The more I work at the brewery the guiltier I feel for leaving before jobs are done!
I left today at the agreed time and shouldn’t really work more than necessary but the brewer still had another 4 or 5 hours of work ahead of him.
Would love to stay and help but I have to get home at a reasonable time just now to help look after the kids and house etc.
Visited location in the village today where I could well envision my future brewery being.. going to make casual enquiries..
Back home safely again after a very tiring shift at the event. But it was awesome! One of the other established brewers who also has two restaurants in the city very kindly offered to help me in any way that he could and I met someone from a craft beer pub in the city who likewise was very kind.
Tired, thirsty and once again humbled.
Just home (safely!) from the food and drink market event and enjoying a beer from one of the brewers I met today.
Was a hot, humid and long day and the hardest I’ve worked for quite a while but it was also fun and I am very grateful to Ken (Mukai) for inviting me along to help out.
I will never be able to explain why this introvert loves tending bar so much but I really do and despite some language challenges today I loved pouring beers again.
Same again tomorrow when it will be hotter! So for now going to enjoy this beer, have a shower, have some food then grab some sleep.
Thunder and lightning storms all morning, yet I’m still looking forward to today’s outdoor event, despite my absolute lack of suitable clothing (rainwear is in the boxes coming from Scotland).
Ooh it seems that our stuff shipped from Scotland will finally be arriving at our house in Japan next Saturday! Clothes!
.. and, our Dog should arrive during the following week, finally!
Well, I guess I should go and set the sofa up for sleeping.. whilst we recently acquired both a bed frame and a mattress, the room which they are to be located lacks air conditioning and I can’t sleep in sun degrees celsius, so until Autumn, I sleep on the sofa.
There are two other craft brewers at the 50ish stall market food & drink event over the next two days, whom I’ve not yet met in person and our stalls are pretty close together!
There is live music all evening too so whilst it’s going to be busy and hard work, I think it’s going to be a lot of fun and looking forward to it!
The big day is finally here! Today I become a 45 year old intern at a craft beer brewery in rural Japan!
Most of today is likely to be planning for the big event in the city which I’m helping with over the next couple of days, possibly with some bottling (of beer not nerves) and almost certainly lots of cleaning.
Got a couple of hours to slowly get ready and prepare lunch before the 1 hour long drive up windy narrow roads into the mountains!
My wife got a message last night saying that one of the kids in my daughter’s nursery school class tested positive and so not to send her in for the next few days..
.. tomorrow is my first day as a brewing intern..
I do not enjoy this aspect of my luck or apparent lack thereof.. I got through all of the nonsensical barriers to getting here.. now that I am here (still without our shipped belongings or dog), I could really do with less shit being thrown in my way.
