New blog following a brewery start-up
I don’t know if I’d call starting a small brewery a "start-up" (like a Bay Area tech company or something) but I like it. Joey of Cigar City Brewing writes:
I’m opening a small batch brewery in Tampa, FL and when I started I decided that I’d blog the entire process from start up on into production. We are currently about 3 months from opening and I think the blog is interesting both for people who are into craft beer and for people who have ever dreamed of opening a brewery. We have documented a lot of the major steps along the way which we think would be of interest to both craft beer fans and brewers.
I think I fit into both categories (into craft beer and (pipe)dreamed of opening a brewery), and since there seems to be a dearth of breweries in Florida this is doubly interesting. They’re already brewing test batches, too (I presume in somebody’s kitchen somewhere; I haven’t read that far yet).
The first link I posted above is to their actual website, which is still under construction; the blog itself is here. I’ve subscribed, you should too.
The guys at The Bruery did something similar and have recently started selling their beer. You can check out the blog at http://bruery.blogspot.com or their website at http://www.thebruery.com
That’s kind of a cool idea, especially for those who have seriously thought about opening their own brewery. Micro brewery is big business nowadays (pun definitely intended, booya!), which is just the way I like it.