A Brewer's Guide to Opening a Nano Brewery

by Dan Woodske

Dan Woodske is the owner and operator of his own nanobrewery, Beaver Brewing Company in Beaver Falls Pennsylvania. Starting as an avid homebrewer he wondered why there wasn't a brewery within an hour drive of his home...that's when he decided to take his passion for brewing to the pro level. This book describes everything you need from buying brewery equipment, marketing your beer, licensing, running your brewing, and finding that perfect space. The process of opening a brewery can seem daunting, but in under 100 pages you will find brewing good beer is the hard part, the rest seems easy once it is all laid out for you. You want details on the licensing process? You want to learn how to sell your beer? You want real life examples on how a nanobrewery works and how it can be profitable? Then buy this book. Don't spend $10,000 on a consultant, spend $15 and get info from someone that actually owns and operates a nano-brewery...and does it successfully.

Genres: Beer, Brewing, Nonfiction

92 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 15, 2012

Reviews

[Christopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great short book on starting a small business - brewing beer! The best line is, "Your beer doesn't need to taste good." We (and the author) know that's really not true but he's underlying the point that there is a lot of beer out there that isn't great but does a great job marketing itself. For the hobbyist looking to go pro, this is essential reading. It is not rocket science, Woodske often says it just common sense, but this provides an organized path to building your small brewery.

Looking for something interesting and short to spark some creavitity? This is worth it to the aspiring brewer and many others.

[Scoats · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great Xmas gift from my best bud. He knows I'm planning to open a nano-brewery this year. So this book was the perfect gift.

A perfect gift because it's
- informative
- easy to read. well written in a breezy but authoritative style
- concise. each chapter is bam bam bam. next!
- full of small useful tips

If you are planning to open a nanobrewery, this book is well worth the time and minimal investment.

[Scoats · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great Xmas gift from my best bud. He knows I'm planning to open a nano-brewery this year. So this book was the perfect gift.

A perfect gift because it's
- informative
- easy to read. well written in a breezy but authoritative style
- concise. each chapter is bam bam bam. next!
- full of small useful tips

If you are planning to open a nanobrewery, this book is well worth the time and minimal investment.

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

An easy to read guide on things to consider when opening a brewery. At 100 pages nothing too detailed but more like a checklist of things to make sure you understand before opening your doors. Great advice that allows you to be creative with what he is telling you, your personality and goals will determine what you do with what he advises.

[Rui Melo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Shares some of the most important topics to be considered when planning to start a nano brewery. It is more relevant for the American market.

[Barry Forrest · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm glad this was a kindle unlimited book and I didn't actually pay more than my time for reading it. Mr Woodske could use the expert help of an editor and someone to actually organize the book into chapters for him. I know that some automated tools mangle manuscripts when converting to kindle format, but double check for gaps in page numbers, repeated content and the like, please.

[Pon · Rating 2 out of 5]

A quick read

Mostly words from the author on his experience. If you're looking for technical aspects of opening a small brewery, this book is not for you. However, i did take notes on some of the author's advice in the book.

[Cherish DePinto · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read it in one day while I was brewing. Informative, to the point, and no frills. If you have every thought about trying to turn your brewing hobby into an income, this book will help you see what all goes into the process and without being a huge time investment.

[Eric Magruder · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and sweet. Not much info and lots of spelling/grammar mistakes. But, somehow still worth the $10.

[Andrew Kitslaar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great short and sweet book if you're interested in starting on a beer adventure.

[Samantha Glenn · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars
This worked well for a place to start, but not a lot of ground breaking information. Mostly just gets your mind turning and gives a checklist style layout.

[John Hubbard · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used this book and many of the ideas for minimizing cost.

[Tarmo Tali · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice pragmatic no-bullshit book from actual nanobrewer. Nice friendly and humorous style.

[Jan Halvor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to read. Lot of good info if you want to start a brewery.