If you had the opportunity to start a brewery...

i'd call it "rules 29 and 30."

 

I'd learn to spell Surly before production (and then get ready for a Cease & Desist order from Surly Brewing):

Surly:
1: menacing or threatening in appearance <surly weather>
2obsolete: arrogant, imperious
3: irritably sullen and churlish in mood or manner : crabbed

Unless you really wanted Surely:
1: in a sure manner:

aarchaic: without danger or risk of injury or loss : safely

b (1): with assurance : confidently <answered quickly and surely> (2): without doubt : certainly <they will surely be heard from in the future — R. J. Lifton>
2: indeed, really —often used as an intensive <you surely don't believe that>

 

I have been thinking about working on my home brews more. The one thing I would do is make a style/flavor in my area that is not readily availible here. Example would be an IPA like Harpoon that is easy to drink. (cant buy Harpoon in AZ)

So if I was to start a brewery it would have similar ideas. Cater to new tastes for our area and make quality beer.

 

I think I'd do a brewpub.

I like when brewpubs do a local flare- and I would probably name it after a local landmark. The best place
I live around a bunch of lakes so a lot of the beers would probably be named after those. Fishing is also really popular around here-so something like Walleye Wheat would be suitable too.
There's an awesome local fresh meat store/meat market about 2 miles from me so we would get a lot or menu items from there- lots of chicken, pork, and beef dishes. Plenty of farms and farmers markets around too for fresh fruits and veggies.

The tap list would probably look like this:
Rotating:
Rotating lager tap (bock, dopplebock, eisbock, roggenbock,wiezenbock, dortmunder, marzen, eurp dark lager...etc)
Wheat Ale Tap (probably seasonal-the spicy winter white seems to go well with winter, hoppy wheat for the summer, more traditional for spring and fall like a witbier for spring hefeweizen for fall)
Low Key tap: rotating interesting for beer history yet somewhat boring in flavor styles to attract the BMC crowd- light lager, Kolsch, Cream Ale, Steam Beer, euro lager
High ABV brew: DIPA, Imperial Stouts, Strong Ales, Belgians, Scotch Ale-etc.
Barrel Aged Beer- Stouts, Sours, Wheatwines, Strong Ales, DIPAs-whatever.
Monthly: January-Russian Imperial Stout February- American Imperial Stout or red fruit lambic, March-Irish Red Ale or Irish Dry Stout, April-Saison, May- Maibock, June- Witbier, July- German Pilsner, August- Belgian IPA, September- Octoberfest, October- Pumpkin Ale, November- Fresh hop pale ale or IPA, December- Winter Warmer
Exmierimental Beer: Fruit beer, hybrids, adding indgedients to traditional styles, sours, Kvass- anything you don't find traditionally at a brewpub
The standards:
IPA- a nice bright flavorful grapefruit/pine IPA with little lingering bitterness
Porter - it has to be robust and full of flavor- most breweries around here use a porter as their flagship beer.
American Pale Ale- A nice blonde hoppy classic APA

 

Geesh, put a little more thought into your replies.

 

lol. Obviously I've been dreaming about this for awhile.

 

I would name it Super Epic Whales and I would only release 100 bottles a month at $350 a bottle and it would be barrel aged, waxed dipped and hand signed and bottled. I would release it on random days at the brewery only so people had to wait outside to get it. Though it probably wouldn't be that great, it would be super rare and could pull in some major whales in trading

 

LARGE FORMAT ONLY, SUPER RARE STYLES YOUVE NEVER HEARD OF, 30 DOLLAR GROWLERS, BIG ON SOCIAL MEDIA

 

If I had enough dollars - and being an old fart - I would seek to buy the rights (and recipe) for Falstaff to tap into the nostalgia market. And look into how much it would cost to buy the rights to Ballantine Ale (and older Ballantine labels and recipes). And maybe a few nostalgic vehicles for delivery purposes. And as I love the Dahlonega, Ga. area, perhaps some gold rush-related craft brands brewed in that area.

For any plans beyond that, I would have to give it some more thought, while I wait to win a large lottery to fund these dreams.

 

Can I just work for your brewery? I don't have any better ideas

 

Ooh, Archaic Ale. I like it.

 

I dunno what I would call it or the beers, but I would like to make Belgian-style beers

 

I'd put it in the heavy duty cans and pull tab tops. Oh and name every beer after a Led Zeppelin song

The Lemon Song Summer Shandy(cause when you squeeze my lemon....)
Tangerine Topper
Black Dog Stout
Stairway to Heaven Utopia's
I Can't Quit U IPA
What is and What Should Never Be Pale Ale
Kashmir Dust
When the Levee Breaks (by the growler only)
D'yer Maker Barleywine
Ten Years Gone Vertical Epic
The Beer Remains the Same

 

Greatest band ever. Let's make this happen

 

I've thought about this often. Wanting to promoted the Pennsylvania-ness of my beers, Ruffed Grouse is one that I think of a lot. Or that'd be the name of one of my beers at least. The other thought is my name here.

"ISO : Hey Jim Ruffed Grouse IPA"

 

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Rules 29 & 30

 

I'd call it Rustled Jimmies and I would have a huge presence on BA.

 

Lol i was gonna say the same thing.

I'm drawing a blank here but i would probably call it, Balls Deep Brewing, Just cuz it sounds hard.

I'm gonna have to ponder this and get back to you.