing weight, I'm happy, I'm drinking . . . less than I was before! All in all, a good life.Getting tired yet?
And I really really like the 30 second commute!yeah I hear the commute is a real killer!!
The boss man wouldn't let me slack if I wanted to! Not that I want to. No wait, I do want to. I just can't. But, I did have a day off today -- it was fun having a picnic in the sun with my wife, going to a movie, eating dinner together. From tomorrow, it's three straight days of brewing on our "big" system (a whopping 1000 liters! ), first just watching and taking notes, second brewing with the boss man, and on the third day, I'm doing most of it myself. I already have an ulcer just thinking about all the ways I can screw things up!Yea...you best not be slacking!
Yeah, there's lots of malt humping in this job. Humping it into the hopper, humping it out of the spent grain exit chute, humping into garbage cans, humping it to the compost farm. It's really not that bad! But really, my favorite job so far is "hopping" into the brew kettle to remove the hops after the boil. The aroma is just fantastic! Digging out several kilos of spent whole hops is almost a wet dream.cj can't come to the phone right now...... his boss has him busy humping malt.
The hops still love me -- and I still love them.Besides...hops would be most upset at his infidelity...
There's a possibility of making a JPA later this year, but it'll likely all be kegged. Sorry.Overall, I'm loving life on a daily basis -- even when I come home dead tired.I wonder if his first will be a JPA or if he will send everyone a free bottle to sample.Of course we would pay postage
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Posted 13 April 2009 - 05:46 AM
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Posted 15 April 2009 - 05:39 AM
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Posted 15 April 2009 - 05:58 AM
Occasionally -- I live 30 seconds from the brewery, so they do let me wander on down to the house once in a while, but overall I'm committed -- or at least should be.They let you go home?
Thanks. I started on April 1 (April Fool's Day! ). Since then I've lost ~10 pounds -- which is a very good thing. By the end of the year, I should be down to my college weight -- which isn't the best, but it's a hell of a lot better than I've been in the past 25 years or so. Just so you all don't think I'm a huge fat load, I peaked at around 205 late last year (I'm 5'9", I think) and now I'm down to around 185. I hope to be around 170 by December. My knees are thanking me daily!Cj I didn't realize you were Pro brewing! Congrats! https://www.brews-br...tyle_emoticons/default/headbang.gif
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Posted 15 April 2009 - 06:04 AM
Is that when you aren't shlepping sacks of malt around???p.s. any chance on a pic of you hopping into the hops???My knees are thanking me daily!
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Posted 21 April 2009 - 12:13 AM
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Posted 21 April 2009 - 04:35 AM
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Posted 21 April 2009 - 06:11 AM
I e-mailed a local brewpub here a few years back asking if they needed a volunteer. I explained that I was looking to get a feel for what a professional brewer does on a daily basis to see if I'd be interested in the life.The lead brewer e-mailed me back telling me that he barely has enough hours to give his paid assistant, so he really didn't need a volunteer. I took that as meaning that they weren't that busy because the beer they make is average at best (first hand experience) and he didn't want some newb getting in the way.As for getting a job in a brewery, volunteer. A lot of small breweries would love to have keg cleaners, bottlers, and whatnot, especially if they don't have to pay!
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Posted 21 April 2009 - 06:19 AM
I should know this but what is the brand name and is it available in the US? That was, BTW, one of the best posts I've run across in a beer forum in years.Any questions?
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Posted 21 April 2009 - 02:02 PM
The company is Baird Brewing, and the beers are, surprisingly, called Baird Beer. And thanks -- it was fun writing that post.I should know this but what is the brand name and is it available in the US? That was, BTW, one of the best posts I've run across in a beer forum in years.
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Posted 21 April 2009 - 02:15 PM
Is that you at the top of this page: https://www.bairdbee...ery-photos.html ????The company is Baird Brewing, and the beers are, surprisingly, called Baird Beer. And thanks -- it was fun writing that post.
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Posted 21 April 2009 - 02:23 PM
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