What type of schooling have you had?

[BrianU21]

What type of schooling have you had?

none/on the job
homebrewing
Siebel / American Brewers Guild
college degree (biochem, food science, etc...)

[Graydon]

All of these

[theburden]

You can only vote for one?

Homebrewing
On Job

Does a Film degree in Cinematography count towards brewing credit?

[beauxman]

All four of these.
-Beaux

[RobZamites]

Just homebrewing and OJT. I'm going to do the either the ABG or Siebel Short course someday.

[BMOOR]

all four of these

[GlacierBrewing]

All four of these....

[tariq khan]

Brewlab certificate(University of Sunderland U.K.)
General Certificate in Brewing and Packaging (Brewers Guild)

[tarmadilo]

A couple of years of homebrewing, worked at the AoB in Boulder for a few months at the end of that period (even went to Charlie Papazian's house for a staff party once!), then had on-the-job training at my first two brewing jobs.

I got a lot of practical experience and knowlege that way, but if I was gonna do it over, I'd get a degree in microbiology first!

Cheers, Tim

[crassbrauer]

All of the above except "Siebel / American Brewers Guild" (Weihenstephan instead)

[steveoatley]

I was wondering if I could get some more people to Post
to this forum..... Try and get a couple more opinions?

I am having a similar problem - Stuck between Dead End Jobs.
I've been a homebrewer for 3 years, and have that similiar Pipe Dream?
Opening my own BrewPub. My wife has mistakenly encouraged me to
follow my dream. SO....

Should I go to school at Siebel or ABG ( I'd have to quite current job )
or Should I get a Degree in Resturant Managment - go that route ?
or Should I get the Science Degree - something to do with Yeast ?
( both I could do while still employeed )

And right now I am stuck in Michigan-can't leave wife got good job,for now.

I'm looking at Siebel or ABG - their Web based courses. They don't offer a
summer course schedual - I have the summers off. I did offer to work
for free at area Brew Pubs this last summer - only one took me up on it.
Just one day?
I'm forty - wife - no kids yet - ca I make any money at this??
Or should I just Drive a Truck.?? Not that there is anything wrong with that.

People are always asking Kids "What do you want to be when You grow Up"
Thats because they are looking for Ideas ~~!!

Steve

[Ted Briggs]

Hey guys- there are over 1400 views to this thead and only 80 votes??? It could be that most people would have multiple answers to this question, but come-on, it only takes a click...

[terminal_v_stou]

ABG and home brewing experience,

[Steffan]

Hey, I voted a year ago. I can't remember what I voted but I am also one of those multi-catagoried individuals. Hombrewed for ten or so years, three years practical experience at a couple of local micros, lots of books read (De Clerck, Noonan, Daniels, Papazian) then the double whammie of Rainier closing and then Olympia flooded the labor market so no jobs for me! The wife told me to either shut up or start my own brewery. I didn't shut up. No regrets.

Steffan
Aldergrove Brewery

[liammckenna]

Three of the above.

Pax.

Liam

[jason.koehler]

On the Job
Home Brewing
Some short courses at Siebel

2 college degrees that help with sales and marketing, but do squat for brewing ;)

[kayemkerner]

college degree (in something completely irrelevant)
apprenticed under a "master" (sensai, i says)
read every book twice
looking for the time to school it up for paper pieces....

other than that, made it out of being an apprentice without injuring my hands and have been turning to the books ever since....well that and probrewer.com.......

so, i guess, that's a thank you to you guys and girls out there that either know more than i or have "been there done that."

k. m.

[Jephro]

Homebrewing, on the job, and actually dropped out of college just short of a degree to take my first brewing job. No regrets so far...still trying to make it out west tho.
mmm..Mountains & Beer
Jeff

[mooneyray]

Does the master brewers program at UCD count? If not I'd like a refund!
Otherwise I'm four for four mang!

[MatthewS]

I started as a homebrewer, but increased my knowledge a thousand fold when working as an assistant.

Matthew
Offshore Ale
Martha's Vineyard