In the early
nineties I was struck with the home brewing itch like a lot of
others. Like most of us in the home brewing community I dreamed
of opening my own micro-brewery. Never one to miss an
opportunity to follow a dream, over a couple of years my brother
Tony and his partner Deb Rivest and I hatched a plan to do just
that. After much rejection from the banks and skepticism from
friends we sold our houses to raise the money and waded into the
brewing & restaurant business. We designed and built Elm City
Brewing Co. at the Colony Mill Marketplace, a renovated brick
mill in Keene NH. As is our inclination, we built everything we
could ourselves. This included building all the tables and
booths, the bar, installing the kitchen and brewing system and
of course doing all the sign and advertising work. We opened for
business on December 10th 1995, and after a steep
learning curve, we got a handle on it and have enjoyed 11 years
of success.
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