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December
2011:
Despite the fact that used brewing systems have been very hard to
come by for the past year, we had a great 2011, especially in
the packaging equipment side.
USER MANUAL
1. For a timely response, email inquiries must include at
minimum a full contact name, location, and working phone number.
Without this information you may land on the bottom of the list!
2. Our business hours are 8:30AM-5:00 PM Pacific Time
Monday-Thursday, 8:30 AM-3:00 PM Friday. We invite phone calls
during business hours. Don't expect a live response on
telephone calls outside those hours. Sometimes we will answer
after hours, usually we will call back the next business day.
3. Everything offered is first come, first served.
4. All items are subject to prior sale or withdrawal without notice.
5. The only way we will "hold" or "reserve" equipment is with a
NON-REFUNDABLE cash deposit-- absolutely no "refundable deposits to
reserve for inspection."
6. Buyers who want to inspect the equipment should be prepared to
travel to the location IMMEDIATELY--that means on the next possible
day or thereabouts.
7. Before calling or emailing us for a list and photos, CLICK THE
LINK and it will take you to our detailed listing. At least
20% of queries we receive have not done ONE MOUSE CLICK on a link in
an email from us or on a Pro Brewer ad. How hard is that?
A lot of equipment is changing hands these
days without ever being advertised. Some is traded between
private parties, and some we sell as quickly as we find it.
We obviously have lots of inquiries and we do
keep a "hot list" of qualified and funded buyers. We notify
our hot list clients when something of interest becomes available.
If it's a complete brewery, often it may sell to someone on our hot
list before it gets onto our web site.
There are so many inquiries coming in now that
we can't possibly respond to them all. We try and get to as
many as we can but efficiency dictates that we must prioritize.
The ones that drop to the lower levels of the list are:
Inquiries that give us too little information
or are too vague to
effectively respond to. Like this: "Hi, I'm planning to start
a micro and am looking for pricing. Thanks, Joe".
No last name, no phone number, no size
or capacity specified, no location given.
Those queries go to the bottom of the list.
Without at least a full name and working phone number, there is a
50/50 chance of getting no response from us.
Or: "What is the price? Thanks, Tom"
We get a dozen or so inquiries per week that
don't even say what item they want a price on. We're not mind
readers.
Inquiries for information concerning school
projects for hypothetical breweries. Please read the
informational pages on our site. Sorry but we really don't
have time to quote (or guess) prices on stuff we probably don't have
to sell right now anyway.
Inquiries for systems under 7 barrels
brewhouse size, UNLESS we have something posted for sale. Please
read our
Nanobrewery Page.
We will always respond to requests for quotes
on specific systems that we have listed, or specific requests for
unlisted equipment. It may not happen instantly if we don't have the
item.
If you want to hasten response time, include a
phone number, first and last name, company name if applicable, and
location. Email is fine up to a point, however we are
strongly oriented towards phone contact. All information is
kept private and is not shared or sold.
Here's how it goes these days:
We had a nice brewpub system come in January. We sent emails
out to perhaps a dozen qualified buyer contacts we had on file.
Two buyers expressed immediate interest. One had a colleague
who happened to be in the immediate vicinity of where it was
located. The other hesitated for a few hours. Bottom
line, it was sold in less than 24 hours. We never even got it
posted on www.soundbrew.com before it was sold.
Having been in the industry since the 1980s,
we've seen the business cycle in this industry come full circle
once, and we can say for certain that it will happen again.
Breweries will close, used equipment will come on the market, and
the number of buyers will drop. Prices will fall.
When? We don't know, but an educated guess would be in a few
months to 2 years.
Meanwhile, we're doing a brisk
business on the packaging side. Good bottling lines and a few
medium speed canning lines are available for those who are really
serious about canning (we're talking 100 CPM & up, the next step
beyond a Cask line).
We recommend to avoid disappointment that
buyers should approach the market ready to buy, and be prepared to
make strong cash offers. Lenient terms, small deposits and
extended payment schedules are a thing of the past.
Deals with financing and leasing contingencies are now impossible to
consummate.
Is this a bad thing? We think not.
The industry is in a solid growth phase, and while the dirt cheap
used equipment is mostly gone, good used gear can still be bought,
and (still) for less than half of new cost. That was never the
case during the last craft brewing boom. Opportunities are
excellent now for well planned and adequately funded projects.
We'll make one comment that we
often repeat to buyers. In buying used equipment, you almost
never find the exact package you are looking for. We suggest
that you don't hesitate if there is a package that will work for you
available, or someone else will snatch it. You may then find
yourself searching for many months for something comparable to the
one you lost....just like quite a few buyers we have been working
with.
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SOUND BREWING SYSTEMS, INC. IS THE CRAFT BREWING INDUSTRY'S
LEADING SOURCE FOR USED BREWERY EQUIPMENT AND USED BOTTLING AND
PACKAGING EQUIPMENT. WE SPECIALIZE IN HIGH QUALITY USED
BREWING SYSTEMS AND BOTTLING EQUIPMENT OF ALL SIZES, AND OFFER THE
INDUSTRY'S BROADEST VARIETY OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN
MANUFACTURED EQUIPMENT. WHETHER YOU NEED A BASIC INFUSION MASH
BREWPUB SYSTEM OR AN AUTOMATED, DECOCTION MASH CAPABLE
PRODUCTION PLANT, WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE OR CAN LOCATE IT.
WE BUY AND SELL EQUIPMENT WORLD WIDE. WE ALSO SERVE THE WINE,
BOTTLED WATER AND SODA INDUSTRIES. WE RECEIVE NEW
TO MARKET ITEMS EVERY DAY, BUT IT IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE
TO POST EACH ITEM IMMEDIATELY, SO IF YOU DO NOT SEE WHAT YOU WANT ON
OUR USED PAGES PLEASE CALL (360.705.8265) OR
EMAIL US.
WE ALSO OFFER A WIDE SELECTION OF NEW BREWERY EQUIPMENT FROM
QUALITY MANUFACTURERS.
Sound Brewing Systems, Inc.
is a full service supplier of products and services to the brewing,
wine and beverage industries. Founded in 1994, SBS has orchestrated
start-ups and major expansions for over two dozen brewpubs and
production breweries. Our previous experience includes many other
brewery start-ups and industry projects completed dating back to
1986.
We offer complete consulting services for start-ups, expansions, and
problem solving. We have a complete line of new, custom-designed
brewery equipment and components. We supply used equipment of all
types, from brewhouses to bottling lines. And we can accomplish any
size project, whether it’s 3 barrels or 300. We invite you to
explore our site and contact us if you
are looking for new or used equipment or parts, need expert advice
or have equipment to sell.
Contact us
OUR
CONTACT INFORMATION:
VOICE--360.705.8265
FAX--360.754.9329
E-MAIL info@soundbrew.com
IF YOU DON'T SEE IT
LISTED, CONTACT US AND ASK TO BE PLACED ON OUR LIST OF BUYERS FOR
SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT. A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT SELLS WITHOUT
EVER BEING LISTED ON OUR PAGES, OR ON PROBREWER.COM. WE LOOK FORWARD
TO HEARING FROM YOU AND FILLING YOUR NEEDS!
And, if we can't find it used,
we are always happy to quote competitive prices on high quality NEW
equipment.
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