MuddyCreek
Well-Known Member
Just put a new beer on tap, a mild Bitter called 2nd Base.
Cause, you know - you're only halfway there...
Cause, you know - you're only halfway there...
Well, here we are, on the eve of heading out to GABF. We've entered a few beers. I'm looking forward to the festival. I know I've been M.I.A. for quite some time now.
I wish I had some time to catch you up on everything. Suffice to say we are STILL in business. Just had a couple festivals in Montana. The Montana Brewers Association Fall Festival in Missoula was a week ago and the following day we had our very own "Butte-toberfest" here in town.
We had a great time at both. Tonight we'll be sampling the beers we sent off to Denver for the festival. I'm ever hopeful that we'll do well, but of course there are thousands of beers entered so one has to be realistic. Regardless, the festival is a GREAT way to learn new things and taste some great beer while getting an idea about what's going on in the craft beer world around us.
And I get to meet tons of great brewers from around the country.
In other news, we had a meeting just the other day with our distributors. Things haven't been moving nearly as smoothly as either party would like. There are a number of reasons why so we have made some efforts to reconcile the issues that are holding us all back. The new goals for the distributors are to distribute a minimum of 10 bbls a month for us up to January, which will bring in an additional chunk of revenue for the brewery which we can certainly use. After January, their goal increases significantly and they'll be expected to hit 35 bbls a month both locally and regionally. (We'll be required to meet those needs as well.)
That's a big jump for us and if we can all hit it, that will be a significant step for us in the right direction. That would lead to us doing some canning shortly after that.
Anyway, that's if for now. I'll try to keep you up to date better from the road. I truly am sorry for the radio silence.
G.
Going by their facebook page they are!Has anyone heard from @MuddyCreek recently? Should be around his 3 year anniversary, hopping all is going strong still.
Here in NJ most of the newer craft breweries self distribute. (It's allowed here)
As for canning there are several good mobile canning companies (Iron Heart canning does canning for a lot of craft brewers in the northeast)
Some breweries have already moved to setting up their own canning lines.
Self distribution seems cool because you have total control over who you work with and what special beers get released to who. Having to buy or rent trucks and pay drivers can be a hassle I'm sure.
LOL, i remember visiting a craft brewery a few years ago and they were loading like 10 or 12 sixtels into the back trunk of a bmw 3 series.
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