Process Challenges-Primary Challenges Reported by Craft Breweries

[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...

7 WA Beer Festivals with Dates and Locations

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...

Kegs are a Brewer’s Competitive Advantage

In the 2016 Craft Brewers Industry Report we wrote that breweries that actually own their kegs (versus leasing them) are actually at a competitive advantage to their peers who lease kegs.  This may come as a shock to many breweries and so here is our logic with that...

Brewery Sustainment Report Summary

Brewery Sustainment Report Summary Given that DashBrew loves community and loves beer and cares about the environment, we spent a little bit of time estimating the total waste water and grain usage.  These are estimates based on calculations shown below.  Initial...

It’s 2016-how are you doing with your IPA?

Personally from the consumer perspective I’ve become saturated with IPA’s. I do really like IPA’s but I’ve noticed I no longer always prefer to have an IPA.  I used to believe an IPA would work in all situations, now I find myself fancying a...