What about Contract Brewing?
I am posting with the intention of receiving honest answers and hopefully clarity on a topic that I have not seen brought up in any posts on starting a Nano Brewery.
What about Contract Brewing?
I now know from reading hours of posts on nanos that you WILL have to keep your day job. What if, though, you were able to outsource your larger production(flagship beer(s)) to a contract brewer but keep the final kegged product on site until distributed or sold in house. At the same time be brewing smaller batches for on premise sales or for limited distribution. This is the route that I have been trying to look more into but have yet to see anyone mention on a Nano topic thread.
Is it because of different state laws?
Are the costs through the roof?
Is there too much risk?
Too small of profit margins?
I am very curious to hear from anybody who has any insight for me (and I'm sure for others as well). I have been idolizing Parish Brewing Co. for a while now and appreciate the post since they are the real deal and know too well the pros and cons of starting small. I would be an idiot not to take any advice from the experts but I am curious if you (ANDREW GODLEY) ever looked at the option of Contract Brewing? Or anyone else for that matter.
I live in Southern California, in between two beer meccas; San Diego and sort of Los Angeles. I am blessed to be able to self distribute (if I can start a brewery) and have a couple breweries that I could possibly contract to. I am looking to gain as much insight and thoughts about contracting your main product to a larger brewery but storing the product on site before distribution. I feel that this is the only way to make a Nano Brewery feasible and to grow in a timely manner, but I could very be wrong.
So brewers out there I could use some advice and hopefully open this discussion up to possibly help alleviate some of the constructive criticism that might be holding any of us back from our crazy dreams of a Nano brewery.
If you would like to contact me personally my email is bretburge@gmail.com
Cheers to all of you,
Bret Burge
I am posting with the intention of receiving honest answers and hopefully clarity on a topic that I have not seen brought up in any posts on starting a Nano Brewery.
What about Contract Brewing?
I now know from reading hours of posts on nanos that you WILL have to keep your day job. What if, though, you were able to outsource your larger production(flagship beer(s)) to a contract brewer but keep the final kegged product on site until distributed or sold in house. At the same time be brewing smaller batches for on premise sales or for limited distribution. This is the route that I have been trying to look more into but have yet to see anyone mention on a Nano topic thread.
Is it because of different state laws?
Are the costs through the roof?
Is there too much risk?
Too small of profit margins?
I am very curious to hear from anybody who has any insight for me (and I'm sure for others as well). I have been idolizing Parish Brewing Co. for a while now and appreciate the post since they are the real deal and know too well the pros and cons of starting small. I would be an idiot not to take any advice from the experts but I am curious if you (ANDREW GODLEY) ever looked at the option of Contract Brewing? Or anyone else for that matter.
I live in Southern California, in between two beer meccas; San Diego and sort of Los Angeles. I am blessed to be able to self distribute (if I can start a brewery) and have a couple breweries that I could possibly contract to. I am looking to gain as much insight and thoughts about contracting your main product to a larger brewery but storing the product on site before distribution. I feel that this is the only way to make a Nano Brewery feasible and to grow in a timely manner, but I could very be wrong.
So brewers out there I could use some advice and hopefully open this discussion up to possibly help alleviate some of the constructive criticism that might be holding any of us back from our crazy dreams of a Nano brewery.
If you would like to contact me personally my email is bretburge@gmail.com
Cheers to all of you,
Bret Burge
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