Topic: Nanobrewing
Cellar Considerations: Planning and care
FREEOnce your brewhouse sizing is determined, the next big decision a brewery-in-planning needs to figure out is their cellar capacity. Take a peek down this rabbit hole as well as considerations for expansion
Brewery Membership Programs to Boost Loyalty and Revenue
Nano+ Members OnlyYour 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 long-term loyalty among your best customers. Alison Wisneski runs the marketing for Lady Justice Brewing Company in Denver, Colorado and their membership program
Maintaining your Taproom Draught System
Nano+ Members OnlyThe heart of a taproom is its draught system delivering the beer you’ve carefully brewed to customers’ pint glasses. But multi-tap systems need to be taken care of properly to save you headaches and money down the line. It’s also about protecting your beer so that it is served in the best possible condition translating
Equipment Planning for Brewery Expansion
Nano+ Members OnlyThe 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. So what’s the next step? How do you start adding equipment to expand your production to meet demand? Do you just start squeezing
Brewery Branding 101
Nano+ Members OnlyBranding 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 to do with branding before you even pour a drop of beer? And how do you identify and then translate that story into
Starting Up a Brewery Sensory Panel
Nano+ Members OnlyOne important quality control tool a craft brewery of any size can put into place is an in-house sensory panel. Learn why your brewery should have one, how to properly structure it, how to maximize the panel’s effectiveness, and how to keep this important beer evaluation program going over time. It doesn’t take much money
Intellectual Property Strategies for Breweries
Nano+ Members OnlyWith 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 property. It is simply an increasingly important legal dynamic any size brewery needs to better understand so you don’t get caught up in
2021 Nano Industry Trends Panel
Nano+ Members OnlyJoin moderator John Holl and listen to a panel of Small-Scale Brewing Equipment Manufacturers discuss the trends they are seeing in the Nano segment at the end of 2021 as they interact with hundreds of different Nano breweries across North America. MODERATOR: John Holl – BYO Nano Brew Podcast PANELISTS: John Blichmann – Blichmann Engineering
Hard Seltzer Production for Nanos
Nano+ Members OnlyThe demand for hard seltzer continues and you are losing potential sales to customers if you don’t have a clear, bubbly offering on your menu board. But making good hard seltzer at a small brewery isn’t easy with yeast demands and other challenges. Ashton Lewis has spent the past year educating smaller breweries on how
Turning Social Posts into Beer Sales
Nano+ Members OnlyThere’s no doubt social media is an important tool for small breweries to interact with existing and potential customers. There’s also no doubt it takes time and effort to create all those posts, so why not put those efforts to good use generating revenue. Learn how to take your brewery’s social media efforts to the
Keys to a Better Nano Brewery Business Plan
Nano+ Members OnlyThere are plenty of templates out there for creating a business plan. But the brewing business has its own specific needs and specialized considerations to keep in mind when you want to convert your dreams into a potential brewery launch. Luckily we have Audra Gaiziunas who helps craft breweries-in-planning write better business plans that will
Financing a Brewery Expansion
Nano+ Members OnlyCongrats – your small brewery is so successful you are thinking of adding capacity to meet demand! But shiny new tanks or a new location aren’t free and not everyone has enough cash flow or savings on hand to self-fund a brewery expansion. Learn the keys to financing your plans for growth with craft brewery