looked over the site real quick and didn't see that it has been asked about before so sorry if it has and I missed it.
Seems like I'm hearing news nearly once a month or so that there is going to another brewery or brew pub or even just a craft beer pub opening up somewhere in my area (general D/FW area).
For example:
When I first got into microbrews (before I got into brewing) I only knew of 3 places where they had a real selection of beers and specialized in it. I'm sure there were more, but I only knew of the three. To top that off when I got into brewing around this time last year there were only 3 breweries in all of Dallas. Population of well over a million, and only 3 (according to the tour at Franconia Brewery) in DFW.
Now I know of 5 breweries, just found out today that 2 more breweries have license approvals and will start and one brewpub.
I'm not complaining! Trust me I love that there is growth in the area but it seems this trend is popping up all over the country, very rapid growth. Obviously no one expects this level of growth to continue forever, that's not my "concern" or maybe just observation. Just that maybe it's being over done, that in a few years or so a lot of these brewery startups will find there isn't a big a market for all the product out there as thought and they'll be shutting doors...
Seems like I'm hearing news nearly once a month or so that there is going to another brewery or brew pub or even just a craft beer pub opening up somewhere in my area (general D/FW area).
For example:
When I first got into microbrews (before I got into brewing) I only knew of 3 places where they had a real selection of beers and specialized in it. I'm sure there were more, but I only knew of the three. To top that off when I got into brewing around this time last year there were only 3 breweries in all of Dallas. Population of well over a million, and only 3 (according to the tour at Franconia Brewery) in DFW.
Now I know of 5 breweries, just found out today that 2 more breweries have license approvals and will start and one brewpub.
I'm not complaining! Trust me I love that there is growth in the area but it seems this trend is popping up all over the country, very rapid growth. Obviously no one expects this level of growth to continue forever, that's not my "concern" or maybe just observation. Just that maybe it's being over done, that in a few years or so a lot of these brewery startups will find there isn't a big a market for all the product out there as thought and they'll be shutting doors...