After much research today (Sunday) I have decided that it is time to shit or get off the pot (excuse my language) and learn commercial brewing. I'm registering for a distance learning course in brewing with the Siebel Institute. The World Brewing Academy seems to be a very well respected school, I asked a few brewers on Probrewer.com. Even though on-line this class will give me some credentials, and at the very least teach me how to brew on a large scale. The three-month program seems intense but promises to give the student "the knowledge and confidence you will need to work effectively in the world of commercial brewing." It also states that the course is "formally recognized by the Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD) as suitable for students writing the IBD General Certificate Exam."
The cost is steep I'm going to have to cash into my savings, and use my tax refund to pay for it. I figure at the least, I can hopefully take the experience to a job somewhere and then eventually in time transfer those skills to my own place. I still wish things happened overnight - but lets be realistic. I need to do this if I'm going to be serious about it, and not just write about it.
I vowed after I got my MBA that I'd never go back to school, lesson learned. Never say never my friends.
Also, on a related note: I hopefully have scored a side-job this week helping a small craft brewer in the area bottle his beer. I offered my assistance and labor for the payment of learning and the occasional beer. He seems open to it.
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