kpr121
Well-Known Member
I have a friend, whos father owns an established restaurant and bar. His beer consists of mostly macro-commercial beers but he has started to move towards the craft beer market (Sierra Nevada, Sam and Leiny Seasonals, Great Lakes, etc), mostly due to his customers demand. He has tried my homebrew and has expressed interest in wanting to possibly allowing me to brew on site in order to serve my beer. This would probably need to start out as a special release type deal because I only have the capabilities to brew at a max 15 gallons at a time.
Discussions have only gone as far as lets see what we need to do to get it done and his daughter (has worked as a manager there for many years) has said that her dad thinks he has almost all the licensure he needs. I have my reservations and think that he needs additional brewing license at the very least. I would think that his alcohol license would be very specific and he wouldnt be paying for something that he never uses, is that correct?
Keep in mind we have not even sat down officially to talk about the ins and outs of this. I want to be as prepared as possible before I talk to him so that I prove to him that I am well-informed and would take this seriously if the opportunity is there. (I also want to wait for my latest version of my IPA-like pale ale to be ready, as I think this would be our most prominent offering if this goes through! Ill be bringing a variety of my beers as samples as well.)
Does anyone have any experience or links to other threads where this situation has arisen? My past research and gut instinct has told me that this is not going to be a simple endeavor, and there will need to be significant capital to get something like this to happen.
Any help is appreciated!
Discussions have only gone as far as lets see what we need to do to get it done and his daughter (has worked as a manager there for many years) has said that her dad thinks he has almost all the licensure he needs. I have my reservations and think that he needs additional brewing license at the very least. I would think that his alcohol license would be very specific and he wouldnt be paying for something that he never uses, is that correct?
Keep in mind we have not even sat down officially to talk about the ins and outs of this. I want to be as prepared as possible before I talk to him so that I prove to him that I am well-informed and would take this seriously if the opportunity is there. (I also want to wait for my latest version of my IPA-like pale ale to be ready, as I think this would be our most prominent offering if this goes through! Ill be bringing a variety of my beers as samples as well.)
Does anyone have any experience or links to other threads where this situation has arisen? My past research and gut instinct has told me that this is not going to be a simple endeavor, and there will need to be significant capital to get something like this to happen.
Any help is appreciated!