Ranked #1
MicroBrewr 085: Starting a brewery is a full-time job
MicroBrewr 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... Read more
13 Oct 2015
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45mins
Ranked #2
MicroBrewr 054: Start a debt-free nanobrewery
MicroBrewr 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. Lyn... Read more
10 Mar 2015
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45mins
Ranked #3
MicroBrewr 064: How to write a business plan for a brewery
MicroBrewr 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 c... Read more
12 May 2015
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57mins
Ranked #4
MicroBrewr 026: A microbrewery, a taproom, and a brewery incubator
MicroBrewr 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. Plat... Read more
9 Sep 2014
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36mins
Ranked #5
MicroBrewr 044: What every brewery should know about trademarks
MicroBrewr 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 fee... Read more
6 Jan 2015
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56mins
Ranked #6
MicroBrewr 066: How to get an SBA loan for a startup brewery
MicroBrewr 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... Read more
26 May 2015
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48mins
Ranked #7
MicroBrewr 036: How to write a business plan for a gastropub brewery
MicroBrewr 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 the... Read more
18 Nov 2014
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53mins
Ranked #8
MicroBrewr 068: An SBA loan can help open or grow your brewery
MicroBrewr 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, Nort... Read more
9 Jun 2015
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48mins
Ranked #9
MicroBrewr 022: Expanding to… India!
MicroBrewr 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 Comp... Read more
12 Aug 2014
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49mins
Ranked #10
MicroBrewr 002: Using a Flagship Beer To Build a Brand w/ Alamo Beer
MicroBrewr 002: Using a Flagship Beer To Build a Brand w/ Alamo Beer
We Made It To Podcast #2 (I’m going to have a beer to celebrate)! First off, I have to say thanks for the amazing suppor... Read more
24 Feb 2014
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40mins
Ranked #11
MicroBrewr 031: Accounting solutions for your craft brewery
MicroBrewr 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 F... Read more
14 Oct 2014
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #12
MicroBrewr 067: How to find investors for a brewery
MicroBrewr 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 r... Read more
2 Jun 2015
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #13
MicroBrewr 041: A flagship nanobrewery in a tourist town
MicroBrewr 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... Read more
23 Dec 2014
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58mins
Ranked #14
MicroBrewr 033: Wastewater treatment solutions for a craft brewery
MicroBrewr 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, Colorad... Read more
28 Oct 2014
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55mins
Ranked #15
MicroBrewr 079: The importance of budgeting for working capital
MicroBrewr 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 ha... Read more
1 Sep 2015
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #16
MicroBrewr 077: The importance of writing your goals
MicroBrewr 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 leg... Read more
18 Aug 2015
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56mins
Ranked #17
MicroBrewr 046: Start your brewery as a worker-owned co-op
MicroBrewr 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 fo... Read more
20 Jan 2015
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44mins
Ranked #18
MicroBrewr 063: A hundred-page business plan and barely enough money
MicroBrewr 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 Co... Read more
5 May 2015
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56mins
Ranked #19
MicroBrewr 038: Learn the classics and stay true to your genre
MicroBrewr 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 ... Read more
2 Dec 2014
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48mins
Ranked #20
MicroBrewr 042: Open a microbrewery to revitalize an economy
MicroBrewr 042: Open a microbrewery to revitalize an economy
Matt Katase wasn’t yet legal drinking age when he read an autobiography of a brewery owner. Then he and his friend, Asa ... Read more
30 Dec 2014
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48mins