Yakapakwa kunze kweGalveston Island Brewing Co. matirarera maviri makuru ebhokisi akatakura mapallet emagaba akamirira kuzadzwa nedoro. Sezvinoratidzwa neiyi imba yekuchengetera zvinhu, ingori-mu-nguva maodha emagaba aive mumwe akabatwa neCCIDID-19.

Kusavimbika pamusoro pezvinhu zvealuminium gore rapfuura kwakatungamira Houston's Saint Arnold Brewing kumisa kugadzirwa kweIPA yakasiyana-siyana pack kuti ive nechokwadi chekuti paive nemagaba akakwana eArt Car, Lawnmower nevamwe vayo vepamusoro-vatengesi. Boka racho rakatotora magaba asina kushandiswa akadhindwa mabhureki ezvino-akaregedzerwa kunze kwekuchengetwa uye akarova mavara matsva paari kuti agadzire.

Uye paEureka Heights Brew Co. nemusi weChipiri mangwanani, vashandi vekurongedza vakamhan'arira kutsiva bhandi rakasakara pamushini wavo wekunyora weimba yebasa kuti vapedze kumhanyisa mabhii gumi nematanhatu anonzi Funnel of Love munguva yechiitiko.

Kushomeka uye kukwira kwemitengo yealuminium, denda-rakakonzeresa kinks muketani yekugovera uye zvitsva zvidiki-odha zvinodiwa kubva kune mukuru mugadziri zvinogona kuomesera izvo zvaimbove nzira yakatwasuka yekuraira. Vagadziri vane mawedzero mumabasa, asi kudiwa kunotarisirwa kuenderera mberi nekupfuura kupa kwerimwe gore kana maviri. Nguva dzekutungamira dzekuisa maodha dzakura kubva pamavhiki mashoma kusvika kumwedzi miviri kana mitatu, uye kuunza hakugaro kuvimbiswa.

"Dzimwe nguva ndinofanira kutora hafu-pallets," maneja wekurongedza weEureka Heights Eric Allen akadaro, achitsanangura kuwanda kwenharembozha kwazvinogona kutora kuti ave nechokwadi chekuti akazara. Kushaya nguva yekuenda kuchitoro chesupamaketi haisi sarudzo, yakapihwa makwikwi esherufu nzvimbo panzira yedoro.

Kudiwa kwemagaba ealuminium kwaikura 2019 isati yasvika. Vatengi vedoro remaoko vakanga vauya kuzombundikira magaba, uye vabiki vacho vakaawana akachipa kuzadza uye ari nyore kutakura. Iwo zvakare anogona kudzokororwa zvakanyanya kupfuura mabhodhoro kana ega-kushandisa mapurasitiki.

Asi kupihwa kwakanyatso kudzvanywa kana COVID yatanga kurwisa kwayo kunouraya. Sezvo vakuru vezvehutano vakaraira kuti mabara nemataprooms avharwe, kutengeswa kwemabhawa kwakadzikira uye vatengi vakatenga rimwe doro remumagaba muzvitoro. Mari inowanikwa kubva kumotokari-thru kutengesa yakachengeta mwenje kune vakawanda vadiki vanobika doro. Muna 2019, makumi mashanu neshanu muzana edoro rakatengeswa neEureka Heights rakaiswa mumagaba, rimwe rasara richienda mumakegi ekutengesa. Kwapera gore, mugove wemagaba wakakwira kusvika pa72 muzana.

LONG ROAD: Houston yekutanga yeBlack-owned brewery iri kuvhura gore rino.

Chinhu chimwe chetecho chakanga chichiitika kune vamwe vanobika doro, pamwe nevagadziri vesoda, tii, kombucha nezvimwe zvinwiwa. Husiku hwose, kuwana mugove wakavimbika wemagaba kwakava kwakaoma kupfuura nakare kose.

"Zvakabva kubva kusiri kunetsa kuenda kuchinhu chinoshungurudza," akadaro Allen, achidzokorora manzwiro akajairika muindasitiri iyi.

"Kune makani anowanikwa, asi iwe unofanirwa kushanda nesimba kuti uwane iyo inogona - uye iwe uchabhadhara yakawanda," akadaro Mark Dell'Osso, muridzi uye muvambi weGalveston Island Brewing.

Kutenga zvinhu kwakava nehunyengeri zvekuti Dell'Osso aifanira kubvisa nzvimbo yekuchengetera uye kurenda karavhani yebhokisi saizi yemavhiri 18 kuti akwanise kuunganidza pese paimuka mukana wekutenga. Akabva arenda imwe. Anga asina kuita bhajeti remitengo iyoyo - kana yekukwira kwemitengo pamagaba pachawo.

"Zvanga zvakaoma," akadaro, achiwedzera kuti ari kunzwa kuti kukanganisa kunogona kuenderera kusvika mukupera kwa2023.

Dell'Osso aifanirawo kucheka hukama nemutengesi wake wenguva refu, Ball Corp., mushure mekunge kambani yazivisa hombe-maodha. Ari kutsvaga sarudzo nyowani, kusanganisira yechitatu-bato vatengesi vanotenga zvakawanda uye vanotengesa kune madiki ekubika.

Mukuwedzera, mari yekuwedzera yakakwidza mitengo yekugadzira nezvikamu makumi matatu muzana pagaba rimwe, Dell'Osso akadaro. Vamwe vabiki vedoro vanotaura kuwedzera kwakafanana.

Munzvimbo iyi, kuvhiringika kwakakonzera kukwira kwemitengo kunosvika 4 muzana yemapakeji emasudhi akarova vatengi muna Ndira.

Musi waKurume 1, Bhora rakawedzera zviri pamutemo saizi yemaodha mashoma kusvika kumarori mashanu - angangoita miriyoni makani - kubva parori rimwe. Shanduko iyi yakanga yaziviswa muna Mbudzi, asi kuita kwakanonoka.
Mutauriri weScott McCarty akataura "kudiwa kusati kwamboitika" kwemagaba ealuminium akatanga muna 2020 uye haana kukanda mapfumo pasi. Bhora ririkudyara mari inodarika bhiriyoni imwe mumiti mitsva mitsva yealuminium yekurongedza muUS, asi zvichatora nguva kuti vauye zvizere online.

"Pamusoro pezvo," McCarty akadaro mune email, "kumanikidza kweketani kwakatanga panguva yedenda repasi rose kunoramba kuchinetsa, uye inflation yeNorth America iri kukanganisa maindasitiri mazhinji iri kuramba ichikanganisa bhizinesi redu, kukwidza mutengo wezvinenge zvese zvekushandisa. tinotenga kugadzira zvigadzirwa zvedu."

Iwo madiki akakura anoisa dambudziko kune crafter breweries, ayo anowanzo diki uye ane nzvimbo shoma yekuchengetera. Yatove paEureka Heights, nzvimbo yepasi yakaisirwa zviitiko ikozvino yazadzwa nemapallet marefu emagaba evatengesi vepamusoro Mini Boss naBuckle Bunny. Aya magaba akadhindwa anosvika akagadzirira kuzadzwa, kuvharwa uye kurongedzerwa nemaoko mumapepa mana kana matanhatu.

Mabikirwo edoro anoburitsawo madoro akati wandei, ayo anobikwa muhuwandu hudiki. Izvi zvinoita kuti vatengi varambe vachifara uye, pamwe chete, zvinowedzera kukosha. Asi hazvidi makumi ezviuru emagaba.

Kugadzirisa matambudziko ekupa, Eureka Heights yakadzikisa magaba akadhindwa ainotenga akawanda kune maviri anotengeswa zvakanyanya uye gaba jena rakajeka rine chiratidzo chidiki chebiro kumusoro - gaba regeneric rinogona kushandiswa kune dzakasiyana siyana. Magaba aya anofambiswa nemuchina unonamira chinyorwa chebepa pamugaba.

Iyo labeler yakatengwa kuti ifambise madiki ekumhanya, seFunnel yeRudo, chikamu checarnival-theme series inotengeswa chete pabiro. Asi kana yangosvika online mukupera kwa2019, iyo labelr yakamanikidzwa kushanda kune avo uye kune mamwe madoro aitengeswa muzvitoro.

Kubva svondo rapfuura, muchina uyu wanga watonamira mavara mazana matatu negumi.

Texans vachiri kunwa doro, denda kana kwete. Vanosvika gumi nevaviri vekugadzira doro vakavharwa munyika panguva yekuvharwa, akadaro Charles Vallhonrat, director director weTexas Craft Brewers Guild. Hazvina kujeka kuti vangani vakavhara nekuda kweCOVID, asi huwandu hwacho hwakakwira zvishoma pane zvakajairwa, akadaro. Kuvharwa kwacho kwakanyatso kuderedzwa nekuvhurwa kutsva, akawedzera.

Nhamba dzekugadzira dzemuno dzinoratidza kuramba kuchifarira doro rekugadzira. Mushure mekunyura muna 2020, Eureka Heights yakagadzira 8,600 mbiya gore rapfuura, akadaro Rob Eichenlaub, co-muvambi uye mukuru wemabasa. Ndiro rekodhi kuHouston brewery, kubva pa7,700 mbiya muna 2019. Dell'Osso akati mavhoriyamu ekugadzira akakwira kuGalveston Island Brewing panguva yese yedenda, kunyangwe mari isina. Iyewo, anotarisira kudarika rekodhi yake yekugadzira gore rino.

Dell'Osso akati ane magaba akakwana paruoko kuti agare muchikamu chechina, asi zvinoreva kuti achakurumidza kutanga kuodha odyssey zvakare.

Sezvinei nekuvhiringika kukuru, iyi aluminium candemic yakabereka mabhizinesi matsva kuti asangane nekuchinja kuri kuita bhizinesi. Austin-based American Canning, iyo inopa mobile-canning uye mamwe masevhisi, yakazivisa kuti ichatanga kugadzira magaba kutanga kwechirimo chino.

"Muna 2020, takaona kuti kubuda mune izvi, zvinodiwa nevagadziri vemhizha zvichange zvichiri kusatsigirwa," mubatsiri uye CEO David Racino akadaro mukuburitswa kwenhau. "Kuti tirambe tichishandira vatengi vedu vari kukura, zvakava pachena kuti taifanira kugadzira zvedu."

Zvakare muAustin, kambani inonzi Canworks yakavambwa muna Nyamavhuvhu kuti ipe painodiwa kudhinda kune vanogadzira zvinwiwa, zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvavo vari kugadzira doro.

"Vatengi vanoda sevhisi iyi," akadaro muvambi mubatanidzwa Marshall Thompson, akasiya bhizinesi rekutengesa zvivakwa muHouston kuti abatane nemukoma wake, Ryan, mukuedza.

Iyo kambani inoodha makeni akawanda uye inoachengeta mudura rayo rekumabvazuva kweAustin. Muchina unodhura wedhijitari pasaiti unokwanisa kudhinda zvemhando yepamusoro, ink-jet yemagaba mumabhechi kubva pamiriyoni imwe kusvika pamiriyoni imwe, nekukasika kutendeuka. Imwe bhiza yakasvika svondo rapfuura ichitsanangura kuti yaida mamwe magaba pronto mushure mekunge doro rakadhindwa rekutanga "rakabhururuka kubva pamasherufu," akadaro Thompson.

Canworks inotarisirwa kuzadza odha nekukasira mukati mevhiki, akadaro.

Eichenlaub, wekuEureka Heights, airatidza chimwe chigadzirwa cheCanworks panzvimbo yake yedoro uye akati akafadzwa.

VaThompsons vakagadzirira kukura pamwero wakakodzera uye kwete kutora vatengi vakawanda kupfuura zvavanogona kubata. Vane vangangosvika makumi manomwe vatengi izvozvi, Marshall Thompson akadaro, uye kukura kuri kupfuura zvinotarisirwa. Vati kambani iyi iri mugwara rekusvika pakudhinda magaba 2.5 miriyoni pamwedzi muna Chivabvu, ichiita mashifiti maviri mukati mesvondo uye mamwe maviri kana matatu pakupera kwesvondo. Iri kutenga maprinta matsva uye ichavhura yechipiri nzvimbo yeUS mukudonha uye chetatu mukutanga kwa2023.

Nekuda kwekuti Canworks anoodha kubva kumutengesi mukuru wenyika, Thompson akati anogona kunzwira tsitsi vagadziri vedoro vari kugadzirisa nyaya dzekugovera.

"Hatina kumbobvira tapotsa zuva rekupedzisira," akadaro, " ... asi hazvisi nyore sekungotora foni nekuisa odha."