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Zan Tyler Podcast: Thriving in Your HomeschoolWilling, Winsome, and Wise: The Homeschooler's Approach to Advocacy | Nathan Pierce | Ep. 107Second-generation homeschooler and the Executive Director of Family Protection Ministries, Nathan Pierce joins Zan in exploring practical ways homeschool families can safeguard educational freedoms. Nathan shares heartwarming stories of how homeschoolers have influenced legislators and offers simple, effective strategies for engaging in the political process. Learn why bringing your whole family to Homeschool Day at the Capitol can be a game-changer and how even the youngest homeschoolers can contribute to preserving liberty. Zan and Nathan discuss the value of debate skills, voting as a family, and taking daily freedom breaks to cultivate an appreciation for liberty in your homeschool...2024-08-2133 minZan Tyler Podcast: Thriving in Your HomeschoolEnhancing Academics with Play, Work, and Life Experiences | Nathan Pierce | Ep. 106Growing up, Nathan Pierce had a strong dislike for math and sitting still. His parents were undaunted. Because they homeschooled, they could build plenty of time into Nathan’s school days to play, be outside, and to build things. One year Nathan constructed a working drawbridge for a treefort he and his mother had built together. Through this, Nathan began to learn the importance and usefulness of math. As he grew older, he started his own firewood business–and through serving customers, employing his friends, and keeping the books, he learned even more about this crucial skill. Nathan thought he w...2024-08-1425 min
The Communication ArchitectProtecting Your Family's Freedom: An Interview with FPM's Nathan PierceWhat anti-faith, anti-family bills are looming on the horizon? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for an interview with Nathan Pierce, the Executive Director of Family Protection Ministries. Nathan spends his day like a watchman on the wall, scouring the legislature for bills that intend to undermine faith or family. Learn how you can help protect your family and support FPM on today's show! Pastors, if you're ready to join the Academic Rescue Mission, we can help you reach your community with a model that disciples two generations at once! Learn more about your K to 12 homeschool support options at AcademicRescueMission...2024-03-2526 min
Black BerylBuddhist Healing in Contemporary Japan, with Rev. Nathan Jishin MichonToday I sit down with Rev. Nathan Jishin Michon, a postdoctoral fellow at Ryukoku University and an ordained priest in the Shingon Buddhist tradition. Our conversation touches on diverse Buddhist healing rituals and the role of light in Shingon practice and cosmology. We discuss the playfulness and innovation in modern Japanese Buddhism, and the rise of chaplaincy after the 3.11 tsunami and nuclear disaster. We also talk about Nathan’s ethnographic work in Japan, as well as their experiences volunteering in a “listening cafe.”Resources mentioned in the episode:Pierce Salguero, Buddhism and Medicine: An Antholo...2023-10-051h 01
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The Unstoppable Podcast with Jonny PierceNathan Carter: Country Music Star's Journey | E2Unstoppable Podcast featuring Nathan Carter 🤩
Nathan reveals his biggest struggles on his journey to date, how he started into music and common misconceptions people have of him.
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MicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 093: Sharing profits and building community with a cooperative brewery
William Hubbard and Mike Johnson are helping to build the Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It follows the cooperative brewery business model.
Cooperative breweries are an increasingly popular way to build a local brewery that helps build the community. We’ve previously talked a bit about the subject on MicroBrewr Podcast and blog.
Other posts about breweries as coops:
MicroBrewr: 046: Start your brewery as a worker-owned co-op
MicroBrewr 047: Proof of concept for a brewpub co-op
MicroBrewr 049: Planning California first cooperative brewpub
For a brewery truly ro...2018-12-2848 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 092: Email marketing for breweries
Alex Standiford in Akron, Ohio started Fill Your Taproom to help breweries attract more customers. He does that through website development, social media management, branding, and email marketing.
“It’s not about trying to get people to buy your stuff. It’s about building the relationship and then providing the information that empowers them to make a decision.” [Tweet This]
Email isn’t dead and it’s not just for online digital businesses; email is important for “brick-and-mortar” real world business, too. In fact, email is an ever more important part of your overall marketing plan.
Nin...2017-12-311h 01
THE FCR LIVE SHOWSPart 7In Part 7, Nathan will play you at the end Micheal Bolton with How am I Supposed to Live Without You and tells you why he listens to this song before he goes to bed.2016-12-0415 minTHE FCR LIVE SHOWSPart 6Part 6 is all about Nathan's Top 3 where he will play his top 3 tunes that make him feel good all day, everyday. Starting with Bon Jovi and Always a classic love song.2016-12-0413 minTHE FCR LIVE SHOWSPart 5In the second hour, Nathan introduces you with his great Dance hit S-Club 7 with Reach.2016-12-0414 minTHE FCR LIVE SHOWSPart 4In part 4 you will joined by Nathan Pierce where he will play you a massive floor filler and going to the Seven Nation Army.2016-12-0414 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 091: Let them do the job you hired them to do
Michael Altman was in the industry for years when he bought a brewpub. Now he’s been operating Iron Springs Pub & Brewery in Fairfax, California for 12 years. Before they opened he had to have back surgery and totally reinvent his role for the brewpub.
“You really need to live, breathe and be the beer.” [Tweet This]
“The first 6 months we owned that pub, every single day I called my wife and said we’re selling this place, I can’t stand this, this is ridiculous,” recounts Michael. “Thank God for my wife who was my rock.”...2016-10-1145 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 090: State of the podcast
TRANSCRIPT:
Welcome to MicroBrewr podcast. Where we talk about everything craft beer related, but especially for if want to start your own microbrewery or take your existing brewery to the next level.
As usual, I’m Nathan Pierce, the host of MicroBrewr Podcast.
So I just want to give you a short update today. This is going to be kind of a “state of the podcast” address to let you know some recent developments in my life that could potentially affect the future of MicroBrewr.
So I just want to be transp...2015-11-1714 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 089: Make whiskey from high-quality craft beer
Over a few beers, Tim Obert’s friend from college, Clint, told him that whiskey is actually made from cheap beer. They got to thinking, why not make whiskey from high-quality craft beer? Thus was born Seven Stills of SF, in San Francisco, California.
“I wish I would’ve taken on investment sooner.” [Tweet This]
Whiskey is a distilled spirit made from the fermented mash of usually malted grain, like beer. At first Tim and Clint were homebrewing in the backyard of Clint’s parent’s home, and “distilling that out, not really with the intent...2015-11-101h 06MicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 088: A brewing pedigree from Kansas to Texas
Andrew Huerter comes from a family of brewers. His parents were founding members of the Kansas City Beer Meisters homebrew club and his dad won a blue ribbon for one of his beers. Now Drew is following in their footsteps. He worked at a handful of breweries and before helping put together BrainDead Brewing in Dallas, Texas.
“Find a way into an operating brewery.” [Tweet This]
Some of the audio was lost due to technical difficulties with the call. Here are notes from the audio podcast and the parts that got left out.
2015-11-0326 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 087: Differentiate your brewpub with unique menu items
At 55 years old Ken Carson tried to get a job at a brewery, but nobody would hire him—even for volunteer. So with no brewing nor restaurant experience, he started Nexus Brewery in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
“I fell in love with the concept of beer and community.” [Tweet This]
Ken did have some business experience: he was president of a small bank. He joined the bank in their first year and helped it grow from $7 million in assets to $150 million and 5 branches.
When Ken saw an ad for making a batch of beer...2015-10-2747 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 086: The future of apple cider in America
Nick Gunn and his wife were working for her family’s winery. They had the idea to start growing apples for cider. One of the cideries to whom they were selling apples decided to close down and they offered to sell the business to Nick and his wife who moved Wandering Aengus Ciderworks to Salem, Oregon.
“Cider is a really exciting proposition for a lot of investors.” [Tweet This]
Now they have two brands of cider.
Wandering Aengus is the traditional brand of cider. The Wandering Aengus brand has ciders that are mor...2015-10-201h 09MicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 085: Starting a brewery is a full-time job
Cody Martin worked in civil engineering and environmental engineering. After touring some breweries and seeing that they use familiar equipment, he asked his wife if he could start a brewery. She found work in Texas and he started Martin House Brewing Company in Fort Worth, Texas.
“Starting a brewery is a full-time job.” [Tweet This]
After they moved back to Texas, Cody worked full-time for 15 months to start his brewery.
“If you want to be a brewery in planning for 3 or 4 years,” he offers, “then go ahead and keep your job.”
In that...2015-10-1345 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 084: A healthy alcoholic beverage: hard cider
As soon as Mark McTavish could acknowledge alcohol, he gravitated toward hard cider. Later, he attended beverage management school and opened a craft beer bar in Toronto, Canada. Now in the U.S., Mark owns a cider distribution company and 101 Cider House in Los Angeles, California.
“As a cider maker, you’re not really making anything. You’re more of a custodian to the beverage.” [Tweet This]
Mark had a long career in the fitness business, selling exercise equipment and helping gyms get started. He is very health conscious and this comes through in his ha...2015-10-0651 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 083: Market branding for a cider company
Fran Toves’ son challenged her to enter cider into the homebrew competition. After her 3 entries made it to the top 10, she figured it time to take the product to market and started Common Cider Company in Drytown, California.
“There is no need to start a cider company with a million dollars.” [Tweet This]
Cider is not brewed the way beer is made, but similar fermentation tanks and bright tanks are used for making cider as making beer. After the initial attention at the homebrew competition, Common Cider Company started with a 400-gallon (13-BBL) test ba...2015-09-291h 00MicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 082: Gluten free beer for a large market
Brian Kovalchuck has a background in finance and marketing and came to beer late in his career. After he helped with the turnaround of Pabst Blue Ribbon, Brian became CEO of the gluten free Bard’s Tale Beer Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
“I wish I had been in the beer business a long time. It’s a great business to be in.” [Tweet This]
In the U.S. there are approximately 2 million people with Celiac Disease, an autoimmune disorder that causes damage to the intestine from eating gluten. There are approximately another 6 times that numb...2015-09-2259 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 081: An R&D laboratory for craft beer
The guys at Portland Kettle Works had the idea to start a nanobrewery. They needed one of their employees to run it, so Chris Sears stepped up and took charge of Labrewatory in Portland, Oregon.
“If Portland is anywhere close to being saturated, the rest of the U.S. has a long way to go.” [Tweet This]
Labrewatory won’t be just a nanobrewery. It will be part R&D and showroom for Portland Kettle Works, part collaboration brew lab, pilot brewhouse for hire, a brewing classroom, and who knows what else they’ll think...2015-09-1553 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 080: Brewing the American Dream winner for 2015
A friend asked Marta Jankowska and her husband whether they wanted to use his warehouse space and go pro with their brewing. The warehouse space fell through, but they were far along in the process, so they decided to go for it and opened ChuckAlek Independent Brewers in Ramona, California.
“Your time is so much more valuable actually planning on how to grow the business.” [Tweet This]
“Even though that original space fell through,” says Marta, “we were already so far along in planning that we just decided to go for it.”
They had ru...2015-09-0848 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 079: The importance of budgeting for working capital
Wim Bens was born in Belgium and moved to Texas when he was 7 years old. He applied to American Brewers Guild just to have the option. Now, 3 years after opening Lakewood Brewing Co. in Garland, Texas he can barely keep up with demand.
“If you start doubting what you’re doing, then you shouldn’t be doing it.” [Tweet This]
Wim’s original business plan called for 3 employees, adding about 1 employee per year, for every 1,000 barrels produced. They had planned to expand production to 7,000 barrels in year 7.
Two years later after opening, th...2015-09-011h 07MicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 078: Around the world and back with the craft beer industry
Bill Morgan has brewed on 2-BBL systems all the way up to 250-BBL systems. Craft brewing has taken him around the world and back. Now he’s gone full-circle, brewing on 4-BBL system and loving the flexibility it provides at The Blind Pig Brewery in Champaign, Illinois.
“Is it really craft beer if it’s available in all 50 states?” [Tweet This]
After graduating with a degree in Biology, Bill used his left over student loan money to attend brewing school at Seibel Institute of Technology.
Within 3 years of graduating from Seibel, in 1997 h...2015-08-251h 22MicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 077: The importance of writing your goals
Michael Peticolas learned about homebrewing from his mother. After achieving all the goals he set for himself in the legal field, he decided to pursue his passion of beer with Peticolas Brewing Company in Dallas, Texas.
Michael says he feels very fulfilled with having achieved his list of goals. He saved a lot of money while working in law, which allowed him to start his brewery debt free.
“We didn’t open up this big huge, grand brewery, which I see all over the place,” said Michael. “This was my money. So my wife and I decide...2015-08-1856 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 076: Carrying the torch of authentic beer styles
After a microbiology degree and studies at the world’s premier culinary college, Seth Gross was working at a restaurant and hanging out at the nearby Goose Island Brewpub. Pretty soon they offered him a job. Today Seth owns his own brewpub, Bull City Burger and Brewery in Durham, North Carolina.
“I have people who will bleed for what we do. And I don’t know how I got so lucky.” [Tweet This]
“The day we opened, the line was out the door and around the corner,” says Seth. The restaurant ran out of food on th...2015-08-111h 09MicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 075: Recruit the right people for the right job
Mark Doble opened Aviator Brewing Company, Fuquay Varina, North Carolina, in November 2008. In less than 7 years he has started a brewery, a trucking company, a restaurant, two bars, and soon a new brewery with a distillery. All of these business are still operating.
“Not having to work at a corporate job anymore, that’s one of my favorite things about the brewery.” [Tweet This]
With over 100 employees total, Mark says hiring the wrong person is one of the biggest mistakes he has made in the past. He recommends spending time to recruit the right p...2015-08-0455 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 074: Contract brewing for homebrew craft beer club
Noble Brewer is an online craft beer club featuring homebrewers’ best beers. It’s not exactly legal to sell homebrew by mail, so Claude Burns at Noble Brewer connects the homebrewer with a commercial brewery. Then they ship great homebrew from their base in Oakland, California.
If you want your homebrew to be featured in one of Noble Brewer’s quarterly shipments, here’s how Noble Brewer picks the homebrewers:
Homebrewing competitions and BJCP results
Willingness of the brewer to share her story
Whether the recipe will scale
Style variety in relation to the past picks
Read: ...2015-07-211h 07MicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 073: Contract brewing: quality product with low barrier to entry
David Olsen dives into things all the way. He decided that he wanted to homebrew, so he read about 15 books and took some short classes at UC Davis. Within 6 months he was winning awards at homebrewing competitions. He started Craft Artisan Ales, in Pacific Grove, California, with contract brewing because it was an easier barrier to entry.
“Even to get like a 7-BBL system going, you’re going to need at least a half-million dollars,” estimates David. “Then you have the labor, the insurance, the overhead, the space, the lease, all those other factors that go into it.
...2015-07-1449 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 072: Batch 4,000 and brewery law reform in Minnesota
Dave Hoops has been brewing for decades. He brought what he learned in California to Minnesota and helped change the brewery laws there. Now his West Coast style beers have been working well for Fitger’s Brewhouse Brewery & Grille, in Duluth Minnesota.
Minnesota does not allow breweries to self-distribute to outside accounts. So Fitger’s has “tied houses,” restaurant/bars that are “tied” to their brewery. That is, their production brewery makes beer for the restaurants that they also own.
If they wanted to package beer for outside distribution, state law would require them to sell the res...2015-07-0737 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 071: Four years from brewing school to brewmaster
Ashley Kinart began homebrewing to learn about the brew process so she could better answer customer questions at the craft beer bar where she worked. She eventually realized that it really interested her, so she enrolled in the World Brewing Academy at Siebel Institute of Technology. Four years later she became the brewmaster at Capital Brewery, in Middleton, Wisconsin.
Although Ashley is happy about her “quick rise to the top,” she says she would have liked to get more experience in every part of the brewery operations.
“I definitely would have liked to spend a little...2015-06-301h 11MicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 070: Brewery law reform and scaling up in Indiana
Jeff Mease worked in his parents’ grocery store when he was a kid. “I had grown up in a family business,” he recounts. “By the time I was legal, I didn’t have any fear of business.” Indeed, when Jeff was just 19 years old, he started a pizza business that is still Bloomington’s favorite pizza delivery service.
Twelve years later, Jeff started Bloomington Brewing Co., in Bloomington, Indiana. It was the 4th brewery in Indiana and the laws were not conducive to brewpubs.
If your state has archaic brewery laws, Jeff has some advice for brewery la...2015-06-231h 18MicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 069: Arrrgh! What to do when yer job gets boring
Mark Robertson got bored of his job, so he opened a brewery. Pensacola Bay Brewery, in Pensacola Bay, Florida follows their local heritage with a fun pirate motif. But they’re not all scurvy. After 5 years, Pensacola Bay Brewery is going strong, expanding operations, and willing to share what they’ve learned.
Mark hesitates to disclose how much money they spent to start their brewery. “I will not divulge numbers,” he says, “for the simple reason that you can’t do it for what we did it at, today.”
Nonetheless, he estimates that it would cost $1.5 mill...2015-06-1649 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 068: An SBA loan can help open or grow your brewery
Two years ago, Adam Charnack and his partners got a $254,000 SBA-backed loan to start Hi-Wire Brewing in Asheville, North Carolina. Today, they’re expanding to a second brewery with another SBA loan.
“The SBA involvement in craft beer,” says Adam, “has been a part of the success of craft breweries being able to open and grow.”
“The way that banks are willing to look at breweries is totally different under and SBA lens. We’re all just young guys that wanted to start a brewery. So we’re not rolling in [money] or have some big financing. W...2015-06-0948 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 067: How to find investors for a brewery
UPDATE: Mistakes and clarifications have been corrected, per Jenny Kassan.
You planned the brewery of your dreams. You researched the market and you know it will be profitable. But you don’t have a million dollars under your pillow to start it. Now how to find investors for a brewery?
Jenny Kassan, an attorney and consultant in Oakland, California, graduated from Yale law and worked for 11 years helping to build really small businesses. For the last 9 years she worked in securities law, “the very highly regulated world of raising money for a business.” Now she does c...2015-06-021h 09MicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 066: How to get an SBA loan for a startup brewery
Kris Kennedy works in the Small Business Lending Group with First Community Bank in Roseville, California. They were the first financial institution listed as an allied trade member of California Craft Brewers Association.
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s loan program makes it easier for small businesses to get funding from traditional lending institutions. Kris teaches us how to get an SBA loan for a brewery.
All participating banks must go by the SBA guidelines. There are typically 5 criteria to judge worthiness for a loan:
Cash flow – This could be historical or projected. Can...2015-05-2648 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 065: Finding the right small business insurance for a brewery
Moores Insurance Management, in St Paul, Minnesota is an independent insurance agency. They’re not an insurance company; instead they act as an advocate for small businesses, to assess risk and help pick the best insurance plan for your situation.
Jack Moores has been working in the industry for 5 years. He’s the risk advisor for the agency that his father heads. They specialize in finding the right insurance for craft breweries.
Insurance categories that a brewery likely needs:
Property insurance – For the building and the brewing equipment.
General liability – For third-party claims against your bre...2015-05-1950 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 064: How to write a business plan for a brewery
Dave Lavinsky went to business school at University of California at Los Angeles. After he won a business plan writing competition, he wrote a few for other businesses. Then he started Growthink, in Los Angeles, to help entrepreneurs and business owners develop their business plans so they can raise capital and grow their business.
3 reasons why people don’t do a business plan:
No time
Don’t know what to write
Don’t know how to do the financials
Dave is steadfast that you shouldn’t take too long to write a business plan. “To spend more...2015-05-1257 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 063: A hundred-page business plan and barely enough money
At the height of the great recession, Kevin Selvy had a hundred-page business plan and started Crazy Mountain Brewing Company in Edwards, Colorado with $500,000. He calls it an irresponsible amount of money and estimates that nobody should do it with less than $1.5 million.
Nonetheless, he met his 3-year sales estimates within 3 months. After 5 years, their beer is distributed to 18 states and Europe, and they just entered the California markets.
“The best advice I could give,” says Kevin, “is give up your day job and go work for a brewery. When it comes to finding investors, if you...2015-05-0556 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 062: Cohesive brand development for your brewery
Measured Methods is a multi-purpose agency focusing on craft breweries and other artisanal crafts. They’re based in Burlington, Vermont, but they can provide a variety of services for breweries anywhere. They focus both on the front end, such as branding and anything a customer would see, and also back end, such as processes and supply chain issues.
In this episode, Eric Lussier and Bethany Baker, talk with us about branding, how to develop a look and feel to your company image.
“Behind your product quality,” says Bethany, “the single most important thing about your brand is...2015-04-281h 07MicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 061: Use social media to directly interact with your customers
Tim Mather was just getting into craft beer when he and a friend created the highly-popular mobile app for beer drinkers, Untappd, based in Los Angles, California.
“Neither of us really knew anything about beer,” admits Tim. “I knew that I wasn’t too big into macros. I was just starting to get into larger craft brands. We were both really into social media.”
Tim and his partner, Greg Avola both work full-time jobs during the day. Yet they keep Untappd going in their spare time.
With over 2 million users who “check in” beers that the...2015-04-2159 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 060: How to make a website that people find
Allan Wolfe is a beer writer who started UnEarthed Creative in Chicago, Illinois. His online marketing firm helps small businesses in the new world of online marketing. They specialize in marketing for small breweries.
“If you’ve got the best beer, but nobody knows it exists, what’s the point?” says Allan.
“As the craft beer industry becomes so much bigger, every market has a certain point where it’s saturated,” Allan explains. “The craft beer market is heading directly toward the saturation point. I think that’s when the market is going to get really competitive...2015-04-1458 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 059: How to get the most out of a beer festival
Beer festivals are an important part of a startup brewery’s marketing plan. Stephanie Carson and SuperFly Fabulous Events in Asheville, North Carolina put on 11 beer festivals every year.
I asked her, how much do beer festivals play a part in a startup brewery’s existing marketing plan?
“I think it’s everything,” says Stephanie. “A startup brewery is not going to have the marketing budget, they’re not going to have the advertising budget, they might not even have a contact at a good distributor.”
“So I think attending a festival is really important.”...2015-04-0752 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 058: Be confident to get where you need to go
Laura Ulrich is the small batch brewer at Stone Brewing Co. in Escondido, California. She has worked there for 11 years, after working in the bottling line at Odell Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado.
“Twelve years ago,” says Laura, “There wasn’t a focus on having the degree in brewing.” She says she would have liked to take more science classes to understand the technical sides of brewing.
It doesn’t seem to be hindering her. She created the widely popular Stone Smoked Porter with Vanilla Bean.
Laura has worked on the bottling line, in the...2015-04-0255 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 057: Create new revenue streams for your brewpub
Jamie Baertsch did an internship with Wisconsin Dells Brewing Co., in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, and she stuck around until they started paying her. Today she’s the brewmaster, winning awards for her beer, and planning the expansion to a production facility.
Wisconsin Dells Brewing Co. is the brewing part of Moosejaw Pizza brewpub, which experiences 50% of their sales just in the summer months. During that time the brewing capacity is maxed out, but in the rest of the year it’s much slower. To keep busy and to make up for lost revenues in the slow times of t...2015-03-311h 15MicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 056: Applying organic chemistry to brewing
Nadia Vazirzadeh had only a bachelor’s degree in biology, zero knowledge of beer, when she started working on the quality control team at Golden Road Brewing, Los Angeles, California.
“I knew I wanted to do something the rest of my life that I loved,” she says. “I still had people trying to convince that, ‘Don’t you want to be a doctor? What’s beer really doing for anybody?’ I take pride in what I do in the beer industry. I think it’s really important. I really like what I do and this alone is really fulfilling...2015-03-2455 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 055: Use contract brewing to de-risk with minimal cash injection
If you’re like me, you don’t have a million dollars to start the brewery of your dreams. If you have brewing skills and can create recipes, contract brewing could be a way to create a product and establish a customer base with minimal initial investment. That’s how Jayne Lewis and Danielle Allen started Two Birds Brewing in Spotswood, Victoria, Australia.
Jayne and Danielle were longtime friends when they realized they each shared long-term life goals. Danielle had a background in marketing and sales, while Jayne had years of experience as a commercial brewer.
Nine...2015-03-1753 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 054: Start a debt-free nanobrewery
We all have a dream to start a brewery. Many of us don’t have the money required to start the brewery of our dreams. Lynn Jacobs and her husband, Jeff, started Great Storm Brewing in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with no debt. Best of all: They started making a profit immediately.
Great Storm Brewing opened in March 2012 with a 1-BBL system. Lynn and Jeff worked hard at first. But after 6 months they hired the first employee. The success has been so great that they contract brew larger batches under “alternative proprietorship” to help meet demand.
Now ap...2015-03-1045 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 053: Pink Boots Society empowers women in beer
Teri Fahrendorf had been brewing professionally for 19 years when she went on a road trip. She visited 71 breweries, brewed at 38 of them, and blogged the whole way. Throughout the trip, she did meet a few other women working in craft beer. They always asked whether there were others. So they started the Pink Boots Society.
Pink Boots Society is a non-profit to empower women beer professionals to advance their careers in the beer industry. Today, Pink Boots Society has over 1,500 members in 40 chapters worldwide.
You don’t have to be a brewer to be a me...2015-03-031h 14MicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 052: Share your brewery’s story with a podcast
Joe Short started Short’s Brewing Company in Bellaire, Michigan in 2004. Today Short’s Brewing is one of the fastest growing of Michigan breweries. Their young, savvy marketing program includes a podcast.
“A large part of making people aware of us,” says Joe, “is the fact that we are always able to just tell our story through photos and blogging in the early days through our website. When we added more people to the team, we started picking up things like Facebook and Twitter. Now we’re able to work with Mike to bring us to the next level...2015-02-2458 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 051: Augment your brewery’s marketing plan with a podcast
Podcasting is exploding. Even breweries are using podcasts to share their story or as part of their marketing plan. John Lee Dumas, founder and host of Entrepreneur On Fire, in San Diego, California is the expert on podcasting and starting a podcast. He sheds light on using a podcast for a brewery.
Podcasting can be a great way to gain access to experts in your field. People who wouldn’t normally have time to set aside and give you their tips, are more willing to do it to gain exposure through your podcast.
Podcasting is al...2015-02-1730 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 050: Have passion and be persistent
Drew Dillman from Craft Conscious, in Cincinnati, Ohio, interviews all sectors of the craft beer industry. Rather than beer tastings or reviews, he pulls back the curtain on the business of beer.
Nearly 100 audio interviews are in iTunes and many more full video interviews are on the website.
“It’s something new every single time,” says Drew. “Ninety-four different breweries so far, and each one I keep thinking to myself, ‘I’m going to run into the same content over and over again.’ But I never really do.”
Craft Conscious interviews craft beer’s top experts, ent...2015-02-1045 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 049: Planning California’s first cooperative brewpub
You’ve decided that your brewery is going to be a cooperative. Now you need to find others who will share the burden and resources. You can work together to start your own brewery. That’s what Christian Borglum and others are doing with San Jose Co-op Brewpub in San Jose, California.
San Jose Co-op Brewpub is still being planned. So it’s not certain what the future establishment will look like. A dedicated group of people are volunteering their time and pooling resources toward their shared dream: to own and operate a brewpub.
Other podcast...2015-02-0347 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 048: Package your beer cheap and easy with mobile canning
You pinched every penny. You begged, borrowed, and stole to start your brewery. People are enjoying your beer at the taproom, and now you want to expand your reach. You still don’t have capital to buy a dedicated canning or bottling line. Matt Woempner, from Mobile West Canning, in San Diego, California, explains how mobile canning can work for you.
Mobile Canning West serves San Diego, Arizona and Southern Nevada. Mobile Canning Systems provides training and guidance to all of their affiliates. So if you’re outside of
Mobile West Canning’s area, you can li...2015-01-2955 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 047: Proof of concept for a brewpub co-op
If you’re thinking of starting a brewpub, the cooperative business model might be the way to go. Chris Hamje has been at Black Star Co-op Pub and Brewery, in Austin, Texas, since shortly after they opened. He explains how the cooperative model plays out for their operation.
Jessica Brook Deahl, an accomplished and self-proclaimed “Beer Artist” at her opening show with head brewer Chris Hamje of Black Star Co-op.
“There’s a lot of precedence for a worker-owned factory model,” explains Chris. “When you look at beer, this is a very high-tech fabrication plant. The model work...2015-01-2755 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 046: Start your brewery as a worker-owned co-op
The cooperative business model is gaining popularity. Even many craft breweries are forming as co-ops. If you want to form your brewery as a co-op, Janelle Orsi, Executive Director of Sustainable Economies Law Center, in Oakland, California can answer your questions.
The cooperative business model is still relatively unknown. A worker-owned “co-op” is usually democratically organized, so each employee gets a vote on business decisions and elections for the board of directors. Employees earn dividends based on patronage—the amount of time they have invested in the business, rather the amount of money they have invested.
Other...2015-01-2044 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 045: Launch your brewery with a strong opening night
You’ve spent months working toward opening your brewery, now you’re finally ready for the public. How do you come out with a bang? Henry Thornhill and friends recently opened West Cork Brewing Company in Baltimore, Ireland. They share how to put on a successful opening night.
West Cork is renowned for its high quality food. Now quality craft beer also comes from West Cork.
West Cork Brewing was started in 2014 by three friends, Henry Thornhill, Dominic Casey, and Kevin Waugh, with just €15,000 (approx. US$12,000).
Although it’s a nanobrewery operating in the basem...2015-01-1351 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 044: What every brewery should know about trademarks
There are so many stories about breweries in trademark disputes. The last thing you want is to get sued or pay legal fees to protect yourself. Paul Rovella is attorney and partner at L+G, LLP Attorneys at Law in Hollister, California. He tells us all about trademark issues for your brewery.
Although “common law” provides some protection, you are still at risk.
One especially painful story is that of Backshore Brewing Co. The owner, Danny Robinson told us on MicroBrewr Podcast 041 that he had to change the name of his brewery—and he was still...2015-01-0656 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 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 past year for MicroBrewr and also an update of my plans to start a brewery, because some people ask about that. Myself wanting to start a brewery, has sort of become the premise of a lot of Mi...2014-12-3113 min
MicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 043: BONUS Happy New YearTRANSCRIPT: 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 […]
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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 advice:
Don’t do it.
Strategically schedule donations and media interviews throughout the campaign.
Get lots of donations the first day to foster media impressions.
Research for optimum length of time.
I first heard about The Brew Gentlemen from...2014-12-3048 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 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 the brand.”
It seems to be working. In a town whose population fluctuates from 3,000 in the winter to 300,000 in the summer, Backshore has a 1-BBL brewhouse and has beer made under contract to meet demand.
I first heard...2014-12-2358 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 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 Share Project.
Then they followed their own dreams, quit their jobs, and started working for themselves. For their next project, Alexis and Chip travelled across the country interviewing people with a dream job in one field—craft beer! They made a beer mo...2014-12-1642 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 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. Kyle is the first person to go through the brewing apprenticeship program and he’s so glad that he did.
The apprenticeship gave Kyle a jumpstart in everything he needs to know to open a brewery.
His advice...2014-12-0944 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 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 Alto, California, which later became Gordon Biersch Brewing Company in San Jose, California.
Gordon Biersch went on to open brewpubs throughout the U.S. and abroad. They had to divest, but remain connected. Meanwhile Gordon Biersch Brewing Company was the 49th largest craft brewery...2014-12-0248 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 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 for all of us in this industry.”
Anchor Brewing has been operating in San Francisco under the same name since 1896. The company struggled severely in the mid-1900s. Fritz Maytag loved to drink Anchor Steam Beer on tap, and he bou...2014-11-2548 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 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 design process they decided to rework it and plan for a full kitchen. It was more expensive to build, but it was worth it.
“That has turned out to be one of the better ideas for this place,” says Brian. “Our food has really...2014-11-1853 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 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 job at the storied Triple Rock Brewery. He met Nico Freccia who was writing for Celebrator magazine. But when they later met again in brewing classes at University of California, Davis, they decided to become partners on their own brewery.
21st Amendment galler...2014-11-111h 10MicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 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 variety of styles. Todd grew up a “military brat” who moved around a lot. In college, a friend had a constant supply of European beers. The offerings from Boulder Dam Brewing reflects this vast geographic influence.
Boulder Dam Brewing also partic...2014-11-0450 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 033: Wastewater treatment solutions for a craft brewery
Wastewater treatment is a key issue for a craft brewery. John Mercer from Brewery Wastewater Design in Montrose, Colorado has more than a decade of experience. He shares wastewater treatment solutions for a craft brewery.
For every gallon of beer produced, a typical brewery uses 7 gallons of water. If your municipal wastewater treatment plant can’t handle it, you could be facing high fees for wastewater treatment.
Brewery wastewater can fall into one of several categories:
Floor drains in the brewery, which contain alcohol, sugars, and other contaminants.
Kitchen drains, which includes grease.
Restrooms, wh...2014-10-2855 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 032: Export beer to tap new craft beer markets
Maximus BumSoo didn’t like beer so he told his friends that he was allergic to hops. Finally, one night in London, he drank a London Pride and loved it! He emailed the company and spent the next 3 weeks learning about beer. Then he flew to London and got the exclusive distribution deal.
Now Maximus is CEO and President of London Ale & Co. in Seoul, Korea. They are the exclusive distributor of Fuller Smith & Turner’s beers from the United Kingdom.
If you have excess product or if you want to expand to new markets, you...2014-10-2159 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 031: Accounting solutions for your craft brewery
So you want to start a brewery and you don’t know what to do about bookkeeping and accounting. Audra Gaiziunas, Brewed For Her Ledger, guides us through accounting solutions for your craft brewery.
With a degree in accounting and a Masters of Business Administration, Audra worked as controller for Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. Later, she served on the board of North Carolina Craft Brewers Guild and worked as CFO of Mother Earth Brewing.
Now Audra provides a “kind of one-stop shop, mercenary, CFO for hire” for craft breweries. She helps with accounting solutions such as bus...2014-10-141h 04MicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 030: Hire a mobile canning system and put your beer cans on store shelves sooner
Myles Stone was in his second year of medical school when he and Michael Mallozzi started Borderlands Brewing Co. in Tucson, Arizona with just $2,000. They both have full-time jobs besides the brewery, but they make it work. “Our secret,” says Myles, “Is to have wonderful people around us.”
Water is scarce in the deserts around Tucson. Conservation is central to Borderlands Brewing Co. operations. They save water in the following ways.
Cut water use one-third by running hot water in the heat exchanger, through cool water in a rainwater harvesting system.
Save rinse-water by adjusting pH to use i...2014-10-0741 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 029: Selling more beer through your local craft beer store
Tiffany Adamowski and her husband have been operating 99 Bottles beer store in Federal Way, Washington for the past 7 years. She tells us how to work with a craft beer store like hers to sell more beer.
99 Bottles has over 1,200 labels of craft beer in stock from over 40 different countries. They also have ciders, meads, and a gigantic selection of beer kegs. They do growler refills and they offer tasting flights every day.
99 Bottles has won a bunch of local awards like “best beer selection,” “best beer store,” and “don’t miss” bottle shop.
This a long ep...2014-09-301h 01MicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 028: Repaving the way for women in craft beer
Eilise Lane drank a beer in Bend, Oregon that changed her life. After she found out that a woman made the beer, she opened Scarlet Lane Brewing Company in McCordsville, Indiana.
Scarlet Lane Brewing Company’s website:
It was at one time illegal for males to brew beer. We intend to respect that history with our beer designs, our marketing our branding, and our operations. Scarlet Lane is excited to be (re)paving the way for females in the industry…
And they certainly are repaving the way for women in craft beer. Scarlet Lane...2014-09-2347 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 027: Family, church, and craft beer in a small valley town
Brett Tate wanted to tell his family’s story. So he did it with craft beer and Dust Bowl Brewing Company in his hometown, Turlock, California.
Brett’s family left the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma and made a new life in California. Dust Bowl Brewing’s entire brand is a tribute to that story.
Turlock is a small valley town where Ripley’s Believe It or Not once counted the most churches per capita in the US. Now Dust Bowl Brewing is helping to revitalize the community with their brewery and their restaurant, and soon an expand...2014-09-1640 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 026: A microbrewery, a taproom, and a brewery incubator
Paul Benner had been operating his homebrew shop for 2 years before he opened Platform Beer Co., in Cleveland Ohio. Platform is a microbrewery and taproom. It is also an innovative* brewery incubator. Although business incubators are popular across the world and in a variety of industries—especially in technology—none exist solely to assist brewery startups.
The program is free and, as you could imagine, there is already an extensive waitlist.
The 12-week brewery incubator program teaches and assists on every aspect of brewery startup including:
Apprenticing with a brewer
Guidance on financing
Sourcing equi...2014-09-0936 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 025: A religious experience at the homebrew club
In 2009 Erich Allen had a “religious experience” the first time he went to a homebrew club. He started brewing all-grain batches and made 7 beers in one week. Soon he had a dream to open a brewery. Then it became his passion, and then his obsession. So he and his wife visited 48 breweries around the nation to get advice before they converted a photography studio at their home into a 3-BBL nano brewery: Studio Brew in Kingsport, Tennessee.
Erich tells great stories. He takes us on the long journey through the many permitting agencies. At first it didn’t seem...2014-09-0249 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 024: Real ale in the mountain bike capital of the Northwest
Ted Sobel quit his high-paying job as a software engineer and took a couple years off to walk around the United Kingdom. When he was done walking, he opened Brewers Union Local 180 in Oakridge, Oregon.
Although they get calls about unionized labor, it’s just a clever name. Brewers Union focuses first on providing a traditional English “public house.” It’s a “third place,” a place other than home and work. It’s the local.
They make English-style cask conditioned ales, and they have guest beers on tap to support the locals and the many passersby who...2014-08-2642 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 023: Keep striving to be better
Patty Elliott met her husband at Armadillo Music Hall. Years later, even while running their export business, they saw an old hardware building in their town and decided it should have a brewpub in it. So they started Pecan Street Brewing in Johnson City, Texas.
While they spent 3 years renovating the building, their son, Sean, practiced brewing.
They strive to make Pecan Street Brewing a “third place.” A third place is a place other than work or home, where people can spend a large amount of time and feel just as comfortable as at the othe...2014-08-1929 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 022: Expanding to… India!
Matt Greff fell in love with beer while at university in Germany. He and his wife, Rene Greff, opened Arbor Brewing Company Brewpub in Ann Arbor Michigan in 1995. Since then, they opened a microbrewery in nearby Ypsilanti, Michigan and, just a year and-a-half ago, opened a brewpub in Bangalore, India!
They operate under the principle of “capitalism with a conscience.” Rather than being focused solely on profits, they aim for their business to be good for the community and good for their employees. “The best decision we every made,” says Matt, “was giving our management team a lot of aut...2014-08-1249 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 021: The most expensive beer that’s been poured in Pinellas County, Florida
Justin Stange opened 7venth Sun Brewery in Dunedin, Florida in January 2012. They’re contributing to the explosive growth of beer in Florida by focusing on consistency and creativity. 7venth Sun made the first canned Berliner Weisse in Florida. And their first beer sold for $203 per pint—the most expensive beer that’s been poured in Pinellas County, Florida!
About his proudest moment as a brewery owner, Justin says: When I saw my beer being poured out in other accounts for the first time, that was really cool because then I felt amongst my peers, the other friends I have...2014-08-0537 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 020: Beer for every man, woman, and child in Big Sky Country
Cathy Smith and her husband opened Philipsburg Brewing Company in Philipsburg, Montana. They found a cool, old building, built in 1888, spent a few years fixing it up, and hired Mike Elliott to be their pro-brewer.
In August 2012, Philipsburg Brewing opened to a crowd of about 100 people—and that’s in a town with a population of about 850!
None of them had ever owned a brewery before, but they’re business is doing fantastic. They say that their biggest mistake was not being ambitious enough. They currently are operating a 10-BBL system, and are planning to expand...2014-07-2931 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 019: Marketing a flagship beer with Roswell aliens
In this episode, I talk with Rich Weber from Sierra Blanca Brewing Company and Rio Grande Brewing Company in Moriarty, New Mexico. Rich started Sierra Blanca in 1996, added the Alien brand in 1997, and bought Rio Grande Brewing Co. in 2006.
Rich had been homebrewing since 1987 and was already working 100 hours a week at his own restaurant, when he started Sierra Blanca. He hired master brewers to mentor him for the first 2 years and has been growing steadily ever since.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of aliens crash landing near Roswell, New Mexico, they released Alien Amber...2014-07-2243 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 018: Start a commercial FrankenBrewery for $18,000
In this episode, I talk with Nigel Askew from Horsefly Brewing Company in Montrose, Colorado. As a teenager, Nigel made beer for his dad in Zambia. In the 1990s he was homebrewing in Los Angeles. When he moved to Colorado, he took his 1.5-BBL homebrew system. He and friends pooled money and started their brewery for $18,000. A year later, they moved to a larger facility and expanded to a 10-BBL FrankenBrewery. Now they’re getting ready for a 20-BBL system.
Horsefly Brewing Company’s main operating tenet is to be fair and honest. Nigel is super generous with...2014-07-1542 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 017: Work with customers to make award winning beer
In this episode, I talk with Chris Goulet from Birdsong Brewing Company, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Chris and some friends were so impressed by 21-year-old homebrewer, Connor Robinson, that they started a brewery to showcase his beers.
Birdsong Brewing Co. was just the fourth production brewery in Charlotte. Although they have been operating less than 3 years, they’re making award winning beer using customers’ ingredients, and they’re leading craft beer in the Charlotte metropolitan area.
Birdsong will soon expand into a larger facility with a brewhouse 3 times the size of their current one. “Happy staff ma...2014-07-0839 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 016: Nanobreweries rise up!
In this episode I talk with Nick Ellis, founder and brewmaster at Opposition Brewing Co. in Medford, Oregon.
In 2011 Nick was employed as a bookkeeper when he received notice that he would loose his job within a year. So he and his wife, Erin partnered with Dennis and Penni Poncia to start the nanobrewery in Oregon’s Rogue Valley. They began with a 0.5-BBL system, but soon moved up to a 1.5-BBL system. Now they’re getting ready to install a 7-BBL system and are planning to package beer for distribution.
In the beginning, all 4 of t...2014-07-0339 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 015: Randal Denver’s advice for a homebrewer who wants to become a professional brewer
In this episode I talk with Randal Denver, brewer from Yards Brewing Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Randal started homebrewing several years ago and got hooked.
“It was kind of the first thing that I ever felt I was good at,” he said.
So he applied for a job with Yards Brewing Company and started working on their packaging line. Since then, he has moved up to brewer, and makes any beer in the Yards Brewing lineup.
Randal offers great advice for a homebrewer who wants to become a professional brew...2014-06-2930 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 014: Zachary Typinski’s career in craft beer culminates in a neighborhood brewery
In this episode I talk with Zachary Typinski from the upcoming, Neighborhood Brewing Co. Urbanrest Brewing Co. in Ferndale, Michigan.
Zachary has years of experience throughout the beer industry. He has worked in merchandising and retail, distribution and sales. He’s also a draft certified technician, Certified Cicerone®, BJCP Novice Judge, and an award-winning homebrewer.
Currently Zachary is the Michigan sales manager for Oskar Blues Brewery, and he is in the process of opening his own brewery.
He shares creative ideas for “getting liquid to lips,” and what it takes to bring b...2014-06-1800 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 013: Meet your new host for MicroBrewr podcastMy name is Nathan Pierce, and I’m so happy to say I’ll be your new host for the podcast, taking over for Joe Shelerud. Thank you Joe, I’ll do my best to continue this great thing you started. In this episode I talk about: MicroBrewr podcast and the transition to a new host A little […]
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My name is Nathan Pierce, and I’m so happy to say I’ll be your new host for the podcast, taking over for Joe Shelerud. Thank you Joe, I’ll do my best to continue this great thing you started.
In this episode I talk about:
MicroBrewr podcast and the transition to a new host
A little about the format going forward
Update on my plans to start a brewery
Most of this is covered in a recent blog.
Transition to a new host
I was shocked when I hear...2014-06-1015 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 012: How To Start Up a Brewery for $125,000 w/ Wild Earth Brewing
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 everything that I’m currently doing. While doing this podcast has been an absolutely amazing experience, after a lot of consideration I’ve come to the sad conclusion that I’m going to need to give it up to be able to fo...2014-05-2041 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 011: Starting a Brewery in Hawaii w/ Sean Garvey
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. We also talk about starting a brewery in a location that experiences a lot of tourism and how to strike a balance between reaching out to locals while also getting the attention of tourists who will be on the island for a li...2014-05-2038 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 005: The Start of the Journey of Building a Brewery w/ Nathan PierceGrab 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 […]
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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 to hear about the journeys of those in the craft beer industry. With the experiences of some amazing people, hopefully I can give back to this community to help inspire brewers to start a brewery or provide tips on what’s w...2014-04-0134 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 004: Craft Beer Quality Control and Bottling w/ 3 Sheeps Brewery
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 been going back and forth on this for a few weeks but I have to give a special thanks to my friend, Nathan Pierce for pushing me to commit to the weekly podcast. In the next podcast, you’ll get to meet...2014-03-2432 minMicroBrewr PodcastMicroBrewr 000: Welcome to MicroBrewr Podcast
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.
Do you love craft beer?
Are you fascinated by the variety of flavors in beer and the diversity of breweries?
Have you ever wondered what it’s like behind the scenes of a working craft brewery?
Do you dream of leaving your job and starting a brewery of your own?
Then you are in the right place!
About the ho...2014-02-0110 min