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kelly meyer
How NOT To Start A Damn Brewery
the podcast
People of Earth, I would like to welcome you to the How NOT To Start a Damn Brewery: the podcast. In this podcast I consider it my duty to share the sometimes gory but always honest truth hidden in the craft beer industry. Mainly that it rarely operates like a business. Margins are trash, distributors are garbage and capital expenditures are a raging dumpster fire. But many of the people are badasses. I autopsy deceased breweries, retailers and distributors. I talk with wineries, breweries and distilleries. All in the search for ways to lure out profitability and best practices. Support...
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Ratings & Reviews
4.7 stars from 35 ratings
This is a must listen too if you’re planning on starting a brewery. I’m in planning and have made some changes due to the info here. Thanks!!
cwoodley987 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 05/02/24
Extremely insightful
My ADHD took me down the brewing path and I’m currently in brew school at Saint Louis University. I started this podcast around June this year to really hone in on the business aspects of brewing. I’ve recently finished listing to every single episode and feel well equipped with the knowledge...Read full review »
Leadership Dr. via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/19/23
Absolutely no value to be found
The most negative piece of media I’ve ever heard. I get the concept and understand the baseline of what this show is trying to do, but it goes far past that and is insulting to an entire industry. In the spirit of this show, I’ll continue my review in the same vein of its episodes: The host...Read full review »
DerrockRescue via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 05/31/23
Recent Episodes
The focus of this show has always been to tell the stories of beer operations that one day turned off the lights for the last time.  I’ve chosen to be very selective when considering interviewing breweries that are still stirring their mashes. To date, I’ve only shared 5. There are a lot of...
Published 05/28/24
A few seasons back I realized that to truly tell the story of the business of craft beer, we needed input from other countries. So I reached out to Canadian, Australian, Norwegian, UK and South African breweries. Some of those interviews have already been released.  But the very first...
Published 05/18/24
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