What's the difference between contract and tenant brewer?

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  1. patto1ro

    patto1ro Pooh-Bah (2,084) Apr 26, 2004 Netherlands
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    Pretty sure Pretty Things operates under an alternating proprietorship.
     
    #21 patto1ro, Oct 21, 2014
  2. mschofield

    mschofield Pooh-Bah (1,871) Oct 16, 2002 Massachusetts
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    They certainly do all of the work, kind of illustrates whatever regulatory definition a brewer falls into doesn't necessarily matter
     
    #22 mschofield, Oct 22, 2014
  3. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,647) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    One friend had an alternating propietership, he had the brewery 2 days a week, owned the fermenters for his beer and his bottling line. The brewery was his 2 days a week, he wasn't on site the other 3, and the other brewer was not on site when he had it.

    I understand that Heretic now has their own brewery in Fairfield CA. The AP got them started.
     
    #23 hopfenunmaltz, Oct 22, 2014
  4. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,145) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    It should also be noted that within the industry at least (i.e., beyond the legal technicalities noted by the TTB) Alternating Proprietorships are considered a form of contract brewing. Note this section of the "Contract Brewing" entry in The Oxford Companion on Beer, written by Brooklyn brewer and editor Garrett Oliver:

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    #24 jesskidden, Oct 22, 2014
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