Microbrewery Kegging and Bottling

Chabutna said:

I'm working on a business plan for a 10bbl microbrewery with an annual output of about 1000 barrels. Some of our beer will be distributed in bottles, and some of of it will be distributed in kegs. The problem is, I have no idea how much of it will be distributed in each. Therefore, I have no idea how many kegs we'll need and how much it will cost to buy/maintain them or lease them from a company like MicroStar.

What's the best way of going about this? Should I try to estimate the number of local accounts we'll have that require kegs? Off the top of my head, I can think of about 10 pubs/restaurants that would probably serve our beer on draft in the first year (hopefully more than one of our beers at a time). Once we establish ourselves a bit more, who knows how many places will want to serve our beer on draft?

Any thoughts?

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Chabutna said:

I'm working on a business plan for a 10bbl microbrewery with an annual output of about 1000 barrels. Some of our beer will be distributed in bottles, and some of of it will be distributed in kegs. The problem is, I have no idea how much of it will be distributed in each. Therefore, I have no idea how many kegs we'll need and how much it will cost to buy/maintain them or lease them from a company like MicroStar.

What's the best way of going about this? Should I try to estimate the number of local accounts we'll have that require kegs? Off the top of my head, I can think of about 10 pubs/restaurants that would probably serve our beer on draft in the first year (hopefully more than one of our beers at a time). Once we establish ourselves a bit more, who knows how many places will want to serve our beer on draft?

Any thoughts?

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