Kupakwe ngaphandle kwe-Galveston Island Brewing Co. ama-trailer amabili amakhulu amabhokisi alayishwe amathini amathini alinde ukugcwaliswa ubhiya. Njengoba lesi sakhiwo sokugcina sesikhashana sibonisa, ama-oda afika ngesikhathi amathini ayengesinye isisulu se-COVID-19.

Ukungaqiniseki ngempahla ye-aluminium ngonyaka odlule kwaholela e-Saint Arnold Brewing yaseHouston ukuba imise ukukhiqizwa kwephakethe le-IPA ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi kukhona amathini enele e-Art Car, Lawnmower kanye nabanye abathengisi bayo abaphezulu. Inkampani ekhiqiza utshwala yaze yakhipha amakani angasetshenzisiwe aphrintelwe izinhlobo ezingasasetshenziswa manje futhi yashaya amalebula amasha kuwo ukuze akhiqize.

Futhi e-Eureka Heights Brew Co. ngoLwesibili ekuseni, ithimba elipakishayo lijahe ukushintsha ibhande eseligugile emshinini walo wokulebula wendlu yokusebenza ukuze liqedele ubhiya obungama-ounce angu-16 obubizwa nge-Funnel of Love ngesikhathi somcimbi.

Ukushoda nezintengo ze-aluminium ezikhuphukayo, ama-kinks abangelwa ubhubhane ku-supply chain kanye nezidingo ezintsha ze-oda elincane elivela kumkhiqizi omkhulu kungase kube nzima lokho obekuyinqubo yoku-oda eqondile. Abakhiqizi banokunwetshwa emisebenzini, kodwa isidingo silindeleke ukuthi siqhubeke sidlula ukunikezwa mhlawumbe unyaka noma emibili. Izikhathi zokuhola zokufaka ama-oda zikhulile zisuka emasontweni ambalwa zaya ezinyangeni ezimbili noma ezintathu, futhi ukulethwa akuqinisekiswa ngaso sonke isikhathi.

"Kwesinye isikhathi kufanele ngithathe ama-half-pallets," kusho imenenja yokupakisha ye-Eureka Heights u-Eric Allen, echaza izingcingo eziningi ezingazithatha ukuze uqinisekise ukuthi ugcwele isitokwe. Ukulahlekelwa umnqamulajuqu wokuya esitolo akuyona inketho, uma kubhekwa umncintiswano wendawo yeshalofu endaweni yobhiya.

Isidingo samathini e-aluminium sasikhula ngaphambi kuka-2019. Abathengi bakabhiya bezandla babezele ukuzokwamukela amathini, futhi abaphisi bawo bawathola eshibhile ukuwagcwalisa futhi kulula ukuwahambisa. Angaphinda asetshenziswe kahle kakhulu kunamabhodlela noma amapulasitiki asetshenziswa kanye.

Kepha ukunikezwa kwancishwa ngempela lapho i-COVID iqala ukuhlasela kwayo okubulalayo. Njengoba izikhulu zezempilo yomphakathi ziyala ukuthi kuvalwe izindawo zokucima ukoma nezindawo zokudonsa amanzi, ukuthengiswa okusalungiswa kwehla futhi abathengi bathenga ubhiya obusemathinini owengeziwe ezitolo. Imali engenayo yokuthengiswa kwe-drive-thru igcine izibani zikhanya kubaphisi botshwala abaningi abancane. Ngo-2019, amaphesenti angama-52 kabhiya othengiswa yi-Eureka Heights wafakwa ethinini, kanti wonke amanye afakwa ezikhwameni zokuthengisa okusalungiswa. Ngemva konyaka, isabelo samathini senyuke safinyelela kumaphesenti angama-72.

LONG ROAD: Kuvulwa inkampani yokuqala yotshwala yaseHouston ephethwe ngabaNsundu kulo nyaka.

Kwenzeka okufanayo nakwabanye abaphisi botshwala, kanye nabakhi besoda, itiye, i-kombucha nezinye iziphuzo. Ngokuphazima kweso, ukuthola ukutholakala okuthembekile kwamathini kwaba nzima kunangaphambili.

“Kwasuka ekubeni yinto ecindezelayo kwaba yinto ecindezela kakhulu,” kusho u-Allen, enanela umuzwa ovamile embonini.

"Akhona amathini atholakalayo, kodwa kufanele usebenze kanzima ukuze uthole lokho - futhi uzokhokha kakhulu," kusho uMark Dell'Osso, umnikazi nomsunguli weGalveston Island Brewing.

Ukuthenga kwaba nobuqili kangangokuthi uDell'Osso kwadingeka asule indawo yokugcina izimpahla futhi aqashe inqola yebhokisi engusayizi wamasondo angu-18 ukuze akwazi ukuqoqa noma nini uma kuvela ithuba lokuthenga. Wase eqashisa enye. Wayengabhajethi lezo zindleko - noma ukukhuphuka kwentengo kumakani ngokwawo.

"Bekunzima," esho, wengeza ngokuthi uzwa ukuthi ukuphazamiseka kungase kuqhubeke kuze kube sekupheleni kuka-2023. "Akubonakali kuzodlula."

U-Dell'Osso naye kudingeke ukuthi anqamule ubuhlobo nomhlinzeki wakhe wesikhathi eside, i-Ball Corp., ngemuva kokuthi inkampani imemezele ama-oda amancane amancane. Uhlola izinketho ezintsha, okuhlanganisa abasabalalisi bezinkampani zangaphandle abathenga ngenqwaba futhi badayisele izikhungo zokuphuza utshwala ezincane.

Sekuhlangene, izindleko ezengeziwe zinyuse izindleko zokukhiqiza cishe ngamaphesenti angama-30 ithini ngalinye, kusho uDell'Osso. Abanye abaphisi botshwala babika ukwanda okufanayo.

Endaweni, iziphazamiso zibe nomthelela ekwenyukeni kwentengo yonkana cishe ngamaphesenti ama-4 ngamasudi ahlanganisiwe ahlasele abathengi kulo Januwari.

NgoMashi 1, iBhola lenyuse ngokusemthethweni usayizi wama-oda amancane alayisha amaloli amahlanu - amathini angaba yisigidi - ukusuka elolini elilodwa. Ushintsho lwalumenyezelwe ngoNovemba, kodwa ukuqaliswa kwabambezeleka.
Umkhulumeli uScott McCarty ubalule "isidingo esingakaze sibonwe" samathini e-aluminium aqale ngo-2020 futhi asaqhubeka. I-Ball itshala imali engaphezu kuka-$1 bhiliyoni ezimbonini ezintsha ezinhlanu zokupakisha isiphuzo se-aluminium e-US, kodwa kuzothatha isikhathi ukuthi zize ku-inthanethi ngokugcwele.

"Ngaphezu kwalokho," kusho uMcCarty ku-imeyili, "ingcindezi yokuhlinzeka ngempahla eyaqala ngesikhathi sodlame lomhlaba wonke isalokhu iyinselelo, futhi ukwehla kwamandla emali eNyakatho Melika okuthinta izimboni eziningi kuyaqhubeka nokuba nomthelela ebhizinisini lethu, kukhuphule izindleko cishe kuzo zonke izinto zokwakha. sithenga ukuze senze imikhiqizo yethu.”

Ubuncane obuncane bubeka inselele ethile ezinkampanini ezikhiqiza utshwala, ngokuvamile ezincane futhi ezinendawo elinganiselwe yokugcina inkani. Kakade e-Eureka Heights, indawo yaphansi ebekelwe imicimbi manje isigcwele amathini amaphalethi athengiswa kakhulu u-Mini Boss kanye no-Buckle Bunny. Lamathini aphrintiwe kusengaphambili afika eselungele ukugcwaliswa, avalwe futhi apakishwe ngesandla ngamaphakethe amane noma ayisithupha.

Izinkampani ezikhiqiza utshwala zikhiqiza nobhiya abaningi abakhethekile, abaphiswa ngamanani amancane. Lokhu kugcina abathengi bejabule futhi, ngokuhlanganyela, kukhulisa umugqa ophansi. Kodwa awadingi amashumi ezinkulungwane zamathini.

Ukuze ibhekane nezinkinga zokuhlinzeka, i-Eureka Heights yehlise amathini aphrintwe ngaphambili ewathengayo ngobuningi kwabathengisa kakhulu ababili kanye nekani elimhlophe elingenalutho elinelogo encane yotshwala phezulu - isiqukathi esijwayelekile esingasetshenziselwa izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zemikhiqizo. Lawa mathini aqhutshwa emshinini onamathisela ilebula lephepha ethini.

Ilebula ithengwe ukuze iqhubekisele phambili imigijimo emincane kakhulu, njenge-Funnel of Love, ingxenye yochungechunge lwetimu ye-carnival ethengiswa ngokukhethekile endaweni yokuphuza utshwala. Kepha uma isingenile ku-inthanethi ngasekupheleni kuka-2019, ilebula yacindezelwa ukuthi isebenze kulabo nabanye obhiya abathengiswa ezitolo.

Kusukela ngesonto eledlule, lo mshini ubusunanyathiselwe amalebula angu-310,000.

Ama-Texans asaphuza ubhiya, ubhubhane noma cha. Cishe izikhungo zokukhiqiza izikebhe eziyi-12 zivaliwe ezweni lonke ngesikhathi kuvalwa, kusho uCharles Vallhonrat, umqondisi omkhulu weTexas Craft Brewers Guild. Akukacaci ukuthi bangaki abavaliwe ngenxa ye-COVID, kodwa isibalo singaphezulu kancane kunokuvamile, kusho yena. Ukuvalwa kususwe kakhulu ukuvuleka okusha, wengeza.

Izinombolo zokukhiqiza zendawo zibonisa intshisekelo eqhubekayo kubhiya wezandla. Ngemuva kokucwiliswa ngo-2020, i-Eureka Heights yakhiqiza imiphongolo engu-8,600 ngonyaka odlule, kusho uRob Eichenlaub, umsunguli kanye nenhloko yezokusebenza. Lelo irekhodi labaphisi botshwala baseHouston, lisuka emiphongolweni eyi-7,700 ngo-2019. UDell'Osso uthe amanani okukhiqiza akhuphuke eGalveston Island Brewing kulo lonke lolu bhubhane, noma ngabe imali engenayo ayibanga khona. Naye ulindele ukwedlula irekhodi lakhe lokukhiqiza kulo nyaka.

UDell'Osso uthe unamathini anele ukuze aqhubeke nekota yesine, kodwa lokho kusho ukuthi maduzane uzophinda aqale uku-oda i-odyssey.

Njengazo zonke iziphazamiso ezinkulu, le candemic ye-aluminium ikhiqize amabhizinisi amasha ukuhlangabezana nezidingo eziguqukayo zebhizinisi. I-American Canning yase-Austin, ehlinzeka nge-mobile-canning nezinye izinsizakalo, imemezele ukuthi izoqala ukukhiqiza amathini ekuqaleni kwale ntwasahlobo.

"Ngo-2020, sabona ukuthi ukuphuma kulokhu, izidingo zabakhiqizi bezandla zisazosekelwa ngokuphelele," kusho umsunguli kanye ne-CEO uDavid Racino esitatimendeni. "Ukuze siqhubeke nokuhlinzeka ngamakhasimende ethu akhulayo, kwacaca ukuthi sidinga ukuzakhela okwethu."

Futhi e-Austin, inkampani ebizwa ngokuthi i-Canworks yethulwe ngo-Agasti ukuhlinzeka ngokuphrinta okudingekayo kubakhiqizi beziphuzo, izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zabo okwamanje abenza i-craft brewers.

"Amakhasimende adinga le sevisi," kusho umsunguli uMarshall Thompson, owashiya ibhizinisi lezindlu ezithengiswayo eHouston ukuze ajoyine umfowabo, uRyan, emzamweni.

Inkampani i-oda amathini ngobuningi bese iwagcina endaweni yayo yokugcina impahla esempumalanga ye-Austin. Umshini obizayo wokuphrinta wedijithali esizeni uyakwazi ukuphrinta amathini ekhwalithi ephezulu, eyi-ink-jet ngamaqoqo ukusuka esigidini esisodwa ukuya ku-1, ngokushintsha ngokushesha. Inkampani edayisa utshwala ifinyelele ngesonto eledlule ichaza ukuthi idinga amathini amaningi ngemuva kokuthi ubhiya obuphrintwe ukuze uthole i-oda langaphambilini "uphume emashalofini," kusho uThompson.

AbakwaCanworks kulindeleke ukuthi bagcwalise i-oda ngokushesha esikhathini esingangesonto, esho.

U-Eichenlaub, wase-Eureka Heights, ubukise ngomkhiqizo weCanworks endaweni yakhe yotshwala wathi uhlabeke umxhwele.

AbakwaThompsons bazimisele ukukhula ngenani elifanele futhi bangathathi amakhasimende amaningi kunalokho abakwazi ukuphatha. Banamakhasimende angaba ngu-70 manje, kusho uMarshall Thompson, futhi ukukhula kudlula obekulindelwe. Uthe le nkampani isendleleni yokufinyelela umthamo wayo omkhulu wokunyathelisa wamakani ayizigidi ezi-2.5 ngenyanga ngoMeyi, isebenza amashifu amabili phakathi nesonto namabili noma amathathu ngaphezulu ngezimpelasonto. Ithenga amaphrinta amasha futhi izovula indawo yesibili yase-US ekwindla kanye neyesithathu ekuqaleni kuka-2023.

Ngenxa yokuthi abakwaCanworks ba-oda kumphakeli omkhulu kazwelonke, uThompson uthe angazwelana nabaphisi botshwala ababhekana nezinkinga zokuphakelwa.

“Asikaze siphuthelwe umnqamulajuqu,” esho, “… kodwa akulula njengokuvele ubambe ucingo ufake i-oda.”