So my friends are trying to get me to sell beer commercially...

[mklawz]

You think the beer class would be beneficial to me at this point?

Hmmm. How many batches have you done? You could go either way. Mainly, all he does is go thru an extract batch. And it sounds like you know what you are doing. But on the other hand, for $20 its pretty cool. While he is doing some of the mundane stuff like heating water and cooling the wort, you get to hang out and sample whats on tap, nibble on some different grains, that kind of stuff. Most importantly though you get to see how someone else does things so you will most likely learn a few tips or short cuts.

So for $20 I would say its worth it, if for nothing else than the fun factor. Not sure when the next class is though, check the website. They were getting booked up.

 

[boredatwork]

It seems like you don't have any intent on selling your beer. But if you did, or if anyone else does and hasn't researched selling beer - I can assure you if you had a bubble, it would be quickly burst.

I am sure that every homebrewer at some point (probably sooner rather than later) has thought about selling their beer. I know I looked into it at one point. But after I spending about an hour researching on this forum and other sites I haven't thought about it since. The real world is a cruel, cruel place.

Of course, I don't mean to discourage people who have the motivation and money to actually sell their own beer, haha.

 

[talenos]

+1. Very common.

Heck, I had a few say I should do it before I even made my first batch. I think the idea of it just sounds like so much fun.

One of my friends is actually trying to go that route though, he's going to one of those beer making with internship classes next summer.

 

[Grinder12000]

I'm not gonna actually try selling it guys, just looking to see how common it is to have friends ranting about your brews in such a way.

I have half a town wanting me to start up a micro brew and I know two home brewers that HAVe started micro breweries = Ale Asylum and The Grumpy Troll. I also know a few tap rooms tha tare very successful making 10 gallon batches.

I CAN be down ans is not as hard as people make it out to be.

It's like any other start up business. you gotta have money to make money.

 

[Sigafoos]

Yeah, I think there's an initial spike of interest when you make a few batches saying 'I should do this full time! That'd be awesome!' But now I realize that it's a wonderful hobby but I like experimenting and changing things, which is the antithesis of what you need to do commercially.