TCB - Or Trying To

Well, according to the State of Washington, we are officially formed.  They'd like us to start paying taxes yesterday, please.

It's nice to see some of the paperwork coming together.  TTB (the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau) is not proving quite as easy though.

Questions like "Provide description of the brewery security. Brewery building must be arranged and constructed to give adequate protection to the revenue. Describe locks, access to the brewery and how un-taxpaid goods will be protected during and after business hours:" cannot be answered with the response "We were thinking about getting a vicious Pitbull or two."

Or "Discuss proposed methods of disposal for solid waste (Incineration, open burning, landfill, government or commercial garbage collection, etc.) Specify whether on-site or off-site." cannot be answered with "We thought we'd get a brewery pig to chow on this stuff but we need to see how the Pitbulls will react to the hog first."

These are actually two of the less difficult questions to answer...and we have been meeting frequently to go over information and discuss this form.  As a well-versed grantwriter,  I thought this would be a breeze to fill out but its definitely beyond my professional writing experience.

We're also working on our formal business plan and that's been a great tool.  As a team, we are pretty much invested in a shared vision.  Our main argument has to do with flat screen size.  We are also finally at a point where we can launch a founders club offer so look for that soon. 

Okay, time to "Describe any direct or indirect discharge into navigable waters which may result from the conduct of the activity described in the question above to be conducted section where TTB has Interest, including the biological, chemical, thermal, or other characteristic of the discharge and the locations at which such discharge may enter navigable waters..."  See you on the flip side.