As Hank Williams, Jr. has wisely pointed out, “a country boy can survive.” To help survive the pandemic and its colossal challenges, Kentucky’s Country Boy Brewing has turned to Brewery Finance and Earthly Labs. With funding help from Brewery Finance, the brewery has purchased Earthly’s trailblazing “CiCi” CO2 capture system. The system will convert the […]
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How to Sell More Beer To-Go? Just Ask.
Want to dramatically boost your brewery’s to-go beer sales? Our pal Andrew Coplon, founder of beer-brained undercover shopping service Secret Hopper, knows how you can do it. What’s the key to making it happen? “Ask your customers if they’d like to buy some beer to-go,” he says. Through Secret Hopper research that looked at over […]
Treat Your Wastewater, Save Bucks and H2O
As money-saving, pro-environment brewing moves go, treating your own wastewater is an unsung no-brainer. “Instead of just paying for wastewater treatment,” Craig Hotchkies says, “you cut your wastewater treatment costs by more than 33%, you get a productive piece of brewery equipment, and you get water to use.” Hotchkies is with Enereau, which makes wastewater […]
Holiday Tradition: Beer-Minded Music, Round 2
This year we’re continuing a gift tradition we started last year: A no-charge batch of full-flavored drinking songs for our beloved Brewery Finance customers and allies. Packed with artists from our favorite record label — the mighty Bloodshot Records, in Chicago — this is a great gift that gives throughout the year. The artist list […]
A Secret Service for Bigger Sales
For Andrew Coplon, the key to boosting a brewery’s across-the-bar sales comes from an unlikely source: snow cones. “I sold them at baseball games as a kid,” says Coplon, whose Secret Hopper company provides an undercover shopper service for the beer trade. “It taught me a lot about how to create a fast and positive […]
Book It: Another Call for Better Beer
Beer journalist and author Joshua M. Bernstein did not name his new book after the Better Beer Now program here at Brewery Finance. But his Drink Better Beer is sure speaking our raise-your-quality language. “I think it’s time,” Bernstein says, “for brewers and consumers to dig in deeper and pursue perfection. With better brewing, better […]
Out to Pasteur: Goodnature Delivers Stability and Shelf Life
In our ongoing push for better beer in our beloved craft brewing trade, here’s info on a vital piece of gear for the “Quality First!” cause. We’d love to help your brewery add one of these to your quality boosting efforts. In craft beer circles it might as well be considered the “P-word.” But pasteurization […]
Start Dating (Or We’ll Start Seeing Other Breweries)
Of the many things Brewery Finance helps craft brewers obtain, date coding equipment is among the easiest to get and the most affordable. It’s also some of the most important. “Stale beer is terrible for our trade,” says Eric Wallace, Left Hand Brewery president and cofounder. “You can’t have a valid claim for caring about […]
Meet Your New BFFs
We’re growing here at Brewery Finance and are happy to announce the addition of two new staffers. Sam Cathcart and John Pavolka are our new BFFs (Brewery Funding Facilitators), they’ll be helping us provide fast expert service to our current and future customers. You may be hearing from them in the next few weeks as […]
Fight the Power (Bills)
Dave Foster is with National Auditing Services Consulting, and he wants to make sure you are talking truth to your power company. “Our primary goal is to secure utility refunds for breweries,” he says. “Over 75% of craft brewers are overpaying their utility bills without realizing it. We can help these brewers secure refunds on […]