{"id":1245,"date":"2017-07-21T19:38:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T19:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2017-07-24T13:29:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T13:29:23","slug":"grbaer-18-puts-his-wabash-education-into-practice-at-wabash-brewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/2017\/07\/21\/grbaer-18-puts-his-wabash-education-into-practice-at-wabash-brewing\/","title":{"rendered":"GRABER ’18 PUTS HIS WABASH EDUCATION INTO PRACTICE AT WABASH BREWING"},"content":{"rendered":"

Collin Graber ’18\u00a0Wabash Brewing –\u00a0<\/em>This summer has been extremely enlightening and productive working with Wabash Brewing.\u00a0 One of the best parts of this internship is how hands on and involved it can be.\u00a0 Working in a brewery isn\u2019t exactly the typical internship and it can be hard to describe a \u201cnormal\u201d day at work just because there are so many different things that have to occur on a daily basis for things to run smoothly at a small business, and especially a microbrewery.<\/p>\n

Since I started late May, I have helped with everything from large-scale production and small batch experimental beers to marketing and selling to various restaurants, pubs, and bars.\u00a0 This has helped me gain a new understanding of what it takes to produce a quality product and what it takes to effectively advertise.\u00a0 Effective time management and adaptability \u2013 two things I\u2019ve learned at Wabash College that I\u2019ve successfully applied at Wabash Brewing.\u00a0 On days that we brew there are usually several diffe\"\"<\/a>rent things occurring all at once and they all require attention simultaneously.\u00a0 For example, on brew days we will have a water profile already prepared and the recipe ready to go, but we will measure out salts, hops, and mill the grain the morning of so everything is as fresh and the highest quality possible.\u00a0 During this time we will also work on cleaning and ensuring various pieces of equipment have been sanitized before any material comes in contact with it.\u00a0 A typical brew day is usually busy for a short amount of time, and then there is a break where you just have to let things happen, and then it will get busy all at once again.\u00a0 The down time, if effectively used and nothing goes wrong, allows for you to get the cleaning and sanitizing done with ease, but it\u2019s a rare occasion that everything works out absolutely perfect from start to finish.\u00a0 Again, this is where the adaptability and ability to stay calm amid a chaotic situation really help.\u00a0 Going through these last couple of weeks has really tested my ability to prioritize and adapt to changing situations and make a decision based on the information I have and what I know needs to happen.\u00a0 In addition to these, when working at this scale, attention to fine details is extremely important because all it takes to ruin a full batch of beer is as simple as not having the right O-ring between two parts.<\/p>\n

Knowing and having learned these lessons is going to be extremely beneficial in the next couple of years as I decide exactly what I want to do and whether I decide to open my own business or continue with some form of graduate school.\u00a0 Regardless, this summer has been an incredible opportunity and I would not have been able to do it without help from Career Services at Wabash College and also the help and funding through the Lilly Endowment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Collin Graber ’18\u00a0Wabash Brewing –\u00a0This summer has been extremely enlightening and productive working with Wabash Brewing.\u00a0 One of the best parts of this internship is how hands on and involved it can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-1245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2017-summer-internships","tag-lilly-endowment"],"w_featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/07\/Graber-Picture-768x1024.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1245"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1253,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions\/1253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}