BRS 201 Brewery Operations & Management
Students will learn about a wide-ranging set of issues relating to the creation of a brewery and once created, maintaining its operations, and ensuring its success. During the course, each student will envision their own brewery operation and by the end of the course will have created a basic business plan outlining their brand, what beers they will make, and how their operation will be run. In order to run a successful business, Brewery owners are required to have in-depth knowledge of dozens of different and involved subject matters. This course is designed to touch on as many of those topics as possible, including brand development, pricing and sizing proper brewing equipment, construction/buildout, and even day to day operations such as filing taxes, wastewater management, general legal considerations, and point of sale operations- just to name a few. Given the wide varieties of topics, many guest speakers from different breweries and related industries are brought in to discuss their experiences and advice for students in their journey to create their own brewery. Lastly, this class is meant to be tailored as closely as possible to the needs of the students and their ultimate goals for their roles in the brewing industry.