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Craft Brewery and Taproom

A Research Triangle craft brewery and restaurant across two sites, licensed as brewery and winery with a full liquor bar and an immersive themed dining concept.

Business Highlights

  • Licensed as both a brewery and a winery, with a full liquor bar
  • Two locations: a brewpub with event space and a secondary taphouse
  • Two associated properties valued at $4.8M and $2.5M
  • In-house production of beer, cider and hard seltzer
  • Immersive themed dining experience with strong local brand recognition
  • Has reached profitability after years of investment

Considerations / Questions to Ask

  • Profitability is recent after a long investment period. What changed, and is it durable?
  • How are the two properties treated in the deal, and does the business service that value?
  • Roughly fifty staff across two sites. What is the management structure below the owner?
  • How does revenue split between food, taproom and packaged production?
  • What licensing applies to brewery, winery and full liquor, and how does each transfer in North Carolina?

Opportunities

  • Brewery and winery licences with a full bar is a combination most competitors cannot match
  • Event space is already built and is the highest-margin use of a brewpub
  • Cider and hard seltzer production diversifies beyond a crowded craft beer category
  • Distribution beyond the two sites uses production capacity that already exists