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.

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Tax Tip Tuesday E.2

Most tax planning advice given to small business owners is based on spending money. “Buy new equipment before year-end.” “Prepay next year’s insurance policy.” “Buy ...

Tax Tip Tuesday

As you may know, I prefer to be writing and talking about brewery growth strategies. What you may or may not know that I have spent ...

Suds and Spent Grains

Welcome to the quarterly edition of Savory Suds and Spent Grains from Small Batch Standard. I thought this would be a fun way to highlight ...

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 ...

Can we call a duck a duck?

Recently, we have seen the M&A space for craft breweries in what I call a low boil. Meaning, it’s still hot, but people are talking ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...