Ahhh, the eternal question. Second most popular question we get after “Where is the brewery going to be located?” and “Do I have to call the police on you again?”. I’ve been blogging this journey since October 11, 2011. You would think this thing would be up and running right? I remember back when I [...]
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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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Hey, what is this place? Some sort of “web log” thing it seems. I vaguely remember being here before. Hi there! It’s been over a month since I last posted! That’s dumb! So are all of these exclamation points! There’s another one! Crap. Well, we’re officially in that phase I call “Write Checks to Lawyers”. [...]
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I’ve been very bad about posting updates. I’m in kind of a transitional phase in this monstrous process. Finishing the business plan (which will require some additions and some modifications to the numbers) was a great feeling, but after I completed it I realized this: shit just got real. Working on my business plan seemed [...]
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As I move on to the next and more difficult phase of this endeavor, financing, I thought I would share some goodies I learned from the business plan phase. Here is a link to the template of my business plan. This is simply the business plan with all section and subsections and all content removed, [...]
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As the business plan phase quickly winds down, it’s time to start really thinking deeply about how I’m going to finance this brewery. Here’s my plan: I will acquire a small business loan (hopefully SBA backed) to provide me with the capital to purchase all the equipment I’ll need. As mentioned in a previous post, [...]
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