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Yes, you will need an upgrade to 32 amps breakers and 400 volts, Wooteck!

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You sir are a legend! I wish I could follow your steps!

Will watch this closely, going to your region next year and will need to buy a drop or 6!
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Best advise I've heard is " remember, you're starting a marketing company that happens to have alcohol as its product"

You said you're up on the marketing which is good because you can make the best beer in the world but if it's not marketed right.....

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goinbroke2 wrote:Best advise I've heard is " remember, you're starting a marketing company that happens to have alcohol as its product"

You said you're up on the marketing which is good because you can make the best beer in the world but if it's not marketed right.....

Good luck
good advice and one that i allways keep in mind
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I'll be around Dundee and Edinburgh on / around Feb 18th. You available for a beer, Woo?

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Odin wrote:I'll be around Dundee and Edinburgh on / around Feb 18th. You available for a beer, Woo?

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Good things don't happen overnight, hope you haven't drained your finances these last couple years working on this!
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Bushman wrote:Good things don't happen overnight, hope you haven't drained your finances these last couple years working on this!
im not going to say its been cheap but alot of it has been recouped through homebrew experaments. other than the costs for my 100l brew kit, my kegs and keg system the cost (keg system was on the cards anayway) has been on ingrediants but they turn in to a full corney of beer.

i was lucky enough to be in a bar and catch wind of the 100l kit that cost me £500 if i was to buy it myself the price would have been £1000+

im still working desinging stronger recipes. alot of the time the serious brew sessions dont hit the mark i intended and the fun sessions where i take less notes are things that i really enjoy.

im forever learning new tricks and getting difinitive answers to questions i have had. ive also come to the conclusion that while i could do it in my home id need at verry least a storage locker where i could store the bulk items like bottles that are rather pricey when not in bulk.

theres also the worry that the craft beer market is slowing and that it maybe coming to a tough time to be a start up. the whole brexit situation may effect the beer market significantly, incressing the cost of ingreadents that are non-domstic. only time will tell.

still the dream and im keeping on that road.
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Following your dream is the only road worth following, Woo. Go get them. Brexit or no Brexit, I'll buy your beer for sure.

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Odin wrote:Following your dream is the only road worth following, Woo. Go get them. Brexit or no Brexit, I'll buy your beer for sure.

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thats good to hear. looking forward to meeting up. if i can find my capper ill bring some samples :D if not i may bring a growler or 2
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Wooteck, Congrats brother, great to read about you diving in. The brewhouse game is all about growth, growth growth. Once you have distribution channels, you can sell what you can make, so you'll be turning all profits into growth as often as you can because youre biggest problem will be you cant make enough. So keep this in mind regarding space.

Ive read some excellent books, written by people like you and me, that bootstrap breweries from nothing to ridiculous, with all the crazy challenge, growth and success stories. Tony Magee's book on starting and growing Lagunitas is excellent. Sam Caligione's books on Dogfish Head are great too. Jim Koch's book on Sam Adams and Ken Grossmans book on Sierra Nevada, all excellent. Many people have invented this wheel starting right where you are. Lucky for us, they wrote about it.

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Jimbo wrote:Wooteck, Congrats brother, great to read about you diving in. The brewhouse game is all about growth, growth growth. Once you have distribution channels, you can sell what you can make, so you'll be turning all profits into growth as often as you can because youre biggest problem will be you cant make enough. So keep this in mind regarding space.

Ive read some excellent books, written by people like you and me, that bootstrap breweries from nothing to ridiculous, with all the crazy challenge, growth and success stories. Tony Magee's book on starting and growing Lagunitas is excellent. Sam Caligione's books on Dogfish Head are great too. Jim Koch's book on Sam Adams and Ken Grossmans book on Sierra Nevada, all excellent. Many people have invented this wheel starting right where you are. Lucky for us, they wrote about it.

Cheers!
ive got sam caligione's one and james watt of brew dogs ones. while the us ones are helpfull theres alot that dosent apply to me in the uk.

the good think about starting out small is i can kick off using 60-100l fermenters that arnt too expensive. so i can grow on the fv capacity pretty quickly building a rack so i can stack fv keeps down on the floor space. installing chilling is where it adds a littel more to the price but i have a few ideas on what to do for that.

i think my issue is im maybe hypercritical of what i make and any flaws stand out. i had an iteresting conversation with a mon from the industry he said. it has to be good to great but you dont have to be making the best.
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