Locating your Brewery – The Site Selection Process

March 20th, 2019 • by Randall Beach

Locating your Brewery – The Site Selection Process

• by Randall Beach

Crafting Your Business: Post 1 of 4 in the Series from the NYS Craft Beverages Handbook One of the first things a proposed brewery owner needs to determine is where the brewery will be located.  “Location, Location,  Location” is what the realtors say – and they’re right!  Locating your brewery in the right spot will help drive traffic to your tap […]

How Brewery Owners Can Limit Liability Via Leasing

June 11th, 2018 • by Randall Beach

A new craft brewery recently asked whether or not they should have a lease in place for their brewery premises. The brewery was located on the same parcel of land as their residence. The answer – absolutely. Their next question was whether they, as owners of the residence, should lease to the brewery or whether […]

Leases for Breweries in New York

February 14th, 2018 • by Brendan Palfreyman

By Brendan Palfreyman and George Brown In New York State, a brewery-in-planning must have a location before it can even apply for its federal and state brewery licenses. A brewery-in-planning can acquire a location through a commercial lease or by actually purchasing the location, whether it is a vacant lot or a lot with an […]