Insights from Inside the Craft Industry

We regularly publish our best insights, extracted from our direct front line experience, feedback, and observation of craft industry. This is not the place for patronizing, feel-good stories, but instead the hard truth owners and operators need to hear.

You’ll also find our most recent publications below. When you subscribe to our email list, you’ll receive both weekly insights like these as well as our quarterly email series as we publish them. If you are open-minded, ambitious, and dedicated to building something significant, we’d love to have you with us.

Equipment that is loved, loves you back

Starting a brewery is hard work. In the beginning and even up through the first 2 years everyone involved is wearing multiple hats, working long ...
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CC // Wicked Weed Please

PRODUCT. BRAND. MARKET. SELL. STRATEGY. EXECUTE. MEASURE. HACK. All bullshit aside, let’s forget about selling the brewery for a minute. Why don’t we focus on ...
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CC // Local

I had three inquiry calls last week.  One question I always ask is, where are your distributing?  All three breweries used the term “hyper-local.”  Two ...
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CC // Markup v. Margin

I recently wrote a post about Gross Profit vs Gross Margin, it was nice.  Piggybacking off that topic I want to explain the differences between ...
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CC // Taproom Pricing

Since taproom pricing is a personal mission of mine, I thought I would lay out 3 reasons to increase your on-premises pricing.   Average price ...
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CC // Q&A

Q: How important is operational process for my brewery? A: As polite as I can say it, if you are not growing, you’re dying. Before ...
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CC // Pint Price

Since taproom pricing is a personal mission of mine, I thought I would lay out 3 reasons to increase your on-premises pricing.   Average price ...
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CC…Revenue Per Sq Ft.

A common question I get is: what is the quickest path to profitability for a brewery. We all know the answer is the taproom. The ...
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What is the deal with CC?

We start each post with CC to remind the reader we are Crafting Candor. Our unique and honest information delivery sets us apart. Add in our ...
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CC…Inventory

What do the following groups have in common:   Mom + Camera + LLC   Brewery operator + Finance background   Nothing. They both have ...
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