More Advice on Opening Your Own Brewery

According to Collin McDonnell from Hen House Brewing, owning a brewery is 90% cleaning and 10% paperwork. He also says, and I quote, “HOLY HELL STARTING A BREWERY IS SO EXPENSIVE”.

Click here and let Collin tell it like it is. I can vouch that everything he is saying is true.

To those of you who are dreaming of opening your own brewery and still want to do so after reading Collin’s comments: It’s definitely tough but if you know (and I mean really know) why you want to do it, you can do it. Best of luck.

Cheers, John

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Wanna Open Your Brewery? Now is the Time!

So you want to open a brewery? That’s awesome! Craft beer is growing every day. There are now over 2,700 breweries in the US and another 1,700 in planning. And yes, there is room for you too.

What is your first step? Ask questions of and learn from the professionals. Whenever you see an opportunity to get a gang of pro brewers in one room talking freely about our craft, it’s a DO NOT MISS opporutnity. So if you are a homebrewer looking to up your game, or if you have dreams of going pro, the Southeastern Craft Brewer’s Symposium is for you.

This one day conference is being held at the Mariott in downtown Decatur on Saturday April 19th, from 9am to 5pm. There will be seminars on brewing and the business of beer from leaders in the craft brewing industry in Georgia. Below is a current list of seminars. The massive amount of information being passed on at this conference will be huge in your efforts to join the ranks of professional brewers. Don’t miss this awesome opportunity to learn from some of the best!

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