h-bar
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Did you take any classes or read any books on large scale brewing? Or did you have experience working in a brewery?
When you first made the decision to go ahead with the brewery, what was your first step in the plan to go forward?
Here is a new picture of the brewery. Nothing glamorous, just a brewery.
What was you total estimated initial investment?
Do you wish you would have gone with the 7BBL from the get go?
Around $100k went into getting us up and running. As far as the 7bbl vs 4bbl, best idea ever. I built our 7bbl brewhouse for under 10k with "off the shelf" components from GW Kent and Brewmation.
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You sir are the epitome of unselfishness, true grit, ingenuity and old fashioned determination to succeed!
Thank you for your generosity of sharing information and answering every question put forth! I so wish I could try your beer!
I have my own question: Did you seek out distributors or did they come to you? What does the deal look like for the distributors and you? Do they take a percentage? Do they pick up your beer and bring back the empties (kegs)? Does the distributor handle all of the salesmanship work introducing your products to the new bars?
ps. LOVE that keg washer!
Congrats on the success! Always good to see somebody take the leap and succeed and then share their success stories.
Question for you about your glycol chiller on your previous setup. Did you have a pump per fermenter, or did you run multiple fermenters off one pump? How did you control temperature to each fermenter?
Have you run into any problems with the pumps? It says they are for pumping water only, not chemicals, and with a maximum liquid temperature of 120°F.
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