A Career as a Brewer (JTJS52010)
Harrison Edwards from Manurewa High School is pretty excited to get an opportunity to go behind the scenes of one of New Zealand's most iconic breweries, DB Breweries to find out what's involved in a career as a brewer.
Under the guidance of senior project brewer Natasha O'Brien, Harrison is first given a lesson on the different malts that are processed to produce different styles of beer. Natasha explains that the starch from the malt is converted into sugar and shows Harrison the test used to establish if the conversion is complete. It's just one of the scientific processes used during the creation of beer.
Harrison experiences further aspects of the brewing process and discovers Natasha has found her way into the industry via an engineering background. Sciences and engineering are useful subjects and for Natasha, after completing her degree, she took on a brewing cadetship with DB Breweries.
Having found out about the process of making beer, Harrison then heads to the packaging area where staff development co-ordinator, Chris Heketoa, explains the four production lines used at DB. The packaging process involves bottles, cans and kegs and an incredible 23,000 bottles of beer per hour are produced on the bottling line. With plenty to think about, Harrison may just have found just the job for him.
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