Tuesday night my final(planned) son was born. the last time we had a child (middle one) I was working for the post office. I was being called and asked if I could come back to work the next day. I told them no, but I was already committed to starting my own brewery so I didn’t give a shit if they were mad about it. Start your own business. It’s scary, hard work, and thankless. But I’ll never miss a big moment again

Brewing today on this beautiful sunny Sunday because we’re having a baby on Tuesday. Our best seller is down to a single half barrel keg left and I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re sold out for a week before I get it done. When you’re the owner and brewer you just gotta get it in when you can fit it in.

Can’t find a building? Build one yourself. The shell of this building was around (ballpark) 24k delivered to the site, paid a crew to put it up for around 4k, took em 4 days. Obviously renting a restaurant or something would probably be ideal (already set up with all the “food” production requirements in mind) . But if you’re in state and/or county with a hands off mindset like we are in Benewah county Idaho you can easily start any business you want at home. No zoning. Our brewery runs off the same well as the house. We did have to put in another drain field and septic. We still produce the beer here and self distribute and transport beer to our retail location. In Idaho you can currently have TWO retail locations on the same license if you want.

January thru March are always our worst months as far as beer sales go. Once April hits you can breathe a sigh of relief and then get ready cuz summer is comin

I started a brewery with zero commercial experience. I prepped the land, I helped build the building, I framed in the rooms, brought in the equipment, designed the layout, came up with the recipes, and to this day I’m still the brewer, I can and keg manually, distribute, and manage the taphouse. None of these things have been perfect, some things have worked out well, some things I wish were different. Oh and today is the baby shower for my third son. This Skool group is for all of you to ask questions, encourage each other, share ideas, and just connect with other beer lovers and people who might want to take the leap to brewery owner someday. Feel free to ask me anything and get a convo started!