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To sell to the public you need a licence. Not so if you sell to a publican/off licence.

Wine licences are different to beer/spirits, and are easier to obtain.

I'm very new to homebrewing (I just bought my second kit today) but doing it comercially sounds like a great existance. I don't see how the start up costs could be that high.

"noby":20yoq4kr wrote: To sell to the public you need a licence. Not so if you sell to a publican/off licence.

Wine licences are different to beer/spirits, and are easier to obtain.[/quote:20yoq4kr]

What would happen if I gave it to someone, and they sold it as an unwanted gift, just like if they got a kettle and didn't want it and sold it on ebay or buyand sell or whatever?

If you sell alcohol without a licence you will get into trouble, no matter where the beer came from.

A brewery license is fairly cheap, but that only entitles you to sell to people with a licence, like pubs, or offies.

That means that you will be trying to persuade the Irish Publican to sell your beer for you.

Setup costs are going to be building, plant and machinery, etc.

One of the biggest considerations, in my opinion, is packaging.

How is the beer to be packaged? Keg? Cask? Bottle?

What will it cost for equipment to package the beer yourself? How long will it take for you to package the beer?

Will you contract out the packaging to another company? Will the beer have to be filtered?

Hard to sell beer to pubs. In Biddy Early's last week no locals drinking their beer which is a shame.

So you need a pub licence to sell beer. Set up a off licence and you could sell your beer through that.Or buy a country pub for less than the price of your house in Dublin, instant outlet.

Surley you can get a temporary licence at farmers markets just like they do at temporary concert venues.

From what I hear bottling in Ireland is very expensive unless you're bottling on a large scale. Maybe that has changed in the recent past.