Unsurprisingly, at least to those who follow craft brewing, "contract brewing" is one of the ways to start a brewing business at relatively lower risk (with the

Unsurprisingly, at least to those who follow craft brewing, "contract brewing" is one of the ways to start a brewing business at relatively lower risk (with the other being "brew pubs"). (This is according to various books, such as "Brewing Up a Business" (by Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Brewery) and "Beer School" (by Steve Hindy and Tom Potter of Brooklyn Brewery), as well as conversations with contract brewers.) To the "beer geeks", there's seemingly an ongoing debate whether a contract brewery is a "real" brewery. But that's another discussion...