Here at Braeside Farms Distillery, we are going thru the process of opening our very own Nano Distillery. But I am getting ahead of myself.
In the last few years Nano or Pico Breweries have been popping up all over the US. Most self identify as micro breweries with small batch sizes between 10 gallons and 5 barrels (Bbl). Instead of generating 14 to 28 or more 15.5 gallon kegs per day like a typical micro brewery “nano’s” produce a handful of 5 gallon soda a.k.a cornelius kegs per day. The batches very and the labor is intense. However, the passion for beer is always close at hand and the nano’s process is so close to a home brew process that the production seems attainable to even a novice home brewer.
This is essentially what is going on in the Nano Distilling world. Stills sized between 5 gallons to 60 gallons capable of producing batches in the 1/4 case to 3 case per day range. Production that is very focused on working with the ingredients and the equipment on a small scale. A love of distilling and fermentation that is quite close to the home brewer or even bread baker.
So now comes the difficult part, is it profitable? In short, we will see. The fact is distilling and fermentation for that mater are really, really fun. Everyone, and that is EVERYONE wants to know what we are doing, how it works and what are we thinking!
The reality is only time will tell. Stay tuned and share your thoughts if you have considered opening a “nano” distillery, brewery or otherwise
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