Start Your Own Microbrewery, Distillery, or Cidery: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success

Start Your Own Microbrewery, Distillery, or Cidery and Craft Your Success Story

Growing each year, this multi-billion dollar industry, driven by consumer preferences, shows no signs of slowing down, giving you the perfect opportunity to start up.

Corie Brown of Zester Daily and our experts introduce you to more than 30 craft producers, including pioneers like Ken Grossman of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Jörg Rupf creator of Hangar 1 Vodka, Kent Rabish owner of Grand Traverse Distillery, and Mike Beck co-owner of Uncle John's Cider Mill.

You'll gain an insider's look at how to:

• Analyze craft products, their distinct challenges, and dynamic market
• Write a winning business plan that promotes growth and secures funding
• Keep overhead low and margins high with options like self-distribution
• Capture customers and create evangelists with the story behind the brand
• Enhance the brand experience with events, taprooms, tastings, and tours
• Develop invaluable relationships with distributors and restaurants

Author: The Staff of Entrepreneur Media, Corie Brown
Publisher: Entrepreneur Press
Published: 06/30/2015
Pages: 182
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.90w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781599185651
ISBN10: 1599185652
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Entrepreneurship
- Business & Economics | Industries | Food Industry
- Cooking | Beverages | Alcoholic | Beer

About the Author
For more than 30 years, Entrepreneur Media has been setting the course for small business success. From startup to retirement, millions of entrepreneurs and small business owners trust the Entrepreneur Media family--Entrepreneur magazine, Entrepreneur.com, Entrepreneur Press, EntrepreneurEnEspanol.com, and our industry partners--to point them in the right direction. The Entrepreneur Media family is regarded as a beacon within the small to midsized business community, providing outstanding content, fresh opportunities, and innovative ways to push publishing, small business, and entrepreneurship forward.

Corie Brown is the cofounder and general manager of Zester Daily, a cooperative of 70 professional journalists writing about all aspects of what we eat and drink. She is a professional journalist who has been on staff with BusinessWeek, Newsweek and the Los Angeles Times and recently authored a cover story on Internet marketing guru Seth Godin.