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Congratulations!
Every new pro adds an extra little glimmer of hope to my meadery dreams.
Can't wait to see the product.
 
We're starting small right now and both of us are keeping our day jobs. Hopefully someday this will be our day jobs! (Dreaming, right??)

Probably doing 800-1000 gallons a year to start. We have a few 60 gallon fermenters, and I will be getting some 80 gallon Flextanks in addition to two 60 gallon oak barrels from a (local!!!) cooperage company. I have been slowly buying equipment so the initial outlay of cash isnt as rough as buying everything at once. Its been 9 months in the permits stage, so it does feel good to get past that!
 
mfalenski said:
We're starting small right now and both of us are keeping our day jobs. Hopefully someday this will be our day jobs! (Dreaming, right??)

Probably doing 800-1000 gallons a year to start. We have a few 60 gallon fermenters, and I will be getting some 80 gallon Flextanks in addition to two 60 gallon oak barrels from a (local!!!) cooperage company. I have been slowly buying equipment so the initial outlay of cash isnt as rough as buying everything at once. Its been 9 months in the permits stage, so it does feel good to get past that!
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Outstanding, good on yer Matey.....

regards

fatbloke
 
mfalenski, that is great! My wife & I share that goal as well. We'd love to one day (possibly close to retirement age) open our of meadery/winery.

We'd love to visit once you setup shop, keep us posted :)
 
So how does it work in Penn starting small? Are you able to make it from home (basement, out building) or do you rent a space out in a commercially zoned area? I am just wondering how small small is. :)

And grats!
 
Best of luck Matt!

This is the first time I've been on this site in over a week. I've been anticipating this announcement for a while now.

:occasion16: Congratulations! :occasion16:

If you need a hand, just give a call!
 
Rumblebelly said:
So how does it work in Penn starting small? Are you able to make it from home (basement, out building) or do you rent a space out in a commercially zoned area? I am just wondering how small small is. :)

And grats!
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I dislike using the term basement as it makes it seem less professional. But yes, it’s in my basement! That was step one – we needed a totally separate space if we wanted to keep expenses down so we built a few walls, added a door, and did some new electrical and plumbing and viola, a Meadery! The drawback to this is that
our zoning won’t allow for a tasting room unless we make a number of modifications inside and outside. So in a few months we’ll probably look at a location for sales
& tasting.

Anything under (I believe) 200,000 gallons is considered a Limited Winery in PA, that’s what we fall under. The paperwork for both the TTB and PLCB (Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board) were manageable, painful but manageable. The bond company was a different matter. The TTB is very particular for
what information they want and don’t want, and apparently TTB bonds aren’t a specialty of bond companies! The third try was a charm and the TTB accepted it.
(I believe Ian had a lot of fun with his bond company as well.)

I’m still tying up some ends, but hopefully will start production by the end of March!
 
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