Why does The Alchemist only brew one beer?

Really? I think that's what makes it/them cool.

 

What is everyone else in it for? Supporting themselves?

Do you know how you make a small fortune brewing craft beer?

A: Start with a large fortune

 

but in theory there not in it to make a profit, you know?

 

To some degree I agree with that, but they are a NFP.

They get to use the word "surplus" on their balance sheet at the end of the year and not the word "profit." They do not stop producing beer in the month they cover expenses for the year.

 

You can beat this up all you want. They basically lost everything they had worked for and also felt a great responsibility for their employees who lost their jobs. They brew one commercial beer right now and no number of theories or postulations will change that.

 

I soooo hope you're right! My wife is GF and this would be the best chance i have to drive the 14 hrs to get some heady and she can be happy too!

 

You can find it but it isn't theirs anymore.

 

Whats the name of it?

 

yea but If you cannot trust a Monk to be honest the is no hope for this world.

 

Took the words out of my mouth.

If Mr. Kimmich shows the same passion in brewing other beers as he does HT, then I'm sure they will be out of this world.

 

youve got jai alai...id be just as happy with that.

 

Petit Mutant in tallboys, now that is something I can get behind. (Beelzebub would be a good option too)

And +1 to HT not being the best beer at the brewpub.

 

Celia. It's now made by Ipswich.

I had a bottle from a batch sent to MA. I remember it being not so good, but heard after the fact that there was an issue and the whole batch was recalled.

 

Q: Why does The Alchemist only brew one beer?

A: 1. Because they sell 100% of the one beer they brew without any problem, and.
2. Because they can't make enough of that one beer to satisfy demand so why should they make another, and
3. Because they sell enough of one beer to make themselves happy and make some profit as well.
And most importantly
4. Because they only want to brew one beer.

 

I had the good fortune of going to The Alchemist brew pub only a few weeks before the hurricane put an end to it. I actually remember thinking that their Holy Cow IPA was a better beer than Heady, and I would LOVE to see them brew that again. I also had Wild Child, which was a damn fine wine-forward darker wild ale.

 

They told me in February of 2012 that they were going to start having rotating beers for growler fills soon at The Cannery, but here we are a year and a half later with no progress on that front.

 

Growler filling equipment is installed

 

I think most brewers would scramble and get their beers flowing again ASAP if their facilities were wiped out like HT's were...gotta get the beer (and cash) flowing again or you're dead. But HT was in a unique position of having their shiny new canning operation ready to start pumping out their most popular beer. This unique position means they can take all the time they want to recover and/or plan for expansion. Why would (or should) they rush such an important undertaking???

Money is coming in (presumably at a pretty good clip) and they could just be sitting back, building up that cash for later. Then if/when they finally decide to expand they'll have the resources to go bigger than they would if they did it now.