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I start out with the brewing process, giving them an overview. Then I talk about barley
and malt, the malting process. Then I talk about hops, the various hop products and things
related to hops. Then I talk about water and adjuncts.
We started growing hops and brewed beer, home brewing beer and we grew hops and barley
Since the farm brewery law came out in 2012 we decided to take advantage of it.
We'll be starting a brew pub and eventually a brewery . We also have a brewing supply company for the hops and barley
There aren’t very many opportunities in the U.S. for full-fledged brewery training.
There’s a lot to learn and there’s so much interest, just like it has been with
wineries. People go on wine tours all over the state, well the same thing is happening
now with beer.
I’m amazed by how much chemistry is involved. We’re also taking some brewing classes online,
and we just thought this would give us a better overview of the brewing process along with
our other brewing classes. We’re just trying to gain as much knowledge as we can about
this area.
We have workshops all the time, including the one today, and you'll see that there are
a number of women in the audience.
I’m glad. It’s nice to see because usually when you see brewers they’re all guys and
you don’t see many female brewers. Although, originally females were the ones to brew beer
when it was first made. It was the women who brewed the beer, so it’s kinda nice. They
were called brewsters (Yeah, brewsters).