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If people are drinking then the breweries are making money… If people didn't buy the beer, the breweries wouldn't exist.
by Overtonwindow 4y ago
If people are drinking then the breweries are making money… If people didn't buy the beer, the breweries wouldn't exist.
- tialaramex 4y agoFor legal reasons it can make more sense to operate a brewery than it might do all else being equal. In the UK for example, suppose I think this district of my city could use an establishment where people can buy booze in the evening, relax, maybe buy a meal, even listen to some live music once in a while, and I have my eye on a mid-size industrial unit in a fairly populated part of town with few nearby rivals. Easy right? Nope, that unit is not authorised for this purpose, and all three things I want to do (sell booze, sell food, live entertainment) require licenses issued by local government. I'm going to spend a lot of money on lawyers and fixers to smooth the path to making this happen, and at any time there might be objections which blow it up completely, no refunds. But, if I'm setting up a brewery well, that's an authorised purpose of an industrial unit, and under modern laws the brewery is allowed to sell booze. So now I can open, initially I cut a deal with a decent local food truck to park "outside" and piggyback on their food license, then if we stay afloat for a few months with no major incidents I apply for a license variation to offer food on site too, with historical practice on my side. I can have the same successful business, but at much lower risk by starting a "brewery" even if brewing booze barely breaks even.