If you’re considering opening a craft brewery, your beer brewing equipment is your most important purchase. You should check out any vendors you’re considering very carefully before purchase. Of course, you want to know that your prospective beer brewing equipment company has a reputation for professionalism and quality products, but you want to ensure they have a passion for innovation, too.
The craft brewing industry is constantly changing, and innovations in brewing equipment are happening all the time. When you choose your vendor, you want to be sure you’re choosing the vendor that is taking the lead in these innovations, not the one who is following behind.
Visit a trade show where beer brewing equipment vendors are displaying their products to learn more about vendors before you make a choice. When visiting a trade show, you can see the equipment at work and see which vendors have the most innovative designs and which have the newest technologies.
Having a vendor who leads the industry in innovation is important for two reasons. The first is that your beer brewing equipment is a major investment for your business. You don’t want to buy equipment that is already becoming obsolete.
The second reason it’s important to choose an innovative vendor is that this is the company that will best be able to help you solve complex problems you may run into as a brewer. The most innovative companies employ designers who will work with brewers to create custom solutions when a traditional, out of the box solution won’t meet your needs.
Your choice in equipment vendor is one of the most important you will make as a new craft brewer. Take your time and make certain you’re choosing the vendor who leads the way in making the craft beer industry technologically advanced.
