Keg Challenges–Primary Challenges Reported by Craft Breweries

[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...

Takt Time is the benchmark to selling more beer

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...

Do You know your Beer Operation Terms?

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...

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...