Hello ya'll i recently fell into a gig where a local winery is wanting to revive its brewery. Im now the brewmaster and have full go with purchasing equipment. Only going to be a 2bbl operation for now as the winery pays for all the space and they have a taproom that already serves beer. Talking it thourgh with the owner weve settled on three styles right now a brown ale, porter, and american wheat. Im wondering if this is to little variety for just starting off or if we should feel it out with these and see where they take us. Thanks.
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Is 3 styles enough?
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You only need one "good" style. Most breweries don't sell equals amounts of every style, there's usually one or two they sell way more of. It's hard to tell which will be the big seller, though, which favors the scattergun approach of "let's make 12 styles and see what sticks."
I'd do an IPA instead of the brown ale, if you have to pick just 3.
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Don't have to pick three. I was more of the mindset since our quantity is so low that throwing things out there and seeing what sells is the way to go.
The other half is more conservative and so three is kinda where the happy medium exists, at least for startup.Bog Water Brewing Co. est 2012 revived 2013
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Originally posted by BogWater View PostDon't have to pick three. I was more of the mindset since our quantity is so low that throwing things out there and seeing what sells is the way to go.
The other half is more conservative and so three is kinda where the happy medium exists, at least for startup.
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Originally posted by Junkyard View PostWe are a nano and came out with just 2 styles, a porter and a cream ale right away. It was enough of a headache nailing down those recipes and doing all the licensing paperwork etc. right away. We started last June and are now about to release our third style, an IPA. I'd love to have a half dozen different styles right away but it's sometimes just not possible with everything else going on in a startup. You can always release more. Hope this helps.Bog Water Brewing Co. est 2012 revived 2013
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