A "day in the life of a brewer" would be an interesting series if you have connections in the industry. It brings attention to smaller breweries and the unique people that run them. It brings engagement from people who may be curious on what its like behind the scenes similar to your other videos.
I’d be interested in seeing the different systems that brewers operate on. From completely manual to automated, small to large, etc., and the pros and cons of them. For example, sure it might be a lot of work to manually stir a mash ton while graining in, but you don’t have to worry about maintaining rakes or getting anything caught in them as they spin. Or, while a system might have automated, pneumatic valves, they can sometimes fault
I started watching the channel to learn about running a brewery and really appreciated the transparency in the challenges. The videos I enjoyed the most were the frank and in-depth discussions about the state of the industry, the state of your brewery, etc. I love the video when you were talking about trying to figure out how to upgrade your system but running into the problem that your current brewery would struggle to generate the revenue to accomplish this. Certainly, your postmortem following the closure about what went well and what didn’t go well was profound. I would love to see more videos about start up costs, decision points, different business models, how to do a brewery business plan etc. (how do you choose a logo? How do you figure out your market?). perhaps talking with other breweries about their operations, how they got started, challenges, etc. no matter what you talk about, the “secret sauce“ of this channel is your personality, honesty and reflections drawing upon your experience so no matter what you do, I feel like it really needs your experience and give you a platform to talk about your perspective PS. The other bonus whether it is a direct goal to communicate or it is something that is simply implied, everybody becomes better from the things that don’t work out and everybody goes to what you are going through. Role modeling how you navigate this, normalizing the challenge of finding your place is another thing that really is special about this channel
Think smaller? Consider being the brewery of your neighborhood and not a regional brewery. Open a place near where you live and make excellent beer. Stay in the 1-3 bbl size to start. Make the channel follow this path. I loved the idea of Czech beer but maybe that’s not what’s popular. Figure out what people want and brew that…possibly be a purely seasonal brewery where you’re always revolving what’s on tap.
I am sure that over your 12 year journey (the lessons of hard knocks) you have learned a lot. Sharing what things you have learned and how you envision the future of the craft beer industry would be interesting. Cheers!
Hey sir! What about something that deals with talking about specific breweries in and around the Austin area. You could share your thoughts on what’s your favorite local beer and why or even your favorite brewery and why. My family and I love going to breweries for the love of beer and talking about the space as well. I think that could help local breweries or share insight on specific beers that people haven’t tried yet.
Here’s a question. For starting a home brew system 110 or 220? Dose it matter 5, 10 20 gallon, ? I have brewed before but wanting to enter at a more controlled professional level. Love your content
One idea would be to do the Texas beer version of this guy: youtube.com/@antsbbqcookout?si=kxidUK32b8lmtlQR He travels around and showcases different BBQ spots and what makes them special. So the idea would be to do the same but with Texas beer/breweries
Took the survey. didn't apply to your demographic as I'm in Europe but thought you'd benefit from the information. I think the reason that your survey resulted in people heavily leaning toward desiring equipment over trying to obtain an entire brewing installation comes down to cost, your audience being home brewer types with a desire or dream to expand and thus output. Who, in that situation wants a 20hl mash tun 6 fb's and rent on 500 m2 to start a venture? I have limited experience in commercial brewing, but do have what I consider good knowledge of how to produce a good beer which I'd like to explore in terms of commercial production. Why would I pay a whack for a bundle when I could pick up a 2hl tun and 4hl pressure tank to start on the fly? I subscribed because of your early brew day videos of what by brewing standards is an old school, gas fired tun (if I recall, no control unit). this gave me hope. Maybe this is a clue to your audience.
A "day in the life of a brewer" would be an interesting series if you have connections in the industry. It brings attention to smaller breweries and the unique people that run them. It brings engagement from people who may be curious on what its like behind the scenes similar to your other videos.
I’d be interested in seeing the different systems that brewers operate on. From completely manual to automated, small to large, etc., and the pros and cons of them. For example, sure it might be a lot of work to manually stir a mash ton while graining in, but you don’t have to worry about maintaining rakes or getting anything caught in them as they spin. Or, while a system might have automated, pneumatic valves, they can sometimes fault
I started watching the channel to learn about running a brewery and really appreciated the transparency in the challenges. The videos I enjoyed the most were the frank and in-depth discussions about the state of the industry, the state of your brewery, etc. I love the video when you were talking about trying to figure out how to upgrade your system but running into the problem that your current brewery would struggle to generate the revenue to accomplish this. Certainly, your postmortem following the closure about what went well and what didn’t go well was profound. I would love to see more videos about start up costs, decision points, different business models, how to do a brewery business plan etc. (how do you choose a logo? How do you figure out your market?). perhaps talking with other breweries about their operations, how they got started, challenges, etc. no matter what you talk about, the “secret sauce“ of this channel is your personality, honesty and reflections drawing upon your experience so no matter what you do, I feel like it really needs your experience and give you a platform to talk about your perspective
PS. The other bonus whether it is a direct goal to communicate or it is something that is simply implied, everybody becomes better from the things that don’t work out and everybody goes to what you are going through. Role modeling how you navigate this, normalizing the challenge of finding your place is another thing that really is special about this channel
Think smaller? Consider being the brewery of your neighborhood and not a regional brewery. Open a place near where you live and make excellent beer. Stay in the 1-3 bbl size to start. Make the channel follow this path. I loved the idea of Czech beer but maybe that’s not what’s popular. Figure out what people want and brew that…possibly be a purely seasonal brewery where you’re always revolving what’s on tap.
I am sure that over your 12 year journey (the lessons of hard knocks) you have learned a lot. Sharing what things you have learned and how you envision the future of the craft beer industry would be interesting.
Cheers!
Hey sir! What about something that deals with talking about specific breweries in and around the Austin area. You could share your thoughts on what’s your favorite local beer and why or even your favorite brewery and why. My family and I love going to breweries for the love of beer and talking about the space as well. I think that could help local breweries or share insight on specific beers that people haven’t tried yet.
I’d say more actual drinking of beers in the videos. So we can drink along with ya!
Do more of the same on a disc golf course instead of a parking lot.
Here’s a question. For starting a home brew system 110 or 220? Dose it matter 5, 10 20 gallon, ? I have brewed before but wanting to enter at a more controlled professional level. Love your content
@elsydro8064 do you mean 110 or 220 volts/power? If so, It would just depend on your equipment requirements . Cheers!
One idea would be to do the Texas beer version of this guy:
youtube.com/@antsbbqcookout?si=kxidUK32b8lmtlQR
He travels around and showcases different BBQ spots and what makes them special. So the idea would be to do the same but with Texas beer/breweries
Took the survey. didn't apply to your demographic as I'm in Europe but thought you'd benefit from the information.
I think the reason that your survey resulted in people heavily leaning toward desiring equipment over trying to obtain an entire brewing installation comes down to cost, your audience being home brewer types with a desire or dream to expand and thus output. Who, in that situation wants a 20hl mash tun 6 fb's and rent on 500 m2 to start a venture? I have limited experience in commercial brewing, but do have what I consider good knowledge of how to produce a good beer which I'd like to explore in terms of commercial production. Why would I pay a whack for a bundle when I could pick up a 2hl tun and 4hl pressure tank to start on the fly? I subscribed because of your early brew day videos of what by brewing standards is an old school, gas fired tun (if I recall, no control unit). this gave me hope. Maybe this is a clue to your audience.
FV's
cheers