Quick wrap up of week 8. Monday and Tuesday we had the honor of having Dr. Tom Shellhammer come down from Oregon State and do some review with us on packaging and engineering. He's truly a fantastic teacher.
Wednesday we got a day of foam from the Pope of Foam himself, Dr. Bamforth. In the afternoon the Brewmaster from AB-Inbev Fairfield, Scott Ungermann, came to talk to us for the afternoon. He was awesome. He was generous and helpful and told quite an impressive Anheuser-Busch story.
Thursday we had engineering in the morning. It's started to become actually anxiety producing for me. But I get through. In the afternoon, we headed for a tour of the Anheuser-Busch/Inbev brewery in Fairfield. They broke us up into groups and gave us tours. The brewmaster and assistant brewmaster each lead a group. Two quality control people lead the other groups. It was quite an impressive tour. If you've never done it, you should. You have to see the whole beechwood aging process in person. AND if you go to the Fairfield brewery, you get to see the largest lauter tun (I think) in the world.
After the tour, we headed back to Sudwerk's in time to freshen up and then head to the MBAA Northern California district meeting at Rubicon's West Sacramento Brewery. That was a good time, too. SO much beer from so many different breweries. Vinnie Cilurzo from Russian River sat at my table. Again, starstruck. There was a great talk from a Portland brewer about barrel aging. Great night!
Friday was a day to study and then an afternoon with Sensory Sue. She is the best way to end any week!
Congrats on your internship!! When do you go? So proud of you, taking that leap of faith and doing something you really love!!
ReplyDeleteI'm interning for two weeks starting April 7th. THANKS! I'm proud of me, too... and scared and intimidated... but just plowing forward. Definitely what I love.
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