Opening a brew pub

[petep1980]

Well I think he's screwed, but I was curious about the input around here.

 

[Kass_Brauhaus]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Best friend ever.

 

[zman]

I do not know anything about the brew pub business but I just picked up Sam Calagione's book "Brewing up A Business". I just started reading it ( a few pages at lunch) but I really think that the possibilities are there if one really wants to make it happen. Nothing worth having in life is easy and not without it's pitfalls but it is not impossible. Get busy living or get busy dying is what always say. Good luck to your friend

 

[GLWIII]

Heck, if your friend can get past the high taxation, overburdensome regulation and bureaucracy of NY then he's half way home.

 

[Marius]

I just quit my job ten days ago,
Most of my friends (engineers most of them) lost their jobs in the last two months,
Here, in the Basque Country, we are losing our hope , It's really hard to find a job here.

So I don't care if it is a good idea or not, We will try to open our own brew pub anyway.

At least we will drink good beer till they seize (is that the correct word?) our business.:cross:

 

[david_42]

Two very important things would be to team with someone with restaurant experience and find a good bean-counter. Trying to do all three jobs is tough and they really take different talents. $500K would probably be enough if they don't opt for all new equipment. It's much cheaper to buy a used system and ship it.

 

[zman]

I just quit my job ten days ago,
Most of my friends (engineers most of them) lost their jobs in the last two months,
Here, in the Basque Country, we are losing our hope , It's really hard to find a job here.

So I don't care if it is a good idea or not, We will try to open our own brew pub anyway.

At least we will drink good beer till they seize (is that the correct word?) our business.:cross:

Good luck...

 

[Talloak]

You need a high education (University near by) area with many people in their 30s with nice incomes to buy $4 beers. Location is BIG. QUOTE]

You don't have to be in a college town. Shoreline Brewery is in Michigan City, Indiana. Not a college town. Nearest college is Purdue North Central which is very small and doesn't count as education. Just kidding. Shoreline actually depends on rich Illinois people stopping on their way to the Blue Chip and Four Winds Casino, which are both year round tourist attractions. And those are $5 beers.

 

[Julohan]

Also, Shorts Brewery. Only been to the TOWN once, but it seemed like it was in the middle of nowhere. It seemed to be doing really well.