[craft brewing industry report excerpt] Primary Challenges Reported by Craft Breweries Of the Primary Challenges reported, the respondents identified issues in three main areas: Inventory, Process, and Keg Management. Inventory Challenges Inventory Challenges are...
We have seen brewery numbers increase dramatically and consistently lately. I wanted to look more at what signs might indicate possible market saturation. I believe saturation will happen at some point and it will happen at the local level. Specifically, I mean that...
Here’s a condensed list of the top 10 most interesting learnings I got out of CBC16 (in no particular order.) Of course there were a ton more but if I listed them all out I think you all would not read them. Enjoy and we hope to see you next year. -DashBrew It’s a...
Everywhere I turn it seems like a Coconut beer is being highlighted. Coconut does offer a nice refreshing flavor in the hot summer months. And let me tell you, I am a coconut freak. I love coconut everything so coconut beer is right up there. Honestly though I...
This is a short concise list of reason to try KegMetrics today. We are a small growing company. Just like you. Eliminate keg collars for internal use Automate your KPI number crunching Get your kegs back faster Social media updates right from your operations Grow...
[craft brewing industry report excerpt] Keg Challenges Most breweries we spoke with reported a variety of keg challenges. Many of the issues were minor and simply part of the daily routine. For example, storage for empty kegs, keeping enough keg collars in stock and...
In simple terms the Takt time is the sell rate or the time the a product needs to be completed because of demand from the customer. In mathematical terms: takt time = Available time for production / required units of production Why is this important? Basically you...
I love discussing optimization of productions. It starts with understanding some basic terms. You might use your own terms for your brewery, but if the time ever comes to talk with someone outside of your organization on operations you’ll likely want to have...
[craft brewing industry report excerpt] Process Challenges As you might expect with any small business that is growing fast, production and business processes struggle to keep up. Many brewers we spoke with in our data gathering were using the tools, processes and...
We love beer festivals and with the warm season upon us we thought it would be good to consolidate the information on Washingtonbeer.com into a single posting for easy reference. There are of course many more beer festivals but this will get you going. Let us know if...
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