Small scale commercial.

[joe-mc]

Why don't you two pool your resources and open a brewpub? 'The Fire House'

Good idea.
I'm in Tyne and wear Bazz.
You?


Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

[Bazz]

Why don't you two pool your resources and open a brewpub? 'The Fire House'

Good idea.
I'm in Tyne and wear Bazz.
You?


Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

We'd have to meet n the middle somewhere, i'm in London

[joe-mc]

Sunderland then. [SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH]

Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

[Horatio]

Go for it. I did and love it. I was also a firefighter too! I set up in 2013 in an outbuilding in the garden. It is hard work and you won't get rich either. Within a year I had a 2.5bbl brewery and have now expanded to a 6bbl plant on an industrial estate. All started with a 10 gallon set up!

[chefgage]

Go for it. I did and love it. I was also a firefighter too! I set up in 2013 in an outbuilding in the garden. It is hard work and you won't get rich either. Within a year I had a 2.5bbl brewery and have now expanded to a 6bbl plant on an industrial estate. All started with a 10 gallon set up!

I am currently doing up an outbuilding (i have a thread started somewhere on here) to house my small brewery. After reading your post who knows where it might take me!

As for the OP I would say definetly go for it, the more I read the more I see there are lots of people that have made it work.

[Kev888]

Quite a few people try this, a few do succeed so it can be done (especially if serious profits aren't expected) but also many fail so its definitely something to think carefully about before investing heavily, IMO.

Aside from taxes and legislation the biggie seems to be that brewing (and associated stuff like cleaning) is only a small part of whats needed; selling the stuff is a hurdle for many too. You'd probably want to assess whether market stall could sell enough to recover the investment, it may be that you'd need additional sales outlets.

[Bazz]

It definitely seems like a possibility then, like i said i have a few years to get organised with this, it's not something i'm going to be rushing into, and fortunately for me the aim is to only top up my pension rather than to make a million, and i intend it to be just one product amongst my line up of cheeses, chocolate and chutneys. It just happens to be the one product that has more red tape around it.

[Rookie]

About the only way to make a small fortune with small scale commercial brewing is to start with a large fortune.

[McMullan]

About the only way to make a small fortune with small scale commercial brewing is to start with a large fortune.

And possibly lose it Minimal investment with lots of 'elbow grease' and graft. Nothing to lose? Your neighbour brews better beer

[fego]

Nothing to lose? Your neighbour brews better beer

Just wondering what you mean by that?

[McMullan]

Nothing to lose? Your neighbour brews better beer

Just wondering what you mean by that?

Brewing fantastic beer is easy.

[Kev888]

Brewing fantastic beer is easy.

Yes, especially when 'fantastic' is to the taste of just a few like-minded people. Brewing it consistently at that same high level, and perhaps to the taste of a wider audience, is harder. To do so at a profitable budget and to a schedule/turnover that meets demand can be harder still. I don't think its uncommon for people to find their initial quality difficult to maintain when time gets taken up by other business requirements and/or when time becomes money.