Kate Rigazio

Not many high school freshmen go on brewery tours with their parents. Fewer still find their life’s calling on one. But, as she toured the Dogfish Head Brewery in Milton, Del., Olive Overmoyer was not most interested in the Burning Man treehouse-turned-conference-room, nor was she dissuaded by the terrible smell of hops. Rather, Olive was enticed by the people brewing the beer. “They get to work with their hands, not in an office, and they get to create something, but it is also very scientific,” said Olive. Since then, she’s been hooked. Her eyes light up behind her clear-rimmed...