Thanks guys!! We really did have a great time. It went just about as planned! Well, except for the honeymoon - we planned on spending 6 days in the city, but it turned out we messed up our hotel reservation so we split after 3 days. It actually turned out BETTER than our original plan... it's so nice when that happens.
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Originally Posted by stingo
I understand that many brewers got started by homebrewing, then progressively enlarging their operations until they'd volunteer/get a low level job at a local brewing establishment to learn the trade. Not sure if that's the route you were thinking about, but it's an option.
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Sort of! We got to talking about getting back into home brewing again, and decided to go for it...
We loaded up on homebrewing equipment this week - it's still sitting in the living room but we hope to use it this weekend... we saved our bottles from our wedding party. I'm keen on bottling (though it's a pain in the ass) but we'll get a kegging system one of these days. It's dangerous having beer on tap, though, as you well know.
You seem to do OK with it though...
John picked out a dark mild ale to make and I picked out a chocolate cherry stout (I've been on a stout kick lately, and Bell's Cherry Stout BLOWS MY MIND it's so good).
What I would *really* like to look into doing is opening a beer bar. John doesn't think there's a market for it here, and I go back & forth. Sometimes I think he's right so I shouldn't bother. Other times I think I could pull it off given it's combined with something else (like Flying Saucer, which appears to do well here). I think a belgian bar might be able to cut it, since you could get the Stella/Leffe/Chimay drinkers who like to be fancier than the typical Heineken & Sam Adams at times, but aren't beer geeks... then of course you'd get the beer seekers who are looking for a great beer pub that has a fantastic selection. We'll see.
I noticed Boulevard does several tours & I've been mulling over submitting an app for a tour guide position. It'd be a great way to meet people in teh bizness AND just figure things out... bar/restaurant hours may not be for me, especially as I get older, so we'll see... I'll continue to think on it.