Hosting a Brewery Tour
As a beer geek I've been on many brewery tours... from London Fields back when it was tiny, all the way to Adnams which is not so small.
I think it's fair to say that from a combination of this and my love of beer, that I know a fair bit about the stuff.
I remember when Redwell Brewery first opened, it was much smaller than it is now and I was given a kind of informal tour of the brewery... this was two years ago.
Two years on I'm working at Redwell, it's much bigger and now I'm doing the tours.
I am actually hosting brewery tours. I've done two so far and coming into the brewery on a Saturday to educate people about craft beer and most importantly our beer, brewery and future plans excites me.
Seeing people have their first taste of Steam Lager, their eyes lighting up, the 'woah, I didn't know lager could taste like this' factor, to me is exciting and it's what I live for.
Then comes even more excitement when I tell people that we can sample unfiltered, fresh as hell beer straight from the tank... on Saturday it was our India Pale Lager that was ready to drink. This 5.5% hopped to hell and back, yet cool, crisp and refreshing lager is the one beer of ours I now drink most of and as I poured glass after glass and handed them to people I heard gasps... I felt everyone's excitement and happiness. I had a room full of people who had never met before engaging in conversation about how downright amazing this beer was.
It just makes me feel so happy and it's hard to put it into words... just doing something awesome for people, making them feel special and privileged as they get to take a glimpse into what we're doing, and getting to taste beer in the vessel it's lagering in. Seeing people walk away knowing that they've learned something, and seeing the smiles on their faces.
What's more is that I'm making friends out of my job... people who have come to my first tour are following me on twitter, suggesting going out to dinner or for drinks.
It's amazing and I love my job!
Nate
*Photo Credit to my good friend James Wilson. He's an amazing photographer!
I think it's fair to say that from a combination of this and my love of beer, that I know a fair bit about the stuff.I remember when Redwell Brewery first opened, it was much smaller than it is now and I was given a kind of informal tour of the brewery... this was two years ago.
Two years on I'm working at Redwell, it's much bigger and now I'm doing the tours.
I am actually hosting brewery tours. I've done two so far and coming into the brewery on a Saturday to educate people about craft beer and most importantly our beer, brewery and future plans excites me.
Then comes even more excitement when I tell people that we can sample unfiltered, fresh as hell beer straight from the tank... on Saturday it was our India Pale Lager that was ready to drink. This 5.5% hopped to hell and back, yet cool, crisp and refreshing lager is the one beer of ours I now drink most of and as I poured glass after glass and handed them to people I heard gasps... I felt everyone's excitement and happiness. I had a room full of people who had never met before engaging in conversation about how downright amazing this beer was.
It just makes me feel so happy and it's hard to put it into words... just doing something awesome for people, making them feel special and privileged as they get to take a glimpse into what we're doing, and getting to taste beer in the vessel it's lagering in. Seeing people walk away knowing that they've learned something, and seeing the smiles on their faces.
What's more is that I'm making friends out of my job... people who have come to my first tour are following me on twitter, suggesting going out to dinner or for drinks.
It's amazing and I love my job!
Nate
*Photo Credit to my good friend James Wilson. He's an amazing photographer!
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