So, I've decided that Firehouse probably wasn't going to be the better choice. It seems like Stone shares a lot of the same philosophy on brewing and on food that I have, especially on food. I see a lot of people complaining that the menu prices are too high and the service takes too long, but Stone lets diners know beforehand they are part of an upcoming subculture of what has been called "slow food nation", and that they will take a little longer to prepare, and prices are going to be a little higher because of the selection. Myself, I've been a vegetarian for going on half of my life, and really hate seeing burgers served in under thirty seconds. It's not that I disagree with eating meat, but I do think that maybe you should have a little respect for the food by taking time to prepare it properly. By doing this, you're not also going to benefit from the aesthetics, but also healthier food.
But, anyhow. I really hope I get this job. It would be a great sort of internship that would get my new career rolling in the right direction.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Jibby Wants a Job
So, I have decided to quit my part-time job at Quiznos Subs to seek employment at a couple breweries in the San Diego region. I first applied as a packaging assistant at Firehouse Brewing company in San Diego. This job would require I work mostly on the bottling line and kegging. I would be able to get in the brewing by monitoring fermentation and cleaning the fermenters. The second was for an assistant brewer at Stone Brewery in Escondido in North County. This job would mostly require that I assist the brewers by shoveling spent grain, dead yeast, and the brewhouse drains.
It would be difficult to chose which I would rather work for if it came down to choosing between the two as they both seem to be very interesting and unique in their purpose for starting business.
Stone Brewery was started in San Marcos, Cal. in 1996 by an entrepreneur in acid-washed jeans named Greg, and a musician/brewer named Steve. Greg and Steve had first met when a band Steve was plying for had rented a practice space at a music rehearsal studio that Greg had been operating. They didn't really start becoming friends until they had met again at UC Davis and discovered they both shared a love of beer. The kept in touch while Greg stayed in the Los Angeles area and Steve worked at Pyramid Brewery (probably in Washington), until they decided the only way they could soothe their desire of craft beer was to open their own brewery. Today, Stone is seen on every shelve of grocery stores in about every state that permits the sale of craft beer with higher alcohol contents. It can be distinguished from other beers by any gargoyle on different varieties of brew.
Firehouse Brewing company on the other hand has a very charitable reason for its founding. While both Stone and Firehouse both contribute vast amounts to charity, Firehouse was started by a group of firefighters in effort to provide for the families of the victims of the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001. You can also see Firehouse on many grocery store shelves; and it can be distinguished by the logo of a fire chief and engine crew alongside a brick wall packaging pattern.
So, both seem to be great places to work and are very rapid growing, yet young so that there is room for advancement. I have gotten a phone call back from Firehouse and only a generated email response from Stone, so it maybe that only Firehouse is looking at hiring me; but it would be cool to work at stone seeing as how it's only a few minutes from school and everybody knows it. If neither hire me, I'll just have to keep reapplying at their locations and many of San Diego county's breweries and hope that one likes what I have to offer.
It would be difficult to chose which I would rather work for if it came down to choosing between the two as they both seem to be very interesting and unique in their purpose for starting business.
Stone Brewery was started in San Marcos, Cal. in 1996 by an entrepreneur in acid-washed jeans named Greg, and a musician/brewer named Steve. Greg and Steve had first met when a band Steve was plying for had rented a practice space at a music rehearsal studio that Greg had been operating. They didn't really start becoming friends until they had met again at UC Davis and discovered they both shared a love of beer. The kept in touch while Greg stayed in the Los Angeles area and Steve worked at Pyramid Brewery (probably in Washington), until they decided the only way they could soothe their desire of craft beer was to open their own brewery. Today, Stone is seen on every shelve of grocery stores in about every state that permits the sale of craft beer with higher alcohol contents. It can be distinguished from other beers by any gargoyle on different varieties of brew.
Firehouse Brewing company on the other hand has a very charitable reason for its founding. While both Stone and Firehouse both contribute vast amounts to charity, Firehouse was started by a group of firefighters in effort to provide for the families of the victims of the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001. You can also see Firehouse on many grocery store shelves; and it can be distinguished by the logo of a fire chief and engine crew alongside a brick wall packaging pattern.
So, both seem to be great places to work and are very rapid growing, yet young so that there is room for advancement. I have gotten a phone call back from Firehouse and only a generated email response from Stone, so it maybe that only Firehouse is looking at hiring me; but it would be cool to work at stone seeing as how it's only a few minutes from school and everybody knows it. If neither hire me, I'll just have to keep reapplying at their locations and many of San Diego county's breweries and hope that one likes what I have to offer.
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