So I’m getting into brewing and picked up almost every thing I need, I just ordered my first 1 gallon extract kit. Then I thought what if it doesn’t come out like I want and many other thoughts, Last night I couldn’t sleep and being a retired IT geek I come up with an idea. I as with others have to spend a lot of $$$ to brew beer, good or bad where stuck with all that equipment and even if we sell it we lose money. Why not have an app android/apple that you use to rent beer brewing equipment, pay a deposit plus say $5 a day and when finished return it or the renter picks up the gear, like pizza hut. The deposit let’s say $50 would cover damage gear and like renting a car you get your deposit back if the gear is good.
deposit is $50
rent beer Brew equipment for $ 5 day
beer fermentater say $8 day
pick up delivery $15
I see no problem with my idea so I hope someone can go with it.
Good point, In orange county and the bay area we have similar services. dry cleaning,food pick up,grocery shopping and I’m sure more. The price quoted is just an idea and I thought how easy it could be. As for a profit margin, that’s up to the person with extra gear just sitting in there garage. I teach people who are thinking of going into RC planes, $20 an hour using my planes and radio. That’s $20 clear profit because i had the plane’s for some time. Not getting rich but I make $100 or so a month and I rent my planes so others can fly what they don’t own.
There are two places within driving distance of where I live that you can pay to brew on-site at their location. They have all the equipment, burners, etc. One is in my LHBS so you are probably going to buy your ingredients there too. This probably works better because they have everything you might need and if you drop something, there is another one on the shelf.
This is a better model, IMHO. Rented space with lots of communal gear. All you need to supply is your fermenter. If I ever move back into the city, this is where I’ll brew
