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Unfortunately, I can't find a wholesaler who caters to people like me. My dream is to one day own my own business, and I think this is a great option. Eventually, my goal is to open a retail location once I determine that the business will most likely be successful, but for now I'd like to operate the business from my home online. What do you think of this type of approach? Are there any places like this in your area? We’d love to hear about them and any feedback or perceptions you have about their business offerings and success/failures.I have built and managed an online store for the company I work for over the past 6 months, and would like to use these skills to open up a small online homebrew supply store. I personally believe this is really the future for homebrew shops that want to be competitive and stay in business.) (Coupling the brew shop with an aggressive mail order business as well would potentially add yet a third way to generate revenue to the store. For every homebrewer that doesn’t want some of the limitations that BOPs create, you’d be offering lower cost ingredients through the homebrew shop side because you’d be buying more ingredients than a solo homebrew shop.Īll in all, you could create an environment where you get to physically demonstrate the brewing process to people, you get to share your knowledge with new brewers (and hopefully learn something from experienced brewers) and your business would have two different types of revenue streams one supporting the other. For every new brewer you create at the BOP, you’d be able to sell them equipment and ingredients for making the transition to true homebrewing. I’ve often wondered how would combining these two businesses do. What about a combined BOP and and homebrew shop? The profit margin on either type of business seems like it would be really tight. Open a local homebrew shop in your area.Īvoiding a lengthy conversation about the pros and cons of each one individually I pose a new idea. We see two ways that can make this happen: 1. One idea would be to get a job where you can really share your passion for homebrewing (not just brewing) with more like minded people. But what if long hours in someone else’s brewery isn’t exactly your cup of tea. One obvious way to make that happen is to become a pro-brewer brewing beer for a commercial brewery or brew pub.

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Many homebrewers have dreams of turning their hobby into a full time job.

We recommend trying one out in your area if you are unsure about making the commitment to brewing at home. John and I have been to a couple of these types of places locally to us, and we’ve had a good time there.

It’s a fun way to spend a couple hours with friends learning about brewing and seeing what goes into making an extract batch of beer. All the while you mess up their place and not your own kitchen.

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The advantage is they have all the equipment, ingredients and know how to make beer. Are you familiar with the brew on premise (BOP) businesses? These are places that usually have several large kettles where you can go and brew a batch of homebrew.

Opening a homebrew supply store