I see you point Brewpastor,
I am willing to bet that these places sell their beer for $4-$5 a pint.
For an example, if they have a blonde ale at $4 a pint in a 1/2 bbl keg given that they get 120 glasses out of it that places that brew worth $480.
they would have to sell 2 kegs a week just to cover the cost of brewing and space rent
Granted Washington did just recently change its laws to make things like this possible !
If someone were to do this I think this would be the place for it.
Here are a
few of the laws that govern this.
Definition of Beer in Washington State
"Malt beverage" or "malt liquor" means any beverage such as beer, ale, lager beer, stout, and porter obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of an infusion or decoction of pure hops, or pure extract of hops and pure barley malt or other wholesome grain or cereal in pure water containing not more than eight percent of alcohol by weight, and not less than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume. For the purposes of this title, any such beverage containing more than eight percent of alcohol by weight shall be referred to as "strong beer."
RCW 66.24.244 1) There shall be a license for microbreweries; fee to be one hundred dollars for production of less than sixty thousand barrels of malt liquor, including strong beer, per year
RCW 66.28.120 Every person manufacturing or distributing malt liquor for sale within the state shall put upon all packages containing malt liquor so manufactured or distributed a distinctive label showing the nature of the contents, the name of the person by whom the malt liquor was manufactured, and the place where it was manufactured. For the purpose of this section, the contents of packages containing malt liquor shall be shown by the use of the word "beer," "ale," "malt liquor," "lager," "stout," or "porter," on the outside of the packages.
RCW 66.28.150 Breweries, microbreweries, wineries, distilleries, distributors, certificate of approval holders, and agents authorized to conduct courses of instruction on beer and wine.
RCW 66 covers quite a bit of this
So after reading and searching for 2 days I have found that for about $200 you can have a microbrewery of your own in Washington State, along with being able to teach people how to brew
Most these laws are not very old, less that a year on a few of them.
I think that the novelty of this will wear off soon, sadly it will be when a few people have gone deeply in debt.
As with many for profit ideas a business plan is a must!
For information on starting a micro brewery/pub in WA. ask
Brewtopia !
He has a place in Seattle
-Jason