Wow, my last post was 8 months ago, during the last month we have:
Talked to a lot of bankers Talked to a lot of peopleRevised the financials a lotLooked at a lot of buildingsHad a lot of investor meetingsCollected information from several equipment manufacturersBegan spending what will be A LOT of moneyDrank a lot of beerMade a lot of beer (relatively speaking)After all of those activities, what have we accomplished?
We've decided to say "screw the banks if we have to wait on them, we'll never get open"Met Mark Dunkerley of Jubilee Beer (good beer for a good cause) and have agreed to form a partnership where Mayday will brew additional styles of Jubilee Beer
We have collected enough investor money and reexamined and committed more of our own money to order equipment. We have a 30bbl brewhouse (930 gallons) and 4 fermentors being fabicated on Prince Edward Island @ DME right now. See the map above. We have identified a bldg that we like and we are beginning to work through the details of the leaseWe have firmly committed to R. S. Lipman as a distributor.We have had a lot of fun telling our story and listening to other people's ideasWhat we still have to do:
Raise about $90,000 from investors, if you are interested in owning a piece of Mayday Brewery, email me: ozzy@maydaybrewery.comNegotiate and sign a win-win lease.Elect a board of directorsMove our head brewer Wiz down from ChicagoOnce those things are done, there is another long list of stuff that I hope to talk about as we go. We hope to be producing beer in the middle of September 2012. Stay tuned for further updates.