As your business grows, it’s likely you’ll find that you need to make more beer, and to make it faster, in order to meet customer demands. This is a great problem to have as a business owner, but it can be challenging, as well.
If you have purchased the right beer brewing equipment as a startup business, you likely won’t need to totally replace everything you’re using. High-quality beer brewing equipment can usually be scaled to increase production. For example, you may be able to add another carbonation tank to allow you to make more concurrent batches. You can also add beer fillers to help you automate your filling process if you currently fill by hand.
With scalable, component-based systems, previous equipment purchases aren’t wasted as your business grows. You can start with a partially automated process for small batches of beer and grow to a fully automated process with multiple tanks so that you can exponentially increase the amount of beer you make if needed.
Your equipment vendor is a great partner in helping you buy the right equipment from the beginning. However, they can also be a great asset in helping you to grow your business when the time comes. They can offer new solutions to help you make more beer, make additional kinds of beer or to speed the process of your current recipe. They can also help you automate the processes that get the beer to market faster, like filling and keg cleaning.
Talk to your vendor before you begin worrying about needing to completely revamp your brewing process. It’s very likely that the beer brewing equipment you purchased early on in your business will be with you for a very long time. Your equipment investment is meant to grow with you.
