The Steps to Start a Brewery

What are the steps to start a brewery?

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
― Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father of the United States

Without good planning and preparation, breweries, like all new or small businesses, have a high rate of failure. To start a brewery and navigate the pitfalls of bringing your dream to reality, we recommend creating and executing a long-term plan by completing the following 10 steps. These steps will take you from concept to grand opening. More importantly, successfully completing these steps will help ensure that your brewery business is prosperous, resilient, and enduring.

    How to start a brewery, step 1, concept
  1. Concept – Decide what you’ll offer customers & how it will differ from other breweries
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    How to start a brewery, step 2, brewer's school
  3. Brewer’s School – Gain the knowledge & experience to master the brewing process
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    How to start a brewery, step 3, business plan
  5. Business Plan – Define your objectives & the strategies required to achieve them
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    How to start a brewery, step 4, financing
  7. Financing – Secure the financing you will need to buy brewing equipment & start your brewery
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    How to start a brewery, step 5, location
  9. Location – Identify the site & the building where your business will reside
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    How to start a brewery, step 6, layout
  11. Layout – Develop the architectural & engineering drawings of your brewery’s internal space
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    How to start a brewery, step 7, construction
  13. Construction – Build or renovate a building to the specifications in your layout
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    How to start a brewery, step 8, install
  15. Installation – Set up the brewery equipment so that you can begin brewing
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    How to start a brewery, step 9, commission
  17. Commission – Test & operate all systems and functions of the business
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    How to start a brewery, step 10, grand opening
  19. Grand Opening – Welcome your customers into your working brewery & business
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Portland Kettle Works has started more than 250 successful breweries using this proven 10-step process. Let us help you.

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