Craft beer giving back; how a craft brewery could be helpful

I’ve written a lot lately about my 3 driving principles: to be helpful, inspirational, and creative. I’ve given an overview of how that will look in my craft brewery. I feel like that could still be fleshed out. Here’s a little bit more about how a brewery can be helpful.

Help is on the way, elevator, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL.JPG by Cory Doctorow on flickr

Help is on the way, elevator, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL.JPG by Cory Doctorow on flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

How a brewery could be helpful, inspirational, and creative

It is very surface-level to think that a company merely brings a product or a service to market. Companies are run by people, and people are more complex than that. We are driven by interests, desires, and principles. We have intentions, passions, and compassion. In a previous post I explained a little about the underlying reasons for my overarching theme: to be helpful, inspirational, and creative. In all that I do, I want to help, inspire, and create. Here’s what it looks like in a brewery.

The different types of food service at a brewery

In the last post I postured a few reasons why every craft brewery should have some sort of food service. Breweries are destinations; we travel far to visit breweries. Patrons like to hear the stories behind the beers; we want to hang out and learn about the beer and the people who made it. We’re going to be there a while, so we’re going to get hungry. And food is an important part of building community, something almost every company wants nowadays. Here are the different options for a brewery to serve food alongside their beer.

Why every brewery should serve food

A couple posts ago I was envisioning what my brewery would be like. I mentioned some things about the on-site food service and it got me to thinking generally about food service at breweries. Here are some thoughts on the current state of the craft beer community and it’s relationship with food.

Simon Pearce Beer Glasses by Didriks on flickr

Simon Pearce Beer Glasses by Didriks on flickr (CC by 2.0)

3 reasons you don’t need a brewery business plan and 1 reason you do

I spent the better part of last year writing a brewery business plan for the brewery that I plan to open in Monterey, California. It’s all so new to me. I talked to some small business owners in the area. Looked up a ton of stuff online. I attended the Startup Weekend and entered the Startup Challenge. And learned a lot doing it all. I don’t feel like my time was wasted writing the business plan. However, I’ve learned that it’s not as necessary as I once thought.

Stack of papers by Jenni C on flickr

Stack of papers by Jenni C on flickr (CC by 2.0)

What I hope to accomplish by starting a brewery in Monterey—Part 2 of 2: I want to help bring the craft beer renaissance to Monterey

In the last post, I explained that this blog is a place to gather my thoughts and cast a vision about starting a brewery. To ensure that all partners are striving for the same thing, a clear vision is crucially important. Last time, I explained that my ultimate goal is to help, to inspire, and to create. This time, I’ll explain that another reason I want to start a brewery is to help bring the craft beer renaissance to the Monterey area.

Banner for Core words for my microbrewery: Help, inspire, create.

What I hope to accomplish by starting a brewery in Monterey—Part 1 of 2: I want to help, inspire and create

Part of the reason that I wanted to start a blog, was to gather my thoughts and cast a vision about starting the brewery that I’ve been planning for the last year. When my partners left the project earlier this year, I learned that a clear vision is crucially important. This blogsite is a place to catalog my business ideas and other thoughts on the beer industry. In this post, I’ll explain that one thing I want to accomplish with a new microbrewery in the Monterey area is to help, to inspire and to create.

Banner for Core words for my microbrewery: Help, inspire, create.

Why I want to start a brewery in Monterey—Part 3 of 3: The market is ready for a progressive craft brewery

There are many reasons I want to start a brewery in Monterey. You don’t have to look long to find an array of statistics about the craft beer industry’s seeming invincibility; the economics of craft beer is exhilarating. There is also a great sense of community surrounding the product and the industry. Since living in the Monterey Peninsula area for the past 8 years, I have grown to love it and I’d like to stick around. I am also in a transitional phase of my life, and I think I can find a niche in the craft beer industry. In this last post of the series, I’m going to explain why Monterey is more than ready for a progressive craft brewery.

Photograph of sailing ships.