{"id":3661,"date":"2013-04-11T12:05:30","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T16:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=3661"},"modified":"2014-02-06T11:20:23","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T16:20:23","slug":"nanobrewing-beer-with-michael-mraz-beersmith-podcast-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/11\/nanobrewing-beer-with-michael-mraz-beersmith-podcast-57\/","title":{"rendered":"Nanobrewing Beer with Michael Mraz &#8211; BeerSmith Podcast #57"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"beersmith\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/11\/nanobrewing-beer-with-michael-mraz-beersmith-podcast-57\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/blog-mic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"blog-mic\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/blog-mic-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>This week Michael Mraz joins me to talk about his new project starting a microbrewery. Mike is a nationally award winning home brewer who is now launching his own nano-brewery on a full time basis in El Dorado Hills, CA. We talk about some of the challenges a starting pro-brewer faces including setting up the business, getting the licenses and actually brewing the beer.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">CHANGE: The opening for Michael&#8217;s New brewery has been pushed back to 1 May!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-57-Pro-Brew-Mraz.mp3\">Download the MP3 File <\/a>\u2013 Right Click and &#8220;Save As&#8221; to download this mp3 file<\/p>\n<p>[audio:http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-57-Pro-Brew-Mraz.mp3]<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tmooGm9qunU\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Topics in This Week&#8217;s Episode (41:00)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Michael Mraz from <a href=\"http:\/\/mrazbrewingcompany.com\">Mraz brewing Company<\/a> is this week&#8217;s guest. Michael was twice California Homebrewer of the Year and has also won national home brewing awards. He joined us earlier in <a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/12\/sour-beer-brewing-with-mike-mraz-beersmith-podcast-42\/\">podcast 42<\/a> to discuss brewing sour beers.<\/li>\n<li>We start by talking about how Michael got the idea to start his own small brewery.<\/li>\n<li>We talk a bit about the business end of things &#8211; items such as writing a business plan, raising money and starting on a shoestring.<\/li>\n<li>Michael explains how he selected a location, negotiated the lease and put the partnership together.<\/li>\n<li>We talk about some of the harder pieces of pulling the facility and brewing equipment together.<\/li>\n<li>Michael talks about the challenges of starting a brewery while still holding a full time job<\/li>\n<li>We discuss beer &#8211; the types of beer he wants to brew and how he selected them as well as how he selected his equipment<\/li>\n<li>Michael discusses some of the challenges with purchasing supplies and finding ingredients<\/li>\n<li>He shares his thoughts on what will make his brewery unique and different<\/li>\n<li>Michael shares some closing thoughts on his experience to date<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to Michael Mraz for appearing on the show and also to you for listening!<\/p>\n<h3>Thoughts on the Podcast?<\/h3>\n<p>Leave me a comment below or visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/forum\">discussion forum<\/a> to leave a comment in the podcast section there.<\/p>\n<h3>Subscribe to the Podcast<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Great News!<\/strong> We&#8217;ve been featured in the New and Notable podcasts on iTunes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/id398500515\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" alt=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/images\/web\/linkmaker\/badge_itunes-lrg.gif\" width=\"82\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are not using iTunes, you can subscribe using this feed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/BeersmithcomHomeBrewingBlog<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And finally, don&#8217;t forget to subscribe to the blog and <a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/subscribe\">my newsletter<\/a> (use the links in the sidebar) \u2013 to get free weekly articles on home brewing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet This week Michael Mraz joins me to talk about his new project starting a microbrewery. 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