Brewery set up price

[Karl D]

Im interested in making a brewery.
On average how much would it cost to set up a medium sized brewery?
Thanks

[Stu McKinlay]

About $100,000 I reckon - but that won't include any OpEx.

[Dan]

Medium sized as compared to to what? how many liters or hectolitres per week etc, are you talking? a medium sized home brewery or a medium sized commercial brewery?
If commercial I,d put the minimum at $250,000, premise's , equipment , materials, set up costs, tax, licenses etc!
Just a guess from me, im sure there are others on this forum who know for sure how much it costs.
Best to hear from them.

[Tony]

I know someone who does exactly this and will give you exact figures and specs. They don't operate solely in NZ. If you are serious I can put them on to you? PM me [e-mail]

[Stu McKinlay]

There is CLE Brew Systems (Nelson), Farrar (Dunedin) and John Timpany (Invercargill).
These guys have all made well known breweries in NZ and will have plenty of references.

There are a few overseas outfits to - check out Beer and Brewer magazine for some direction there. I think one is called Integrated Brewing Solutions and another is PBST Brewing. I think both have supplied breweries to NZ (PBST definitely have).

[Karl D]

Thank you very much for your help.

[nzbrewer]

Guess you need to define medium sized.

It seems that 1200 litres is a popular size , and seems to be about the minimum for an economically viable business.

[Soren]

so how much would it roughly be to set up a 1200 litre system, delivered and installet but not counting other expenses?

[Stu McKinlay]

$150-$200k. You'd want double that to start a brewery... unless oyu are planning on working for free. Triple it if you want a basic brewpub. Quadruple it if you want a nice one.
Getting higher every day too lads. Everything is based on the price of oil.

Write out a list of what you think you would need in a brewery. Post it on here and we'll tell you what you have missed.