Should I consider getting back into the industry?

I think this is the right place to post, if not I’ll delete it. I’m not sure where to go with this.

I was offered probationary role at a start up in December last year after completing some work experience at a micro brewery.

Prior to that I was on a course with several other people aiming for a 3 month management qualification which included help with finding jobs in different sectors, resume (CV here in the UK) and interview help. It also included week long work experience placements. The course overall was aimed at people who needed a bit of a helping hand at figuring out where to go in life.

My goal was aviation but since none of the local companies and airfields would take me on for a week and for some of the larger corporations saying that I have no degree, there was no chance. I was tagged along with one of the other guys on my course who wanted to go into the Gin industry. At this point I was kind of gutted and that my alcohol consumption an knowledge was extremely low.

As a larger group we all visited the start up ale brewery which was located in a unique part of the UK along with a visit to a gin bottling and distribution unit a few miles further on.

The brewery offered a placement for 2 weeks and asked 2 of us to be ready to get stuck in. It was surely a mixed bag from everything from pallet wrapping, forklift driving, sales, pub visits, deliveries and collections, prepping the mobile bar for events and helping run the taproom. ITS TIME TO SQUEEGEE THE FLOOR. INTO DRAINS

The company is a one man band, did a lot of things and decided to go for it as a part-time business while still keeping inline with their main job elsewhere. It was an extremely busy 2 weeks and I found myself enjoying every minute of it.

In the beginning of January I was offered the job so I took the plunge, put aside my aviation goals for the time being and had officially started. The first month was a body shock, doing more steps per day than I’d done in months. The kit needed to be expanded and thus began a major change in the entire building and being put straight in charge of finding storage space.

I did everything from shelving, sorting, moving, labelling and methodically sorting out old equipment. I was introduced to the forklift as well as a long wheel base van. Every Friday was Taproom night and having no prior bar experience and doing it mostly alone with just the boss showing me the ropes on pouring techniques, and operating the till while being flooded with customers. It was extremely daunting but at the same time learning something completely different was fantastic.

Over the last 4 months I had got extremely handy and mostly without assistance re-plumbed the entire cellar, attached new ale and gas lines, assisted in the brew days, driven a few thousand miles delivering and collecting kegs from pubs and events, cleaning setting up a mobile bar complete with its own cellar board, run the bar alone and then tear down and head back, run the taproom on Fridays, learn to fix basic problems, more cleaning!, pack online orders, how to looked after cask ale, cask washing, taproom/bar line cleaning, floor cleaning! There were times I did feel like throwing in the towel but I had to remind myself I was lucky to be offered the role. I’d read many posts online of many individuals with high skills and enthusiasm unable to get jobs.

I think at this point it’s probably a mess to read and full of pathetic things that are really easy but I’m proud to have learned how to do.

A few weeks ago, abruptly I was told I was being let go and I was being replaced by a professional brewer. I’m aware that they were unable to keep up with supply/demand and needed someone who could brew alone without asking questions how things work.

I have learned a lot in the past few months, it’s been physically and mentally challenging from the get go and it’s been a wild ride.

My question is, with these basic skills but no qualifications - would I be of any value to another brewery or should I just chalk this up to a good experience and move on?