Thirsty_Monk:
majorvices:
I really enjoyed opening a commercial brewery and even now while continuing to work for one I still enjoy it. That said, when this latest stint is over I may get out of the brewing business for a while and concentrate on homebrewing again. Homebrewing is a lot of fun where as commercial brewing is a lot of work. Hard work.
As far as the question from the OP: Be careful with oxidation post fermentation, always be sure to pitch enough yeast, monitor fermentation temps, and relax and enjoy the process of brewing. Also don’t be afraid to dump beer if you don’t like it.
Do not get me wrong. I enjoy running my own small brewery (500+ BBLs). I devoted 10 years to it so far. I still brew and run brewery and i enjoy it.
But as you have said it is a lot of hard work.
If i would do it again, i would start 10 years before we started.
Well you did it right. I started with partners, 2 of whom I knew from the start I didn’t like or trust. If I could do THAT over again I’d go solo or with one partner I could trust.