Help with craft beer making, gardening and farming in the Pemehue Valley, Chile

Chile

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13/05/2022
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Pemehue Valley is a mountainous, rural location in the Araucanía Region, south of Chile, stretching between the Malleco National Reserve and the Renaico River, distant 80 km from Collipulli, 700 km from Santiago. Still unknown and far beyond hustle, it is bound to be a quiet touristic destiny for trekking, photographing, wildlife observation and rest.

Weather has a four-season pattern ranging from snowy short periods to hot summerly days.

Monse (designer, gardener, silversmith) and Niccolo (engineer, communications, photographer, carpenter) have decided two years ago to move from Santiago to Pemehue, to build their house, workshops and make a living out of craft beer production, vegetable gardening and whatever can be raised from their land.
Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Práctica de idiomas
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
Jardinería
Proyectos de construcción y bricolaje
Cuidado de animales
Ayuda en una granja
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Hostelería/turismo
Mantenimiento general
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Attending community meetings and activities will provide a vision of social needs and local culture; we are active participants in local organisations.
Workwise, the duties to fulfil will provide understanding and practice on the specific tasks: wood construction, farming and beer production. We have been and are fairly good teachers.
Proyectos con niños
En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.
Ayuda
Craft beer production involving pre and post cleansing, beer cooking, bottling, labelling, packaging; orchard care and farming; woodwork; trails design and construction; general surveillance.

Spanish is helpful for an overall cultural experience but not necessary for specific tasks since Monse and Niccolo are fluent in English, Italian and some French.
Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Español: Fluido
Italiano: Fluido
Francés: Intermedio
Alojamiento
Presently the hosting will be at our house. There is a comfortable room and bathroom for visitors. Feeding is on a three basis meal: breakfast, lunch and dinner; cooking, dish washing and cleaning to be shared.
One project is building an independent house for future collaborators.
Algo más...
There is a rustic therms 3 km from home; the nearest village, Amargo, is 25 km away. A local bus leaves 7 AM to Collipulli and returns 4 PM Monday-Friday. Trekking, mountain climbing, cycling, river bathing are the main local time out activities. Several peaks and volcanos are visible from the mountain tops. Trails lead to creeks and small lakes surrounded by Araucaria forests. Eco fishing, bird watching and, if lucky, meeting the puma.

Depending on work schedules, we could provide traveling to nearby cities and participation in beer festivals.

Regarding covid, Pemehue us way out of the beaten track and Chile is one of the leading countries in vaccination; so our volunteers will be quite safe and free to move on an open wide space.
Un poco más de información
- Acceso a Internet
- Acceso a Internet limitado
- Tenemos animales
- Somos fumadores
- Puede alojar familias
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
Este anfitrión puede proporcionar un sitio para autocaravanas.
¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?
Dos
Horas esperadas
5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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06/04/2022

Dejado por el workawayer (Judit) para el anfitrión

I spent almost 2 months with Niccolo and Monse (and of course with Hops, Tara and Pinta🐶) and Seba. Honestly I didn't want to leave this place.. 😊
It was my first workaway experience and I am sure I am the luckiest person in the world that we found each other 😊
Living on this farm feels like living in another world. This place is magical, you… read more can't get enough of it. It is in the middle of the valley far from everything, so you can really enjoy the beauty of the nature, the silence or the song of the little birds. During the afternoon you can go "al riooooo" with the dogs, this is the most beautiful moment of their day 😊 (their other best moment is the daily song, but I am not telling more about it, you have to experience this 😉)

I wanted to go to Chile earlier, but then the covid arrived, so I had to stay at home. The communication by mail with Niccolo started that time and it lasted until the day I arrived. I could only speak English before I arrived, but I started to write my answers in Spanish and I remember how much time I spent writing correctl, it was a perfect motivation 😊
Since the beginning I felt at home. The house is really cosy and you can see the mountains and sometimes also the cows from the window 😊

Niccolo is such an intelligent, wise and funny man with interesting and inspiring ideas and background! He is a perfect teacher with an unstoppable energy, you can learn a lot from him. He is passionate about teaching and talking about beermaking, farming, he always puts 100% into what he does.
He can open your mind about many subjects of life. I enjoyed every day together, the atmosphere was always so positive.
Monse is such an inspiring person, she has so many innovative and creative ideas, she is dynamic, effective and so attentive! And as a result of her care, we were able to eat fresh vegetables from the garden (when we didn't have to deal with rabbits😊). Every day she prepared absolutely delicious meals for us for lunch and dinner, she definetely knows something about the "Soul of meals" 😊
I don't want to forget to mention Seba, the deaf and mute boy, who worked with us every day. Such a wonderful mind, intelligent, funny, efficient and fast, even without words the communication was perfect with him.

I was able to do so many things in the garden or in the brewery, so the day was never boring. We worked a lot during the day, but it was always so good to see the results of your work that I didn't even feel it was work.
I was gardening, building a new compost, chopping wood, making a new irrigation system, working with a tractor, building a door from scratch, painting and of course brewing beer! 😊
I met the friends of Monse and Niccolo, it was always so inspiring to know new people from the valley.
Although I couldn't speak Spanish at the beginning, I am most grateful to Niccolo and Monse that now, 5 months later I can communicante in Spanish and also because they helped me to get on my way here in South America.
Thank you so much for letting me be a part of this life! 😊

I highly recommend this place, this is a place where you should go if you want a miracle to happen! 😊 If you want to learn about beer, nature, farm life, and real life, this will be the best Workaway experience of your life.

I will be back, I am sure! 😊
Abrazos,
Judit

(Excelente )

19/03/2020

Dejado por el workawayer (Silje) para el anfitrión

Finally I've found some time to write about the beautiful and unique Pemehue.
I stayed with Monse and Niccolo for about 5 weeks in late october/ november 2019, and it was nothing but incredible. I've always had a great interest for the mountains, being active in the nature and I've always wanted to learn more about how to make a living in the… read more

(Excelente )

17/03/2020

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (kenneth & barbara)

We shared our home, working place, the upraising of the epidemic COVID-19 with Barbara and Kenny for a month; it has been an unforgettable experience to live together these moments every day with their positive attitude and humor and to ponder deeply about its consequences.

With them both we could clear much of our field, cutting out a firewall… read more

(Excelente )

17/03/2020

Dejado por el workawayer (kenneth & barbara) para el anfitrión

This was our first workaway experience and what a fantastic place to start. We stayed for four weeks and we were made to feel at home from day one. Niccolo and Monse are great people who so obviously love the lifestyle choice they have made. Niccolo is enthusiastic and works hard at everything, explaining it all as he goes. Monse also works hard… read more

(Excelente )

30/10/2019

Dejado por el workawayer (Frieda) para el anfitrión

I stayed at Monses and Niccolos house for about 4 weeks and I had an amazing time.
It was my first Workaway job and it was just perfect to escape from everyday life at home. Their house is so lovely, like the whole area around. There was a bedroom and a bathroom for me alone and I really enjoyed the food.
Pinta and Hops were the cutest dogs, but… read more

(Excelente )

15/07/2019

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Katerina )

Kate^rina Pet^rikova (unpronounceable “r” for any other citizen of this world except a Czech), Kat, was such an unconditional worker and a great company for almost a month.

I had the chance to do two long journeys of beer cooking under very extreme cold and then clean the brewery at Katerina’s very demanding neat style.

Born in Czech and lately… read more

(Excelente )

02/07/2019

Dejado por el workawayer (Katerina ) para el anfitrión

What a beautiful place!!
The Pemehue valley is a lost peace of paradise. It cannot get more of the beaten track than this.
I spent over 3 weeks with Nicollo,Hops and Pinta (last two are the most adorable dogs).
I was very lucky to be able to make the beer twice during my stay!
The job also consisted of improving the brewery, chopping wood,… read more

(Excelente )

29/04/2019

Dejado por el workawayer (Jessica) para el anfitrión

Niccolo and Monse are extraordinary hospitale. After 2 weeks it was hard to say goodbye. We had good conversations, some attempts to learn spanish, and a lot of fun playing dice games. Monse's cooking skills are fabulous and the meals muy rica. Pinta and Hops, the Border Collies are lovely and I never felt uncomfortable. Niccolo is a great teacher… read more

(Muy Bien )

24/04/2019

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Jessica)

Jessica was an extraordinarily collaborative person with whom we unfortunately shared only two weeks; but during this period, we could achieve very efficiently several pending tasks: tidying of our warehouse, constructing parts of the climatizing chamber for the beer, cleaning garden and tying up our wine vines.
She is very smart, quick learner… read more

(Excelente )

25/04/2019

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Eric)

Excellent worker, contributed with several solutions to pending construction issues on our brewery as well as on home. Flexible and adaptable to different work environments.
A very good partner both for beer festivals and rodeos we had to take part. Very amiable and friendly with customers and local people.
Enthusiastic and collaborative in the… read more

(Excelente )

24/04/2019

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Sage)

Sage is very wise and avid to learn about the local culture, history and customs
Super collaborative and proactive Workawayer not only in our brewery but on the daily house chores: cleaning, cooking… she became quickly a part of the family.
Hard worker, she responded very efficiently under the stress challenges imposed by the different successive… read more

(Excelente )

08/04/2019

Dejado por el workawayer (Sage) para el anfitrión

Pasé un mes en Valle de Pemehue trabajando duro y tomando la cerveza más rica de mi vida! Cada día era un día de trabajo diferente: hice cerveza artesanal, trabajé en 5 ferias y festivales en muchos lugares, hice carpintería (construimos una mesa con materiales reciclados!!), puse una cerca eléctrica, y más. Son muchas horas de trabajo, pero… read more

(Excelente )

24/04/2019

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Cameron)

Responsible and 100% collaborative mate in all of the different activities we had: cooking beer, fairs, work at home.

Cameron is an expert kayaker. Unfortunately, our Renaico River was too low at the time she spent with us to practice; so, she went out back and forth a pair of times and got back on time to comply with the different challenges we… read more

(Excelente )

08/12/2018

Dejado por el workawayer (florian) para el anfitrión

I stay two beautiful weeks there! Nicolo and monse was very nice, taking care of me so nicely, in this beautiful montains. I learn how to do beers, a taste a lot! Who was very good who Come with very good food who make Monse! (And evento Niccolo to!) Go to feria listening "Amazing" traditional chilien music! :) Definetly a place to be! Will we see… read more

(Excelente )

04/12/2018

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (florian)

Although Florian stayed with us for only two weeks, we were able to accomplish with him several different tasks due to his quick understanding of the jobs, adaptability and compromise in getting things well done: deep cleaning, beer cooking, constructing complicated shelves (was not difficult for him to handle the job alone perfectly).

We also… read more

(Excelente )

09/11/2018

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Yin Erl)

Although a short stay, with Yin’s communicative abilities we could get to know each other and got quite an interesting insight of Malaysia, its surrounding region and their lifestyle.

As both a workawayer and a host, Yin has a very rich experience from both sides which she generously shared; there is no better way to become a boss than being an… read more

(Excelente )

02/11/2018

Dejado por el workawayer (Yin Erl) para el anfitrión

It was a shame that I only stayed with Niccolo and Monse for a week! I really really really wish I could stay longer.

Pemehue is definitely one of the most beautiful places that I have ever been in my life. Many people visit Chile for Patagonia in the South, Valparaiso and Santiago in the centre, San Pedro de Atacama in the North and they have… read more no idea where Pemehue is. It is off the beaten track but has so many things to offer. I love the mountains, river, birds, rabbits, sheep, horses, pigs, geese, chicken, turkey etc There is also a thermal bath nearby. You will not die of starvation here as you can hunt wild rabbits or pick mushrooms, blackberries, rose hips etc

I would say Niccolo and Monse have the most beautiful house in the valley of Pemehue. I always wanted to have a house like theirs. It is a black wooden house and the inside is so tastefully decorated. Both of them have got good taste. They have two lovely dogs and it was so therapeutic watching them lol I had a room and a bathroom to myself. The bed was very comfortable and I slept so well every night!

It was also a shame that they did not brew any beer when I was there. I spent most of the time helping Niccolo with carpentry work. He is very friendly, smart, efficient, caring and patient - definitely a good teacher. I made some mistakes due to inexperience (and maybe incapability as well) but he never get mad at me lol He always checked whether I was cold and even lent me his sweater one day. He showed me around the place and explained to me about local culture. It is really a pleasure chatting with him as he is a wise man. We talked about everything and I learned so much from him =) Furthermore, he has got a sense of humour and I love listening to his life experiences XD I wish I could go back and help him in the future. I strongly believe that he still has a lot of things to teach me - about beer, carpentry and also life =)

Monse is not only artistic but also a very good cook! I really enjoyed her food. Niccolo is a good cook but Monse is a better cook haha I wish I could go back and learn how to cook, how to make desserts, how to make jam, how to brew beer, how to pick wild mushrooms etc from Monse. She gave me a jar of rose hip jam so that I could bring home for my mom. That was really sweet of her. Also, she knows I am a person who lacks of self esteem and therefore she wrote on the lid of the jam jar: "1 tablespoon each morning X 7 days. for self-esteem. Monse" In addition, she called the bus company and helped me inquire about the buses to Argentina. She is really really really a nice and caring lady.

They took me to a market in Collipulli and it was so fun! We even stopped at a canola flower field and took photos on the way back to their house. It was very nice of them to introduce me to their friends but I do not speak Spanish and therefore could not communicate with their friends. I told Monse when we meet again I hope I will have more self esteem (after eating her rose hip jam), speak better Spanish, be able to swim and cook, better at artichokes and met my king. I am really looking forward to go back or meet them again somewhere one day!

Being a workawayer host myself, I must say Niccolo and Monse are much better hosts than I am. I would highly recommend this project to all workawayers! Go and live in my dream house in Pemehue and meet the lovely couple. You will learn a lot of things from both of them and will not regret!

(Excelente )

21/09/2018

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Pascal & Anna)

Pascal and Anna spent a month with us sharing all sorts of jobs involved and the living in Pemehue: it has been a delightful time together dealing with rain, snow and sunlight. They both are very respectful, orderly and delicate, besides their constant search for collaborating in every sense.

In the kitchen and at table —which was daily an… read more

(Excelente )

16/09/2018

Dejado por el workawayer (Pascal & Anna) para el anfitrión

Four unexpected and very lovely weeks behind the bustle and hustle of Chile run so fast, just because it was such a great time with Monse and Niccolo we had. We were hearty welcomed when we arrived, this developed to a hearty time and we felt like being part of their live. Their home with their two cute dogs Hops and Pinta really is a cozy place… read more

(Excelente )

25/03/2018

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Alejandro)

A pesar de su corta estadía, Alejandro, con su experiencia en la producción y conocimiento de la industria vinícola y de cerveza, fue un gran aporte en la crítica constructiva tanto en el diseño de la planta como de nuestros procedimientos cerveceros.

Nos acompañó activamente en el proceso de cocinar nuestra Belgian Amber Ale y nuestra Kölsch… read more

(Muy Bien )

25/03/2018

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Jessica)

After some misunderstanding with her Maori’s pronunciation of Pemehue (Pimejúiii…) which led her to lose the bus and to an unwanted overnight stay in Collipulli, we could at last meet Jessica for her five weeks stay with us. Welcome Jessie!

During this period, we did some carpentry for the construction of our offices, a lot of piping and we could… read more

(Excelente )

22/03/2018

Dejado por el workawayer (Jessica) para el anfitrión

I just finished 5 weeks in Pemehue with Monse and Niccolo!
First of all the location is amazing. It's very isolated. So if you want to escape from the big hustle and bustle it's perfect. Lots of mountain terrain to hike on your days off.
Niccolo and Monse were very inviting hosts! I really felt a part of their family being there and enjoyed my… read more

(Excelente )

25/03/2018

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Thea)

In the midst of expanding our beer project, Thea was very flexible in moving from one to another task with great adaptability, skill and compromise with our varying needs. We should name the cold chamber and the brewery’s floor in her behalf! She also cared of our dogs and did some farm and lawning jobs and was cooperative and foresighted in the… read more

(Excelente )

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