Week 3 (February 10-14, 2014)

In week 3 we focused on water and hops. The good news is that I did much better on the practice test on Monday covering Barley and Malting then I did on the enzymes test the previous week. So I now think I know what I have to do each week to prepare and review in a better way. We got to have a guest speaker in the middle of the week which was a nice change of pace. Dr. Paul Matthews from SS Steiner Inc. (a hop breeding company) came in and spoke for a couple hours. It was all equally interesting and over my head. I also got a better handle on the engineering this week and that felt really good. It was the first time anyone came to check their work with me! I'm going to enjoy that feeling while it lasts.

I've attached an article about Ken Grossman, the owner of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, CA. I've come to admire him immensely in a very short time.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2014/02/12/king-of-craft-beer-how-sierra-nevada-is-winning-the-hops-war/2/