Oct 29 • Taproom Talk
Top 3 Reasons Why I started My Own Brewery
I left my job as a fisheries biologist in 2021 to start my own brewery in a small logging town in North Idaho. I had never worked in a brewery before, and my hometown had never had a brewery in it before. After a failed attempt to get an SBA loan and buy a building in town for my brewery and Taphouse, I took up a job as a postal worker (A story for another post) to pay the bills and we decided to build the brewery from the ground up on my families farm. 4 years later and we have a successful local distribution brewery, and a new Taphouse on the waterfront. I get to take and pick up my son from preschool several days a week, take off for elk hunting whenever I feel, and there hasn't been a single day where I regretted leaving the career I went to college for. Here are the top three reasons why YOU should take the leap and start that passion project for yourself:
- FREEDOM & Independence - Being able to control your own schedule, decisions, and direction of virtually every aspect of your career is really what started it. I stepped out of the "someday" phase of starting my own brewery to actually taking the first actions when my wife and I were expecting our first child. If you are someone who cares more about being free in the long term, and in my case it was to be able to be there for my family whenever I could, then starting your own business might be for you. You WILL BE BUSIER than you ever have been, but you have more freedom to choose WHEN you are busy. Owning my brewery gives me the freedom to take time off whenever I can afford to.
- Growth Potential- You probably won't get rich quickly by starting your own brewery or cider etc. but in the long term if you're smart with your branding and culture, you can build something that exceeds any value you might have accumulated in your 9-5 and create generational wealth for your family. I have two sons under 4 years old and one more on the way, and I love the idea that they will have the option of using what I've built to help springboard them in their adult life.
- Purpose and Fulfillment- The immense about of responsibility you feel for your own business is real, and brings with it an equally powerful sense of meaning. Like becoming a father, now every decision I make impacts everyone around me. The local store managers and customers that I provide beer feel a sense of pride in seeing me succeed and go out of there way to promote my product. As the first and only brewery in the county, I have other businesses that stake their reputation on selling a local product and it feels good to be tied to others success.
Cheers! Comment below and let the group know YOUR reason for dreaming of owning your own business.
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