Homebrewing - Beer, Mead, Wine, Cider

So is it your club or his? If it’s yours, end his sponsorship. If it’s his, leave and form your own club.

I thought this was a post about homebrewed Dungeons and Dragons for a moment and I was very interested how you got sponsored by a brewery owner.

No, this seems like a pretty good reason to me. Or just stop accepting his sponsorship or rules.

This is sooo weird to me. I know lot of people (brewmasters, owners...) and it is usually about cooperation.

Like on local food festival we coordinate with other brewery what beer to bring, who will take portable taps so we all can be sold out at the end and don't need to bring everything.

So is it your club or his? If it’s yours, end his sponsorship. If it’s his, leave and form your own club.

Closest analog we had was a union drive brew off competing the two local university's and their associated brew clubs. I think if one of the local brewers tried to pull some shit like that they'd be laughed out of the park.

I grew up in a town that had one brewery until the late 00s/early 10s. The food was okay but the beer tasted like rubbing alcohol. It was really fucking bad. The brewers were full of themselves and thought they had first mover advantage. A couple of new breweries opened up and things got way better. Suddenly the community was actually vibrant. A few more opened, a few closed, and that cycle started rolling. The overall quality of brewing improved drastically except at that shitty first brewery who constantly struggles to retain talent and compete (other than location which guarantees a steady supply of drunk businessmen who can’t tell good beer from shit beer).

Don’t limit your club. Stifling community will only harm the community. You don’t need to trade secrets; you should always trade ideas and be supportive.