Starting up a brewery on a budget

A brewery in Seattle, Schooner Exact, started as a half-bbl brewery in a storage unit. They would come in at night, after they finished at their days jobs. Now, they've got a very nice facility, brewery and pub, but it's been a long , hard road. $10,000 is nothing, unless you start as a Nano, and build up from there. Or, save your pennies until you've got $75-100k.

A brewery in my town that should be opening soon bought a 7bbl system, brand new, from a Chinese source. $70k right there, and it was the cheapest complete system they could find. Finish was rough on all the equipment, welder had to spend lots of time re-doing work.

Again, unless you are willing to start Nano sized (1/2-1bbl) and work out of a small space, $10k is just wishing money.

 

Take baby steps. Follow much of the advice posted and home-brew, home-brew, home-brew and home-brew some more.