Saturday, July 12, 2014

You are opening a brew pub, right?

I get this question a lot, and I guess that is what everyone thinks of first is a brew pub.  They sound cool and its a romantic idea.  All your beers on tap, good food and your friends coming in all the time.  I'll admit, it is a great idea. 
However, that is not what I am interested in opening at this point.  I have done the restaurant thing, and it is a lot of fun and hard work.  Right now, I am just interested in a small brewery.  I really enjoy brewing and want to do that, but I am not interested in the extra work of a brew pub.  I don't want to deal with menus, and lots of employees.  Plus brew pubs are much more risk, and higher start up costs. 
I want to start something that is bigger than a nano brewery (200 gallons a year), but nothing huge to start with.  Really this is just a hobby and something I want to be able to do on the side for now.  My plan is to still brew on the weekends (just in larger quantities) and sell locally.  If I can expand from there, great!  If not, then Bexley will have some great local beer. 

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I brewed my first beer in 1995. While it was far from perfect, I was hooked. With the help of a friend and a lot of reading. I learned to make better beer. At that point it was a less expensive way to get craft beer than buying cases at the store. I brewed constantly. While I took some time off when my kids were born, I always enjoyed brewing. through the years, I moved from extract, to partial mash, and then to all grain. Currently, I make my own recipes and am working (some might say too slowly) towards a licensed micro-brewery. I hope you enjoy my ramblings. Post a comment or send me an email, I always welcome feedback.