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[thegreatandpowerfulez]

[positivexcellence]

Jensen at FBBC's 2nd Annual Family Reunion 5/4/24 (x)(x)(x)(x)(x)(x)(x)(x)(x)

[walkergirlsposts]

I’ve been out of the loop for a while. Is the brewery still open?

It's still up for sale. I don't even know what Gino's doing now.

[sexyvixen7]

(Source: WaywardGrlPhoto on Twitter)

Jensen and Steve at today's Family Business Beer Company's Member Only Party

[dailydanneelackles]

atxtv: For our second #AdventuresInAustin , #ATXTV family joins #familybusinessbeerco🍻 ! Get to know #JensenAckles , #DanneelAckles , and #GinoGraul 's local #brewery journey.

[lol-jackles]

You do know that FBBC are still heavily producing and distributing beer, right? Before you start patting yourself on the back that the original brewery/land is being sold, you might want to get clued into the fact that distribution has been expanded to San Antonio and recently to Houston. The company and brand are positioning themselves to expand further. Don't think they will go back to the cute craft brewery, but as you have pointed out, craft breweries are not that profitable. Looks like they are going for a stronger business model.

You go on about the whole YANA thing. I have never understood why a select few in the fandom actually became jealous about a charity? Seems so small minded and petty. Regardless, YANA still exists and continues to do good things.

Yes I know about their distribution, I'm the one who pointed out 5 years ago all those bottling and canning equipment and the end products weren't for the taproom customers but meant for distribution because the Ackles were trying to go big because they want to make actual profit despite originally claiming that they would only sell beer at the brewery (X).

What did you think the $1000 membership package was about?  To get SPN fans to regularly go to FBBC to keep it afloat so they can keep making beer on site and then ship off site. Quite a turnaround when Gino cast dispersion toward SPN fans and said there will be no beer named after a "corny tv show" (X)

According to Gino, they plan to resume producing their own beer again once they find a location in Austin.

After they bought these top on the line brewing equipment and are now selling. That sounds like a "stronger business model" to you?

Surely you don't think the Ackles are going to sell off all the brewery equipment only to turn around and buy new equipment for the alleged 2nd location?  At best they should just open a small scale taproom and put Gino in there as the glorified bar tender.

Do you know people who had their beer made by somebody else?  I have. They have to pay for everything, or make compromises.  There is no in between. A specific yeast strain the contractors don't use?  Then you're going to have to pay for that, and the labor to keep it going, or do it yourself.  Oh wait, they can't because they closed down FBBC.

Breweries don't close because they'll make more money from contract breweries, if that's the case then why open your own brewery in the first place?

Let me break it down using another real life example:

If parents have a couple of kids going to the same college and overlap each other, instead of paying dorm fees or renting an apartment, they would buy a townhouse for their child/ren and rent out rooms to other students, which pays for the mortgage.  Then when the last child graduates, they sell the house for a profit.

See the difference between owning a brewery that doubles as a contract brewery (your house) vs paying everything to a contract brewery (college)?

What's going on is there is a saturation of craft breweries.  It's like in the late 90s when there was a huge surge in openings of comic shops.  Every collector dreamed of running his own place and thought a love for the product was enough to be successful. The market became saturated.  A couple years later, the trend reversed and it seemed another shop was closing every other week. The difference in making it or not largely rested on whether the owner had the skill set to run a business. Foresight. Customer relations. General business principles. And of course, the ones who had adequate funding. The market decided who made it and who didn’t.

That's what is going on in the current beer industry.  The hobbyists who thought they could be successful because they loved brewing but lacked the skill set to run a business are beginning to fall.

LOL nobody is jealous of YANA, people continue to be amused by it because of how badly it was executed and then failed. If YANA still exist and continues to do good thing, it's only because Jared bailed it out after both Misha and Jensen abandoned the public promise as mentioned here and here.

I remember back in my day a craft beer was “hey there’s a beer that’s $3.50 a bottle instead of $2 and it’s way better!”

Nowadays it’s “this craft beer is sourced with water collected from the Himalayas by free range howler monkeys and filtered through the wings of butterflies.  Oh and we can’t bother to be original so it’s an IPA loaded with hops.  $8 please”.

[ouchmydean]

No really Jensen's closest people and business partners are Steve Carlson and Gino Graul. wtf

[fbbcupdates]

Enamel Crest Pins are back in stock

[takikojou]

Hi everyone,

I'm currently in Austin, TX. :) I thought, maybe one or two of you would like a report.

It's an approximately 40min drive from Austin. (And currently, the road leading to the brewery is under construction and a nightmare to drive!)

Inside, there's a bar and a little stage. And room for about 30 people to sit.

The outside area is huge with plenty of tables between trees. There's a food truck and a fenced playground for kids. It's actually quite cosy to sit outside on warm days. (Unfortunately, last Sunday wasn't).

You can buy some fresh beer tap or buy filled growlers with whatever you want to take away. They also fill up cans freshly.

Of course there's plenty of merch! Check the website. It's all displayed at the bar plus some Radio Company stuff.

If you ever happen to be there, feel free to go. :)

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14. November 2023

[winchestersbaby067]

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[positivexcellence]

Jensen at FBBC’s 2nd Annual Family Reunion 5/4/24 (x)(x)(x)(x)

[walkergirlsposts]

I wonder, what about 1000$ FBBC lifetime membership and their lifetime annual gatherings and free beer treatment for members. Are they over?

Oh, that's dead in the water, anon. It's up for sale, they're not obligated to do that anymore.

[kindaskimpy]

[dailydanneelackles]

familybusinessbeerco: Six years ago yesterday Family Business Beer Company first opened our doors! Thank you all for the wonderful memories! We hope to see you this weekend to celebrate! 🍻🍻🍻

[lol-jackles]

To the surprise of no one (except the AAs, of course) the "Family Business" is for sale. www*loopnet*com/Listing/19510-Hamilton-Pool-Rd-Dripping-Springs-TX/32084864/ - I'm afraid running a business isn't for Jensen

Yeah no one should be surprised that Jensen is just not a business man ever since that first Represent campaign and later the so-bad-its-funny YANA campaign.

I gave it 5 years (X) (X) (X). FBBC lasted one year longer than my predictions so they deserve a participation trophy.

The buildings are still new so they should get a good sale out of it.

[whatareyousearchingfordean]

Okay but I completely forgot about this pic from 2019 like please Gino in the background sends me every time