I Built This Brewery Podcast
6 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -I Built This Brewery Podcast shares stories from craft brewery owners across the country. We explore their backgrounds before beer, the adventures of opening a brewery and garner their best piece of advice for future brewery owners. Today’s craft beer industry is increasingly competitive leading to new challenges for new brewery owners. The key to launching and running a successful brewery in this environment is to develop a strong business foundation. I Built This Brewery Podcast is sponsored by the University of Vermont's Business of Craft Beer Program, a business school for breweries.
The UVM online Business of Craft Beer Program Professional Certificate offers industry knowledge in brewery finance, beer sales, social media promotion, marketing, branding, operations, and distribution. Learn more today at go.uvm.edu/beer
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I Built This Brewery Episode 6: Pickett Brewing Company
December 21, 2022 17:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBPickett Brewing Company opened their doors in August 2022 in a quaint neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland. Co-owners and neighbors Kate Conway and Jason Howard decided amidst the Coronavirus Pandemic to plan a brewery. One thing they knew for certain was that they wanted a neighborhood vibe for their brewery... especially since the brewery is named after the street that Jason lives on. Both Kate and Jason attended UVM's Business of Craft Brewing program prior to planning their brewery. Kate...
I Built This Brewery Episode 5: Black Flannel Brewing & Distilling Company
November 08, 2022 17:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBFounding partner of Black Flannel Brewing & Distilling Company, Chris Kesler, first tried his hand at homebrewing the same month he turned 50-years-old. After quickly falling in love with brewing, he joined as many local and statewide brewing associations as he could and eventually entered a New England IPA into a Make the Cut home brewing contest. His beer, out of over 200 entries, was awarded 2nd place and he was hooked on brewing. As he decided to dive deeper into the craft beer industry...
I Built This Brewery Episode 4: Throwback Brewery
August 30, 2022 16:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBIn this episode of I Built This Brewery, we go up the seacoast of New Hampshire to visit with Throwback Brewery. In just 11 years, Throwback Brewery founders Annette Lee and Nicole Carrier grew from a nano brewery to a popular coastal destination including a brewery, farm, and restaurant in North Hampton, New Hampshire. Nestled on the property of a 200-year-old homestead, the brewery sources more than 60% of their ingredients within a 200-mile radius including produce from their own Hobbs...
I Built This Brewery Episode 3: Hawksbill Brewing Company
June 24, 2022 16:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBIn this episode of I Built This Brewery, we head to Luray, Virginia to talk with Beerpreneur, Alumnus of UVM's Business of Craft Beer Program, and Air Force Veteran Jim Turner of Hawksbill Brewing Company. What started as a hops farm and a home brewing hobby has turned into a successful brewery in the Shenandoah Valley, two hours west of Washington, DC. Nestled in what Jim calls "a Bud Light community," he challenged his team and business partner/brewer to create a craft beer that the loc...
I Built This Brewery Episode 2: True North Ale Company
August 06, 2020 15:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBIn Episode 2 of I Built This Brewery, we travel to Boston's North Shore in Ipswich, Massachusetts to talk with Gary Rogers of True North Ale Company. Gary is the co-founder of the brewing company with his son Jake and is also the chief of business operations. After a career in high tech marketing, Gary was enjoying retirement and watching his son Jake dabble in the craft brewing industry. Gary had been a home brewer for many years, so he kept encouraging his son to start his own brewery. A...
I Built This Brewery Episode 1: Santa Monica Brew Works
January 31, 2020 13:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBIn Episode 1 of I Built This Brewery, we travel to Santa Monica, California to talk with Scott Francis of Santa Monica Brew Works (SMBW), a music industry veteran and former practicing lawyer, who has transformed himself into a craft beer entrepreneur and led the establishment of Santa Monica’s first craft brewery. We'll learn how in only five years Scott has grown the business into a Southern California success story, giving SMBW a presence in sports stadiums, entertainment arenas, restau...