MicroBrewr 043: BONUS Happy New Year
TRANSCRIPT: Welcome to MicroBrewr podcast. We talk about everything craft beer related, with a focus for people looking at starting their own microbrewery or wanting to take their existing brewery to the next level. As usual, I’m Nathan Pierce, the host of MicroBrewr Podcast. This is going to be just a short review of the […]
MicroBrewr 042: Open a microbrewery to revitalize an economy
Matt Katase wasn’t yet legal drinking age when he read an autobiography of a brewery owner. Then he and his friend, Asa Foster, toured a large craft brewery and thought, we can do that. At age twenty-three, they opened The Brew Gentlemen Beer Company in Braddock, Pennsylvania. After a successful Kickstarter campaign, Matt has the following […]
MicroBrewr 041: A flagship nanobrewery in a tourist town
Danny Robinson had the choice of building a giant brewery in the middle of nowhere, or a tiny brewery right on the beach and boardwalk. He chose the later and made Backshore Brewing Co. in Ocean City, Maryland. “The plan from the beginning was to have this nanobrewery up on the boardwalk, be the flagship of […]
MicroBrewr 040: Keep persevering to get to the end
Alexis Irvin and her partner Chip Hiden travelled across the country trying to find out what it takes to make a living doing what you love. They interviewed a bunch people in lots of different fields who all had their dream job. And they put it together into a movie and book called, The Dream […]
MicroBrewr 039: Apprenticing in a brewery incubator program
Kyle Roth is just about to finish the brewing apprenticeship through Platform Beer Co.’s incubator program. Soon he, his brother and cousins, partners in Ferndock Brewing Company in Sandusky, Ohio, will venture out on their own. We heard from Paul Benner, who told us about Platform Beer Co.’s incubator program, in MicroBrewr Podcast episode 026. […]
MicroBrewr 038: Learn the classics and stay true to your genre
Dan Gordon enjoyed beer from the young age of 15 years. In high school, he lived next door to 2 brewers when he studied in Austria. Then in post-grad, he studied Brewing Engineering and Beverage Technology in Germany. Back home in Palo Alto, he partnered with restaurateur, Dean Biersch, to open a brewpub in Palo […]
MicroBrewr 037: A forty-year career at the epicenter of craft beer
Mark Carpenter wasn’t happy with his job. One day, he took a tour of Anchor Brewing, San Francisco, California, and thought it would be a fun place to work. Over 40 years later, he’s still the brewer. Shaun O’Sullivan, Founder and Brewer of 21st Amendment Brewery says Anchor Brewing is “the epicenter of craft beer […]
MicroBrewr 036: How to write a business plan for a gastropub brewery
Brian Kelly opened Elevation 66 Brewing Company 3 years ago in El Cerrito, California. It was his first business and they paid off their major investor ahead of schedule, just 2 and-a-half years after opening. Initially, they wanted to have a mill and limit the food offerings to paninis and salads. About halfway into the […]
MicroBrewr 035: Staying creative and innovative with partner brewing
21st Amendment Brewery opened their brewpub in 2000. In 2006 they started canning beer. After a long search, 21st Amendment started “partner brewing” with Cold Spring Brewing in Minnesota in 2008. The relationship has benefitted both companies very well. Shaun O’Sullivan moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1990s and got a […]
MicroBrewr 034: Guerrilla marketing in the outdoor activity mecca of Southern Nevada
Boulder City, Nevada is between Las Vegas and Hoover Dam. The city was formed to temporarily house workers during the dam’s construction in the 1930s. After the dam was complete, residents incorporated and formed a city. In 2007, Todd Cook opened Boulder Dam Brewing Co. Today Boulder Dam Brewing provides craft beer in a wide […]