“You don’t know what you don’t know,” says craft-beer attorney Candace Moon.
And that, concisely, is why Moon recommends that entrepreneurs who are serious about opening a craft brewery seek legal guidance to advise them during the business formation process and to help ensure that they’re compliant.
“Running any small business can be overwhelming,” Moon says. “There are so many things, especially from a legal perspective, that you’re expected to know. When you throw in the alcohol regulations, that’s just that much more that you have to deal with on a daily basis. I don’t know how any one person could know everything.”