Due to the government shutdown we are not able to file for our brewers permit. So we are paying rent and waiting for this insanity to end. When will it end?! Walk in Coolers The good news is we found a walk in cooler at a price we can afford. …
We finally got a location! This was by far was the hardest part of the journey so far. Our Original Plan Originally we found a location where the owner did not use the entire warehouse so we were going to section off a part for us to use from the …
Today we picked up a truck load of kegs (plus 1 in the cab). 50 sixtels to be exact. We found the kegs listed for sale on probrewer.com from the nice people at Brazos Valley Brewery. Most items ship from Oregon or Colorado thus being located in south Texas can make shipping expensive. …
When our LLC first was approved, we were told to fill out forms 720 by 7/13 and 1065 by 4/14. When we started to look into form 720 it started to mention that it was for alcohol sold and used as fuel. It was Publication 510 that explained what specific …
We got a letter in the mail today from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts telling us to register for our franchise tax. We simply go to http://www.window.state.tx.us/webfile/franchise_attention.html and punch in the information they sent us in the letter. In other news we have been slowly buying some of the equipment, …
Applying for the EIN Number was painless and didn’t take to long, it was just a long list of questions. Here are most of them. Number of Members State Filed in Are the members husband and wife? Under Revenue Procedure 2002-69, you have the option of treating the LLC as …
LLC Status Achieved! It ended up taking two days and they sent us a nice email with a .zip file containing all the paperwork. They also added a link to get an EIN (Employer Identification Number). Which is the next step to do anyways, how nice of them.
Today we filed for the LLC! The dream of owning a brewery just took the first step from plans and funny money to an actual plan and real money (the real money part is not so fun). We decided to skip on hiring a lawyer or using one of the …