In September, I wrote an article for Beerpulse detailing how I would raise $1.25 million to start this brewery. When I recently asked my Modern Times Facebook fans for recommendations for my ultimate Kickstarter video clip, several said, “Whoa, whoa, whoa, Mr. Moneybags, what do you need Kickstarter advocates to do because you’re currently getting so much delightful, fabulous cash? Um, Lord Generous?”
Can you open a 30-barrel brewery for less? There are certainly various ways you could jeopardize top quality, sacrifice employee safety and security, delay key acquisitions, nullify yourself, as well as make the customer experience worse, which will certainly save you cash.
I don’t care if something is being utilized, or looks dynamic, or isn’t very efficient from the start. The brewery must be functioning well enough to produce beer that meets the highest quality and reasonable standards, as well as being a good viewing area and functional area.
What are “affordable requirements”? Some would surely argue that breweries cannot meet quality “affordable requirements” without a shopping list of products that surely take
into account the illusion of decadence and evil.
I. In this case, consider a three-boat development system – a wickedly luxurious system, but there are plenty of startups that do feel the need for three- and four-boat systems. Hell, some people see sloped
floors as high-end (and there are large, efficient breweries with floors that smell like fucking multicolored mold and mildew and fungus that can still make extraordinary beer, apparently), but I don’t see sloped floors as luxury.
Can you open a 30-barrel brewery for less? There are certainly various ways you could jeopardize top quality, sacrifice employee safety and security, delay key acquisitions, nullify yourself, as well as make the customer experience worse, which will certainly save you cash.
Every day, I have to choose what standards I can establish with my budget plan. Confidently, it’s not a very high standard. A grain silo, a more sloped floor chamber, a third 30-barrel fermenter, an investment in a grain elimination system, a different saccharification
mixer, a well-equipped lab, a medium-sized pilot development system, and a sampling area cold box are all products I’ve recently claimed “no” to because of budgetary planning concerns or “possible” products because of budget planning concerns.
The lack of these points will definitely affect the customer experience in some way. If I was really willing to triple my cash, I could probably manage all of it. I really didn’t.
When you see me presenting the modern Kickstarter project, I’m sure I’ll be asking for funds from charitable donors. It would certainly make their
experience with the brewery and the beer better. I can’t properly address these issues at the moment, because whatever they are.
actually added up to a lot more than even $1.25 million. Hell, some people think sloped floors are luxurious (and there are large, efficient breweries
with floors that smell like fucking multicolored mold and mildew, as well as fungus that can still make quality beer, which is obviously doable), but I don’t think sloped floors are high-end.