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....G'Day malt_shovel

.....How confident are you of the beer you make now and your understanding of the brewing process both thoeretical and practical..??...maybe you should consider the 5 day short course first...??...Bradford Tetlow,who is involved with the brewing program at Ballarat Uni (one of the nicest people in the brewing industry) once told me that the 5 day course also tends to inform some people who enrol why they shouldn't become brewers...this could save you a lot of money....as someone who has made the jump to pro brewing, i have to put my hand up and say i currently have no formal brewing Qualifications although i am now studying the IBD courses some 2 years after i started brewing for a living....prior to the career change i had made myself a competent and confident brewer to the point where i was a very low risk for prospective employers ...
..no doubt, formal Qualifications can only help , but, if you don't have it in you, no course will make you a brewer....you either are, or you aren't....brewing for a living is much more than the romance of mashing in....it is hot , cold, at times very uncomfortable and mundane work , with long hours and tight deadlines,where the money is not that flash, in a very competitive industry with machinery that will need constant attention and repair, where near enough is never ever good enough particularly with cleaning and sanitation etc etc...and where 'commercial realities' invariably make decisions for you....

...if you can handle all that , go for it....I did and my family and I haven't looked back...

hope this helps

Cheers
Scott

<blockquote data-quote="Hargie" data-source="post: 687906" data-attributes="member: 2878">....G&#039;Day malt_shovel.....How confident are you of the beer you make now and your understanding of the brewing process both thoeretical and practical..??...maybe you should consider the 5 day short course first...??...Bradford Tetlow,who is involved with the brewing program at Ballarat Uni (one of the nicest people in the brewing industry) once told me that the 5 day course also tends to inform some people who enrol why they shouldn&#039;t become brewers...this could save you a lot of money....as someone who has made the jump to pro brewing, i have to put my hand up and say i currently have no formal brewing Qualifications although i am now studying the IBD courses some 2 years after i started brewing for a living....prior to the career change i had made myself a competent and confident brewer to the point where i was a very low risk for prospective employers .....no doubt, formal Qualifications can only help , but, if you don&#039;t have it in you, no course will make you a brewer....you either are, or you aren&#039;t....brewing for a living is much more than the romance of mashing in....it is hot , cold, at times&nbsp; very uncomfortable and mundane work , with long hours and tight deadlines,where the money is not that flash, in a very competitive industry with machinery that will need constant attention and repair, where near enough is never ever good enough particularly with cleaning and sanitation etc etc...and where &#039;commercial realities&#039; invariably make decisions for you.......if you can handle all that , go for it....I did and my family and I haven&#039;t looked back...hope this helpsCheersScott</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hargie, post: 687906, member: 2878"] ....G'Day malt_shovel .....How confident are you of the beer you make now and your understanding of the brewing process both thoeretical and practical..??...maybe you should consider the 5 day short course first...??...Bradford Tetlow,who is involved with the brewing program at Ballarat Uni (one of the nicest people in the brewing industry) once told me that the 5 day course also tends to inform some people who enrol why they [i]shouldn't[/i] become brewers...this could save you a lot of money....as someone who has made the jump to pro brewing, i have to put my hand up and say i currently have no formal brewing Qualifications although i am now studying the IBD courses some 2 years after i started brewing for a living....prior to the career change i had made myself a competent and confident brewer to the point where i was a very low risk for prospective employers ... ..no doubt, formal Qualifications can only help , but, if you don't have it in you, no course will make you a brewer....you either are, or you aren't....brewing for a living is much more than the romance of mashing in....it is hot , cold, at times very uncomfortable and mundane work , with long hours and tight deadlines,where the money is not that flash, in a very competitive industry with machinery that will need constant attention and repair, where near enough is never ever good enough particularly with cleaning and sanitation etc etc...and where 'commercial realities' invariably make decisions for you.... ...if you can handle all that , go for it....I did and my family and I haven't looked back... hope this helps Cheers Scott [/QUOTE]

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