JMcManaway
Active Member
So - our local LHBS sucks. It's primarily a bartending school/bar supplies shop and the guy is just nice enough to stock brewing supplies, though readily admits that he knows next to nothing about beer making.
This has been to the chagrin of his sales, obviously. People want answers when they're buying a product. He's also said that he's had a lot of people come in, buy a beginner's set up, and then quit after their first batch.
I want this shop to be better for the fact that I want fresh grains (he only sells extract kits, no grains at the moment), fresh hops, fresh everything - along with nice equipment. My thought: Teach a class on site, show people how easy it is to brew good beer. Greenville has the top beer-selling grocery store in all of NC - so obviously beer drinkers are out there.
So, I'm going to teach a class in a couple of saturdays. If you had about an hour of class time and then actually going through an extract with specialty grains brew - what things would you cover? What advice can you give?
This has been to the chagrin of his sales, obviously. People want answers when they're buying a product. He's also said that he's had a lot of people come in, buy a beginner's set up, and then quit after their first batch.
I want this shop to be better for the fact that I want fresh grains (he only sells extract kits, no grains at the moment), fresh hops, fresh everything - along with nice equipment. My thought: Teach a class on site, show people how easy it is to brew good beer. Greenville has the top beer-selling grocery store in all of NC - so obviously beer drinkers are out there.
So, I'm going to teach a class in a couple of saturdays. If you had about an hour of class time and then actually going through an extract with specialty grains brew - what things would you cover? What advice can you give?