trailblazer

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blackmarket brewery in california is inside of an industrial unit mixed in with a bunch of automotive type buisnesses. he has a 15bbl system inside their and makes some great beer, its just a weird location.

derHinterhof

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we already have the beer garden with twenty handles. and we still have room in our building. we are looking for a nano brewer to come in on a mutually advantageous basis. Open to ideas. Steve 509 860 1446

jeremytk

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I have done some reading in the last few days, and the majority of states allow self distribution of home brew. Meaning you can brew ad sell all you'd like as long as the product is made and distributed from the same location. If anyone is anywhere near the eastern panhandle of WV, or up in State College PA let me know, we can talk more.

NTabb

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Jeremy,

I grew up in Inwood and now live in Shepherdstown,WV. I've been looking at doing something locally to get started. The good thing about Shepherdstown is their all about local food and beer.

Nick

DizzyPants

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I am a runner and Gilligans was just off the Burke Gilman running path here in Seattle. It is a great space that hosts people with hobbies. The person there now does woodworking. I always cam by and saw people with Growlers grabbing some brew.

I am just about to make a pump purchase. Man SS fittings are expensive.

~Diz

ENS

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There is an article in the Harrisburg Patriot News where a nano brewery is opening up in Camp Hill, PA. I saw a post from someone from Camp Hill near the beginnig of this thread.

BradleyBrew

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Ha! I grew up in that house.. it was sold to them by my parents

Leeds1

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In today's Sunday Edition of the Patriot News? I read the whole thing and must have missed it. What section?

ENS

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It was sometime in August. A guy I work with cut it out and brougt it into me. It was mostly about homebrewing in central PA, but discussed the local microbreweries. It was a good article. Took up several pages.

Bigscience

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A few of the nano scale brewery guys have come to club meetings to discuss their efforts. While turning your system into a money maker is a dream of most people, it doesn't always work out that way and there is a ton of work to it. I forgot the exact amounts but permits, business licenses and all the tax stuff really adds up (20k+?) as well as the time to navigate it all. 18 months is the number that sticks out but I may be a little off. Everybody was extremely nice and willing to share there experiences but also said how they kept their day jobs.

Foggy noggin - Brews on the weekends with his homebrew system and has to do many batches to keep up with demand (6/day?)

http://www.foggynogginbrewing.com/


192 gave us a tour of his brew shed. Has a slightly larger setup and does tastings out of his house.
http://192brewing.com/


Airways started out (and may still be on) a B3 system. I'd heard about this guy and was in the hood (literally) and stopped by. We chatted for over an hour until SWMBO threatened to leave me there.
http://airwaysbrewing.com/


If you're really interested in starting something up, talk to some people and see if they don't scare you out of it. And as someone already mentioned, you must scale up. I know it think it's attractive when I can make beers for $0.25/pint but then I remember I just did it with free labor. If I'm going to spend that much time making a batch, I want to yield as much as I can.

Oh and you'll need sankes because most bars don't take cornies.

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