With a little more due respect, bull$hit. You couldn’t have missed it.
I don’t get it. It wasn’t as funny as the other post.
That’s probably why you think I’m always trying to stir things up. You don’t get it.
Nope. That’s not it. But I do get what you were trying to say now and I apologize if I missed something. I honestly do not recall ever seeing you being involved in a name calling incident. If it happened and I was involved with the thread I assure you it was an oversight and I sincerely apologize.
It’s really not a problem, but I appreciate your apology. If it was, I would have said something about it a long time ago. Hey, it’s an online forum. If you aren’t a little thick skinned, you have no business being in one.
Cheers.
Now kids, back to the topic.
If it ever happens again please let me know personally. I agree, we need to be thick skinned. But name calling is just BS.
I swear it wasn’t me.
We gotta watch the spring-fever around here… :o
To the OP- I say start to brewing all grain right now! And save some money for the next few years while you gauge your brewing skills. There is a lot to learn and the transition to AG isn’t as easy as many imply. In the mean time lay the groundwork nice and neat; when you’re ready you’ll also be ready to train as well. I hate to see a midlife crisis at 24! It’s bad enough later on…
Cheers!
One thing I will say is I wish I was doing this at 24 rather than 42. Speaking off midlife crisis. :o
I always thought that was the best attribute of being a young gun - motivation and a strong back!
I’ve seen a number of posts in this forum (and others) that seem to discourage and dissuade young hopefuls from starting a brewery. Truth be told, brewing and taking a brewery from nothing to something is probably over-romanticized, and is some of the hardest work a person could seek to endure. I, like Major, favor realistic anecdotes for someone looking to enter the brewing industry.
However, I do have a small chip on my shoulder: being 28 and in the process of starting a brewery for over 2 years now, I’ve seen a growing sentiment from older and middle aged folks (and frankly, many baby boomers) to be cynical about the ability of someone in their mid 20’s to be successful – at building a brewery or anything for that matter. While generation ‘Y’ may exhibit behaviors and tendencies that reinforce the cynicism, I’d like to post a simple reminder about a couple of people that took some chances in their mid 20’s, and have since accomplished some great things.
“The world is moving so fast that the person who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by the person who is already doing it.” Elbert Hubbard
Avery Brewing Company: started by Adam Avery at age 27.
Oskar Blues: started by Dale Katechis at age 28.
New Belgium: started by Jeff Lebesch at age 27.
Sierra Nevada: started by Ken Grossman at age 25.
Anchor Steam: purchased by Fritz at age 28.
I think there is a parallel here with the advice one receives when the first child is on the way. It’s all about how hard it is, how little sleep you will get, how much it will cost, etc. It’s not that people are trying to discourage you as much as they don’t want you to look back and say ‘why didn’t anyone tell me it would be so hard?’
It’s all true, I don’t sleep, have no money and have never worked so hard (a child for me, not a brewery but same same) but I wouldn’t trade it. I think Major and the rest of the dream catchers on here would feel the same way about their ‘babies’.
You can imagine how wonderful it will be, it’s harder to imagine how hard so everyone is trying to ‘help out’.
Well, I’m older than you and commend you for trying this. If it fails, pull yourself back up and try again. Your examples prove that it can be done. Good luck.
Good analogy! I don’t want to discourage anyone’s dreams. I just want to apprise everyone what’s in store. Cream rises to the top. don’t look at it as someone stepping in front of your dreams, look at it as telling you the facts - and if you are going to do it this is what you need to get ready. It ain’t homebrewing!
Fortunately he had a family fortune to help him along.
And that’s wrong? Did he rack up a big debt with his family? Do you really know? I don’t.
Nothing wrong with that at all. Helps to smooth out the bumps.
Obviously, he did well with it. Family money does not prevent failure, although it may provide a soft landing and certainly helps at the start.
I hardly thing Anchor is a failure so he must have some business skills.
Anchor steam??? Common giys. We are talking about building a brewery ground up not starting with an established brand and family fortune. Doesn’t work here. Rich guys are racing yachts not home brewing.
I agree that’s a good analogy, with the exception that I’ve never seen anyone with kids being discouraging of others having kids. It’s more like “when are you going to have one/another one.”
It seems that people feel the responses here are discouraging about becoming pro rather than receiving constructive advice.
No one told me not to have three kids, they waited until afterwards to tell me how hard it is. But there are a ton of rewards that come with that hard work.
Perhaps it’s just putting a different spin on the advice you’re giving? I’m sure there are rewards to all the hard work you put in at your brewery.