Workshops
Using Local Media to Boost your Brewery Business
Learn how to get free PR about your brewery in local media outlets from a veteran beer journalist.
Relaunching Taproom Events Post-Shutdown Panel
Find out from your fellow Nano Breweries what’s working in terms of hosting special events at tasting rooms as they’ve opened up after pandemic-related closures – and what hasn’t. From themed parties
Hazy Brewing Case Studies
The hazy category continues to evolve and grow as craft brewers from all sized breweries put their own spin on the craze for haze. Grant Lawrence and Tyler Schoales talk with different
Understanding and Maximizing Thiols
Let’s discuss thiols! Thiols have been the recent hot topic when discussing biotransformation in beer. These compounds are commonly associated with terms like tropical, guava, and passion fruit aromas, but what are
Small-Scale Sour Beer Brewing
Understand how to produce sour and funky beers for your small brewery from a fellow craft brewer and author of the book American Sour Beers, Michael Tonsmeire. You’ll cover wort production, growing
Brewery Membership Programs to Boost Loyalty and Revenue
Your brewery taproom might already have some version of a “mug club” for regular customers. But you can ramp up customer membership programs to another level that provide significant revenues and encourage
Intellectual Property Strategies for Breweries
With the number of craft breweries now in business, the chances are greater than ever you are going to overlap with other breweries on beer names and other matters related to intellectual
Equipment Planning for Brewery Expansion
The good news is your Nano brewery is going really well. So well you are at capacity with your brewing volumes and really can’t make any more beer on your current system.
The Financials Behind Beer Packaging Decisions
Kegs, Cans, Growlers, Crowlers, Bottles – there are plenty of packaging options for you to consider as a brewery business. Each packaging option comes with its own lists of pros and cons.
ABCs of Brewery Law
One of the biggest blind spots and areas of concern for new breweries starting up is getting a grasp on all the legal paperwork required for both a small business and especially
Brewery Branding 101
Branding is essentially telling a story about your brewery. But with a start-up brewery you have an empty page of paper. Where do you start? How do you prioritize what you need
Setting Up Commercial Brewery Accounts for Ingredients, Equipment, and More
One area of change for homebrewers launching a commercial brewery is working for the first time directly with companies that sell their brewing ingredients and supplies instead of just purchasing the same
