Hi,
I've been home brewing for over 5 years now and I've gotten good at crafting a good beer at least to my tastes and friends and family and other people who have tasted my brews have all liked it and I've gotten great feedback. A few weeks ago someone put a bug in my ear that maybe I should go commercial and enter our city's growing craft beer market. I've been researching and learning more and more and I believe that I can do it although I understand that it will be challenging to start up.
Today when I went to lunch I noticed a new boutique clothing store that looked like a cool shop and I went in to check it out and chatted with the owner. I noticed he was drinking a goose island IPA. He said his favorite was IPA and I started talking to him about my beer and how much I enjoy brewing IPAs and since he was a new business owner in the city I talked to him about my desire to start a nano brewing business that led to him inviting me to debut my beer at his grand opening next Thursday which I tentatively accepted as a great offer and I'll get back to him.
Now this is a big step and I actually have a full untapped keg of IPA that I just started carbonating yesterday which I'm sure is good but I didn't think I would get the opportunity to present it to anyone outside of my immediate and extended circle this fast. At the most I would have presented some tasters to my business class on graduation night in a few weeks but this, wow! It's a private invite only event for his investors and some of the city's taste makers, so who knows if someone with deep pockets likes it then....
I was wondering has anyone here in the forums ever thought about or has gone commercial and if there is any advice, tips, words of encouragement, rebuttals, anything that could enlightening me and inform my decision while I frantically try to do more research to see if I could even be ready to present samples for it.
What do y'all think?!
I've been home brewing for over 5 years now and I've gotten good at crafting a good beer at least to my tastes and friends and family and other people who have tasted my brews have all liked it and I've gotten great feedback. A few weeks ago someone put a bug in my ear that maybe I should go commercial and enter our city's growing craft beer market. I've been researching and learning more and more and I believe that I can do it although I understand that it will be challenging to start up.
Today when I went to lunch I noticed a new boutique clothing store that looked like a cool shop and I went in to check it out and chatted with the owner. I noticed he was drinking a goose island IPA. He said his favorite was IPA and I started talking to him about my beer and how much I enjoy brewing IPAs and since he was a new business owner in the city I talked to him about my desire to start a nano brewing business that led to him inviting me to debut my beer at his grand opening next Thursday which I tentatively accepted as a great offer and I'll get back to him.
Now this is a big step and I actually have a full untapped keg of IPA that I just started carbonating yesterday which I'm sure is good but I didn't think I would get the opportunity to present it to anyone outside of my immediate and extended circle this fast. At the most I would have presented some tasters to my business class on graduation night in a few weeks but this, wow! It's a private invite only event for his investors and some of the city's taste makers, so who knows if someone with deep pockets likes it then....
I was wondering has anyone here in the forums ever thought about or has gone commercial and if there is any advice, tips, words of encouragement, rebuttals, anything that could enlightening me and inform my decision while I frantically try to do more research to see if I could even be ready to present samples for it.
What do y'all think?!