Funny how things change in just a few weeks. Two weeks ago, I couldn’t stop wearing pantyhose and now I want nothing to do with them! No wait, that’s not what changed! I mean, yes it did. No, no…oh never mind! What’s really changed is that my glacial pace, as mentioned here, has become more [...]
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I’ve had an idea for a custom beer tap handle swirling around in my head this week. I mentioned it briefly on my Facebook page then realized about an hour later that I had not actually talked to any tap handle vendors! Doh! I took care of that problem very quickly. I’ve spoken to two [...]
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As I mentioned last week, I’ll be doing short and sweet blog posts just to let everyone know I’m still alive and moving along. I spent a lot of time this week tweaking my cash flow and profit and loss spreadsheets and completed the break even analysis spreadsheet. At this point, I’m pretty confident in [...]
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If you checked out my Panic Brewing Facebook page over the weekend, you probably saw some updates from the Craft Beer Conference. I was at the trade show portion on Friday only. I had a great time and learned a lot. Here are a few quick tidbits: I already knew Premier Stainless made excellent equipment, but [...]
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Last week I posted about having all of my costs for the brewery including start up costs and monthly expenses, except for glycol chiller installation. Well, I also discovered that I didn’t have the cost for steam boiler installation too. That’s kind of a big expense to miss. Now I have both. Boom. So now [...]
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There are a gazillion components that a brewery must have to brew and sell beer. I think most non-professional brewers, myself included, usually think of boil kettles, mash tuns, and fermenters when they think of breweries. Those are the sexy parts of the brewery. There is one component, however, that is always lurking, hiding behind [...]
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I just had a brainstorm a couple of hours ago and the idea has now come completely to fruition. I wanted to attend the Craft Beer Conference this year in San Diego, but I decided I didn’t want to shell out all the money involved. It’s May 2-5 and it is THE big trade show/conference [...]
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One milestone accomplished as of today: All the quotes I’ve requested have arrived! More info to come. That is all.
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Last week was a hodge podge of productivity. I spent quite a bit of my time collecting and submitting all the documentation for my home refinance and had the home appraisal completed last Friday. Everything is done and submitted. Just waiting to hear back from the bank. I was also distracted by a minor income tax [...]
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Another busy week this week, but for different reasons than last week. My plan last week was to get all my construction costs ballparked this week. Well, that didn’t happen but I definitely made progress and I had two other equally important issues to address this week, one was income taxes, the other will be [...]
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