I recently read Brewing Up A Business written by Sam Calagione, the founder of the Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. Dogfish Head is an innovative micro brewery based in Delaware that professes to brew ‘Off-centered ales, for off-centered people’. They are known for making strong beers with bold flavours.

I’m reading all the beer books I can get my hands on at the moment as research for ‘the plan’. Brewing Up A Business is the first book I’ve read that deals with the business side of brewing. It is clear in reading the book that Sam is very passionate about his company and the beer that they produce. His book however is predominantly a business book that just happens to use stories from a brewery for it’s real life examples. Whilst not exclusively about starting a brewery its advice is definitely aimed at entrepreneurs starting a business in a field that they are passionate about. There are a lot of lessons that I can take from the book but there would be just a many if he had instead started a company making chocolates. The greatest thing it gives me though is inspiration. That it is possible.

The book did also give the thirst for some Dogfish Head ale but unfortunately they’re not distributed in California so I’ll have to manage with something else. I wonder what I’ve got in the fridge.