What’s really bad is that it comes through over the interwebs - I’m much crazier in person. 
OK, I’ll come a little more clean. We are starting with 25K (not counting lease) - and it isn’t enough. Our business plan doesn’t even have us breaking even for the first 6 months. It’s a lot of money and a very scary venture. It’s also a blast!
Are you starting a microbrewery or you tried to…?
Yes. No. Maybe. 
And it won’t matter if the beer is good or not!
With some of the micros I’ve had, I’m not sure that matters anyway…
That’s a yes.
Sell future cases of beer via PayPal to all of us. Promise them by Christmas. Worst scenario is you are brewing your A$$ off at your house to pay off what you owe us. I’ll buy a case - what’s your paypal address and how much?
Yeah, there’s probably a law against that - go ahead and tell us all about it.
Have to be able to make money on the FOOD end of it first.
The rest will follow.
Good food and a mix of house beer and regional/commercial beers on tap/bottled.
It will help not to have terrible beer as well.
You don’t have to do a brewpub to be a brewery, ya know. Running a restaurant is a whole 'nother enchilada.
Oh I know but thats my dream ;D
Best burgers and fried seafood around, the beer will keep them at the pub
The area that I live is in desperate need of a brewpub.
Hmmm . . didn’t know we lived in the same area. ;D
That reminds me I need to get my Powerball ticket today.
True, but in most states, once you sell off premise you have to go through distribution channels and work a lot harder to get your beer out there. I’ve seen a local brewpub-turned-microbrewery-owner go from happy to miserable after making the switch (and, finally, back to happy again 10 years later after his improbable success).
True. Trust me. I am quite familiar with the issues. But in AL it is almost impossible to open a brew pub in this state due to antiquated laws. And, believe it, running a restaurant is a lot harder than brewing beer.
mmmmmmmmm enchilada…
I went to my local brewpub last night, which isn’t really a brewpub any more since they don’t brew on site anymore, which is lame as hell. The beer was okay, there’s probably a reason I haven’t been there in a couple years…Iowa City needs a real brewpub.
Yeah, too many brewpubs use the beer as a gimmick only - you have to be a great restaurant to be a good brewpub. The beer is only secondary. If I were to open a brewery it would be to focus on the beer only. I’d love to do a small tasting room with some appetizers or something - but I HATE restaurant work. Maybe someday down the road I could see doing that if someone else was willing to run that side. Right now, if I open a brewery, it will be production only. As Brewboy said, there’s money to be made in production breweries - otherwise there wouldn’t be any.
The implications are mounting. ;D
Is it going to be a 7bbl system to start. :
Speaking of brewpubs…(OK, I’m going off on a tangent)…
Today is our 30th anniversary. My wife suggested we take a drive to the coast to go here…
Several times it’s been voted the most beautiful brewpub location in the US. Great food and multiple award winning bers don’t hurt, either!
We loved that place, as we spent 2 night across the street in the Inn. A little out of the way in a small town, but everything else was super. Sitting on the patio drinking a Doreyman’s Dark and watching the Pacific was one of those perfect moments.