Day 1

Day 1

As one of the slides in the course introduction stated, 'This course will change your life.' Today was everything I expected and more. We covered introductions and a good chunk of barley. I will try not to bore with details so here are some quick pics...

Waiting in line this morning to check in. Getting flashbacks to grade school waiting in lines with backpacks on.

 Above, we have some old school beer nerds and an awesome statue of Siebel in the Bier Stube

Here the Bier Stube, which is pretty much a bar that is part of the school. Beside serving as our lunchroom, we get to hang out here on breaks and after class.

As the sign says, we are limited to 2 beers during lunch...that is correct, we get to have a few samples to wash down our lunch and after class.

 Can you tell the difference between 2-Row and 6-Row Barley kernels? We have to!

 This is the view from my desk, that is quite the impressive line up and some antique brewing tools below.

 After class we get to socialize over a beer in the Bier Stube and get to talk to the professors and guest speakers

To celebrate our first day of school, we have a fancy charcuterie spread for dinner complete with box wine out of pint glasses.

That is all for tonight, we still have a lot of studying to do!

- Mike