Using the GI Bill for Brewmaster School (I want to make my hobby a profession)

[mastbump]

Has anyone used or know anyone who has used their 9/11 GI Bill in order to go to Brewmaster School? I am looking at a few programs that don't take it. UC Davis has a course that is approved by the VA, but that is in California (eww). Full disclaimer: I am lazy and didn't use any type of search function. I ain't got time for that.

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

Here's two for the Colorado area:

https://www.arapahoe.edu/departments-and-programs/a-z-programs/fermentation-sciences
http://www.regis.edu/RC/Academics/D...and-Licensures/Certificate-Craft-Brewing.aspx

 

[Randy Daytona]

Here's two for the Colorado area:

https://www.arapahoe.edu/departments-and-programs/a-z-programs/fermentation-sciences
http://www.regis.edu/RC/Academics/D...and-Licensures/Certificate-Craft-Brewing.aspx

Be careful trucking that Colorado beer east of the Mississippi - but if you do, make sure you get a fast car for a blocker..... (always did love that black Trans Am)

Postscript: Just saw this last night as Turner Classic Movies - can't believe Smokey and the Bandit is 39 years old. Thought a trailer might be appropriate for those who have never seen or heard of it.

 

[Swanee]

I'm pretty sure these guys did and are doing pretty well. http://yvbc.com/about/

 

[JEFE]

Relevant to this discussion

 

[Randy Daytona]

Best beer name ever:

Tactical Nuclear Penguin.

https://www.brewdog.com/lowdown/blog/the-worlds-strongest-beer-tactical-nuclear-penguin

 

[Uncle Fester]

Best beer name ever:

Tactical Nuclear Penguin.

Excellent. For best label art, though:

 

[Gatordev]

I'll admit, I don't know a lot about these things, but doesn't that picture seem like false advertising versus the name? Maybe it's parallax error.

 

[Pags]

I'll admit, I don't know a lot about these things, but doesn't that picture seem like false advertising versus the name? Maybe it's parallax error.

It's like a map projection. It's meant to be viewed around a curved cylinder*.






*do with that what you will

 

[Gatordev]

Well played.

 

[zab1001]

The beer is lousy anyway. Damn shame.

 

[Randy Daytona]

Instead of brewing, you could just be an archaeologists and go prospecting for rare alcohol.

Archaeologists have uncovered a forgotten 200-year-old pub beneath the city of Manchester, England. And the best part? It still has full, untouched bottles of brandy inside, The Independent reports.

http://theweek.com/speedreads/65149...8th-century-pub-full-untouched-bottles-brandy

 

[Uncle Fester]

Are there any other good "hobby into a profession" routes you could go funded by the GI Bill? They used to be pretty tight-fisted when it came to 'professional training and licensing' but I hear it's loosened up of late. I def would never have thought Brewmeistering would be paid for.

 

[phrogdriver]

You realize that a lot of analysts think that the brew market is at a bubble point, right? Way too many brewers for a market that's not growing anymore.

Not to burst your bubble, but have you considered wine and spirits? Those markets are going to do better going in to the future.

 

[Randy Daytona]

You realize that a lot of analysts think that the brew market is at a bubble point, right? Way too many brewers for a market that's not growing anymore.

Not to burst your bubble, but have you considered wine and spirits? Those markets are going to do better going in to the future.

Spirits don't have a ghost of a chance of taking over the market.