Taxes for a microbrewery are super complicated. It can be difficult to know what to expect, when in the planning stages of a brewery. The following article is a guest post by Daniel Hicks that gives a good overview of what you need to know when it comes to paying taxes on the beer you […]
The Final Episode of the MicroBrewr Podcast As a lot of you know, my wife and I are currently expecting our first child just about any day now. With him coming, I’ve taken a step back to analyze priorities since I feel like I don’t currently have enough free time to give to him with […]
Welcome to MicroBrewr Podcast #11! In this podcast, I got to talk with Sean Garvey who’s currently raising funds to start up a brewery in Hawaii. Since Sean is right in the middle of the money raising phase, we got to talk about his experiences when seeking out potential investors and asking them to invest. […]
If you’re new to the podcast, we like to talk all things craft beer but tend to focus on starting up a brewery or ways to take your current brewery to the next level. This week I’m really excited to share the story of Ninkasi Brewing and the tremendous growth that they’ve seen since 2006. Ninkasi […]
Canning Versus Bottling Beer and Getting Your Distributors to Sell More of Your Beer In this podcast, I had a ton of fun talking with Tyson Starling from Atlantic Brewing Company. Tyson started as a credit analyst and after having to foreclose on somebody, decided that this was not the career path for him. Tyson […]
Raise Money For Your Microbrewery Using Crowdfunding In this podcast I got to interview Mark Slattery from CrowdBrewed which is a crowdfunding platform targeting the craft beer industry. While I have heard of crowdfunding campaigns on sites like Kickstarter, I still wasn’t sure on the details of how they worked. Mark walks us through the […]
Have You Ever Thought that You’d Like to Open a Microbrewery? Through connecting with the MicroBrewr community and doing the weekly podcast, I’ve been lucky to talk with so many amazing people who are looking to turn their dreams into a reality and open a microbrewery. The thought of leaving the 9-5 and going on […]
Here’s the Podcast to Entertain You While Traveling to the CBC The Craft Brewers Conference is here and I think that this podcast will be a great way to pass the time as you travel to Denver (if you’re not already there). I’ve been asked by a number of people if I’ll be there this […]
Grab a Beer and Join Us in the Journey of Starting a Brewery Welcome to the 5th edition of the MicroBrewr podcast! Due to the success and support I’ve seen for the previous podcast, I’ve dialed up the frequency now to weekly. If you’re new to the podcast, I’m a craft beer fanatic who loves […]
The MicroBrewr Podcast is Going Weekly!! The success of this podcast within the first three episodes has been so awesome and the personal connections that I’ve already made have pushed me to take the next step with this podcast. From now on, I’ll be releasing a new MicroBrewr podcast weekly for your listening enjoyment. I’ve […]
Social Media and The Conversion of a Non-Believer Over the last few years, I’ve talked about deleting my Facebook account. People would get mad at me since they’d send me a Facebook message and I wouldn’t get back to them for three months because I wouldn’t ever check my notifications. After I found my beautiful […]
Welcome to Another MicroBrewr Podcast! I’ve just got to say that I am having a blast doing this podcast and there are many more to come. If you’re new to MicroBrewr, I’m here to help out if you’re looking at starting up a craft brewery or want to take your brewery to the next level. […]
After I got a number of questions around how to get information about the money side of starting a brewery and doing the financial section of a business plan, I hope that this step-by-step guide can help out the aspiring brewer. Truth be told, you can use the same process for a number of different […]
We Made It To Podcast #2 (I’m going to have a beer to celebrate)! First off, I have to say thanks for the amazing support and feedback that we’ve got for the MicroBrewr site and the podcast. In just the first week of having the site up, MicroBrewr has already had over 25,000 visitors. I’ve […]
Logo above designed by DeRouen & Co. While we all hope that our beer is good enough to sell itself, there’s a ton of great beer out there. If no one every tries your beer for the first time, no one will know how great it is. This is where branding, labeling and packaging can […]