Windchime
Member
I'm trying to plan a kickstart party in a month or so. Any advice on how to get the real beer geeks to come out?
My plan is to have an afternoon/evening event to sell pint glasses with my custom printed logo for $10 and have an all-you-can-drink beer sampling. I ordered the pint glasses already, and I've got 4 kegs of home brew ready to tap. I've got a fifth recipe in the primary, but I'll have to wait and see if it finishes up to my standards.
I could set this up at my apartment, or potentially at my church. Any other location ideas?
How does an under-the-radar, unlicensed, home brewer raise money and dispense beer without a legal altercation?
Some of the logistics are freaking me out. i.e. decorating, feeding people, getting the carbonation at a happy medium between foamy and flat. The scariest thing though is going through all this trouble and having no one show up. How do I rally people who drink good beer to come hang out, raise funds for more equipment and grains, and not get arrested?
If 20 people show up and buy the pint glass, I'll break even-ish. I bought 72 glasses. I can keep some around for myself, and use some as Christmas gifts.
Do you know Rhode Island area beer geeks? Have you done this? Do you know someone who has? What do you think is going to go wrong?
My plan is to have an afternoon/evening event to sell pint glasses with my custom printed logo for $10 and have an all-you-can-drink beer sampling. I ordered the pint glasses already, and I've got 4 kegs of home brew ready to tap. I've got a fifth recipe in the primary, but I'll have to wait and see if it finishes up to my standards.
I could set this up at my apartment, or potentially at my church. Any other location ideas?
How does an under-the-radar, unlicensed, home brewer raise money and dispense beer without a legal altercation?
Some of the logistics are freaking me out. i.e. decorating, feeding people, getting the carbonation at a happy medium between foamy and flat. The scariest thing though is going through all this trouble and having no one show up. How do I rally people who drink good beer to come hang out, raise funds for more equipment and grains, and not get arrested?
If 20 people show up and buy the pint glass, I'll break even-ish. I bought 72 glasses. I can keep some around for myself, and use some as Christmas gifts.
Do you know Rhode Island area beer geeks? Have you done this? Do you know someone who has? What do you think is going to go wrong?
