Crowdfunding, and why you should all help Proeflokaal Mout

Money, it is a subject we can’t ignore when it comes to the growth of the beer industry. The usual path goes like this: a brewer starts small at home, then expands by brewing somewhere else. It is here that (successful) brewers have to make a decision: do we keep brewing as much as we do now with the risk of not getting the potential profits or do we expand even further. When the latter option is chosen a new problem arises: how to pay for all of this? Do we keep brewing somewhere else meaning we don’t have full control or do we take matters into our own hands.

Starting your own brewery and/or tasting room is not cheap. We are talking hundreds of thousands of Euros, not something you make in a few years by just selling bottles of beers in small batches. And also not something people tend to have just laying around.

Following your dreams means looking for outside funds. The option often chosen is that of a bank who sees that the plan the brewer has will eventually work and will make the

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