Posted on Jul 8, 2019
Which Cities Are Best To Open A Successful Craft Brewery?
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When considering the best location to succeed with a new craft brewery, cities in beer-mad Colorado, Washington and Oregon may come to mind. A new study, however, finds an unlikely winner: Somerville, Massachusetts.
Somerville, a city with about 80,000 residents two miles north of Boston, ranks No. 1 because of a large population that can drink legally, a low state excise tax on barrels of beer produced and one of the nation's lowest brewery license fees. That's based on a study of more than 180 U.S. cities with a population of at least 50,000 people by Bid-on-Equipment, an Illinois-based Internet site for buying and selling used machinery, including brewing equipment.
Somerville, a city with about 80,000 residents two miles north of Boston, ranks No. 1 because of a large population that can drink legally, a low state excise tax on barrels of beer produced and one of the nation's lowest brewery license fees. That's based on a study of more than 180 U.S. cities with a population of at least 50,000 people by Bid-on-Equipment, an Illinois-based Internet site for buying and selling used machinery, including brewing equipment.
Which Cities Are Best To Open A Successful Craft Brewery?
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A few things not mentioned in the article that are needed in cities for craft brewery: physical space, clean water source, network of associated businesses (i.e. food trucks, musicians, etc.)
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Cheers for that post PO1 William "Chip" Nagel The only locations I can speak to are in Palo Alto and San Francisco (unless one wants to upscale to Tuborg or Carlsberg).
Got to enjoy many a liter @ the *original* Gordon-Biersch on Emerson and also their location in San Jose. GB = since acquired and gone major coin.
As for SF, a 30-40 something-year-old co-worker (age doesn't matter if one is on the ball in SV and elsewhere) chucked his job (and his sweet yellow Lotus), followed his passion and co-founded a place in SF not far from where the Seals used to play. Permits, real estate and construction (in San Francisco- hello!). Murphy’s Law (plus their kids!). It took SEAL-like desire but he got it done. Barebottle Brewing Company. This BUDS for you Lester!
Now there are some SF guys in TX... Put a 12th flash on a can and I know a bunch of customers.
https://www.longtabbrewing.com
LTC Stephen C.
Got to enjoy many a liter @ the *original* Gordon-Biersch on Emerson and also their location in San Jose. GB = since acquired and gone major coin.
As for SF, a 30-40 something-year-old co-worker (age doesn't matter if one is on the ball in SV and elsewhere) chucked his job (and his sweet yellow Lotus), followed his passion and co-founded a place in SF not far from where the Seals used to play. Permits, real estate and construction (in San Francisco- hello!). Murphy’s Law (plus their kids!). It took SEAL-like desire but he got it done. Barebottle Brewing Company. This BUDS for you Lester!
Now there are some SF guys in TX... Put a 12th flash on a can and I know a bunch of customers.
https://www.longtabbrewing.com
LTC Stephen C.
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