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Dude that is pretty awesome. You should jump on that!!! I actually may have found a place last night. I was at the city getting permits for the property this morning. So far zoning is good with it .... I have a long way to go.

Update for people that think this thread has died .... I hate real estate. I'm still hunting .....

I wouldn't say 100%, but a good portion of it. Never had any off flavors .... I did start using a Heat exchanger for cooling, so I've stopped letting all the hop matter leave the boil kettle so as not to clog it.

Hi, I am using plastic inductor tanks as conical fermenters. I need to drill a hole for the racking port. I am assuming that different gravity beers will result in more or less yeast at the end of fermentation. Is there a way to calculate the volume of yeast that will be left over at the end...

Answers in blue above. Great suggestions to think about. Thanks!

I'll let you know when I know haha. But my thinking is that this gets me into the business with VERY little up front cash. If you look a the number of people I will need to get into the place every night at my max capacity of 40 kegs per month, for a 1300 sq ft place, its a ton of people...

No worries, I think it will help lots of people in the future.

Yeah, self distribution in CO is a HUGE benefit for sure. $2560/month is still more than the average american. Can't bitch too much :P

This right here is why its soooo much easier for the little guy to sell his own beer in a tasting room rather than to try to sell it to bars. If I were trying to sell kegs to customers instead of having my own tasting room.... I would NOT be going the 1.5 BBL route, that is for sure.

My start up costs WITHOUT equipment will be around $50k I think. Just to let you know. Equipment without kegs or walk-in cooler was about $10k.

Geniz, Here ya go https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai-2Kusu6PSrdHFsZEpnXzBBVFhsenFOQTU4R2VqbVE Anyone else, please poke holes where I missed costs. There are a lot of assumptions (i.e. $80 in ingrediant costs per keg) so take a look. Sharing is caring :)

Thanks Jay. Highly appreciated!

I have an excel spreadsheet that shows income and cost blah blah. You can DEFINITELY make enough money. It depends on loans you need and rent for sure, so you need to work it out for your situation, but lets just say that at half capacity (20 kegs/month) minus all my costs, I'm making close to...

I'm pretty sure I've said this but if I haven't.... I'm a mechanical engineer in the food industry. I have been for about 8 years now. I 100% agree with the information that others have been bringing forward. I could technically get shut down by the FDA if they wanted to, much like every...

Thanks to both you and GrantH!! I'm trying I tell ya. Still in talks on my newest real estate effort. Nothing overly new to report... sorry!

Looks familiar.... Good job, I'm anxious for future posts.

Some updates: Things fell through on the property I was looking at, so I was on the hunt for a new place for a while. The land lord was not willing to put any money towards the renovation of the building. The quote I received from the GC was $75,000 to take the place from nothing to fully...

If any of you every decide to brew 68 gallons of beer.... don't under pitch the crap out of it, haha. I honestly was not really too concerned about how this beer turns out per se. I know that sounds kind of strange, but I was more interested in the process of the whole thing and I am confident...