As the clock strikes 5 on a Friday, many Americans unwind with a cold beer. 🍻
For brewers and brewery owners, the color, taste profile, and smoothness of their beer are measures of success.
Yet, it’s important to remember that a brewery is a business like any other. While the love and taste of beer drive many breweries, it’s easy to overlook the fact that their business faces significant risks.
As a brewery owner, you dedicate yourself to crafting the perfect brew. Protecting your business from potential risks is just as vital as creating your signature flavors.
I collaborate with local breweries here in Arizona to protect their establishments, recipes, and futures from potential insurance claims.
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Support your local businesses. Brewery, bar, liquor store, restaurant, pool supply shop...whatever it is you shop for. Shop local when you can. Shop local when they deserve it...
The beer business has been rocky the past few years. According to the Brewers Association in 2023 there are more breweries than ever (9,761), while annual openings are decreasing year over year (495), and closures increased (418). Can you think of a brewery that closed lately? I can! Any that surprised you? Covid, variable interest rates loans, lots of breweries have tons of investors/partners....it's tough out there. I'm curious how 2024 data shakes out but I'd guess more of the same. I'm on record on Youtube: The Business of Craft Beer F**king Sucks.
We are growing here at TailGate Brewery, we don't make that a secret. But "success" in small business is an interesting dynamic. I see a lot "oh they're always busy, they don't need my business." I hear it all the time about other local businesses too. But just because their parking lot is full at peak hours, does not mean they don't need your business! Ever wonder why Wednesdays are Half Priced Pizza in the taprooms? It's not as busy as Fridays!
Craft beer is not in the completion game. We don't hang up our safety glasses and slap each others' backs til we die drunk from all the beer we brewed. Every day is a start from zero. Every day we have to make sure our trajectory continues. Because in our case, we built a pretty big organization that is growing! And like a teenager, that growing business needs to eat! That means we have to maintain that level of growth that got us here. To me that starts with being better than we were yesterday.
So whether it's us, or whatever your local business is: support them. We are growing when the industry is loud about some shaky times. But just like every other business - it's you that decides if we continue to grow or not.
Pro tip: Money's tight but you want to help your local business? A 5 star review on any online platform is the single most valuable thing you can do for a local business. Trust me.
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Did you know that something as simple as a gasket or an o-ring can impact the taste of a beer?
That’s right: poor quality seals don’t just put compliance at risk, they also put quality in danger.
So, today, on #NationalCraftDistilleryDay, we want to offer a solution: work with Brewery Gaskets.
Brewery Gaskets specializes in helping craft breweries and distilleries find the right seal for their operation: including compliance regulation, sizing, and more.
We’ll raise a glass to that!
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Hey brewers, wondering how to get your brews in the hands of more craft beer lovers? Expanding your licensee base is a great place to start, because:
- Folks visiting restaurants and bars may be more willing to try a new beer by the pint than committing to buying an entire case.
- Restaurant or bar licensees may have tapped into a community or audience you haven't engaged with yet.
- Distributing kegs to licensees can be more cost-efficient and produce better profit than selling packs of bottles or cans.
Here are 5 key, actionable steps you could take right now to begin growing your licensees: https://lnkd.in/gJ3tT8Wf#craftbeer#craftbrewery#beer#beverageindustry
Scottish breweries are closing at a rate of more than one a month as they face a double peril.
Writing this week about a decrease in the number of smaller breweries it emerges the decline in craft beer makers has this year become steady, yet it comes as demand is at its height. So what’s happening?
My Business Week column
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