TOO MANY TAPS! Stop Your BREWPUB From LOSING MONEY With This Quick Calculation

[@tonylemos4472]

This is some next level stuff. Thank you!

[@jayspies9860]

Love your vids Hendo. Great info as always. We are in the planning process and your comments align perfectly with what we're thinking.

[@RockstarBrewer]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jayspies9860]

@@RockstarBrewer Follow up question: We have a 2bbl system, and plan on 4 double batch brew days per week. We will have (6) 5bbl FVs and (4) 2bbl FVs, along with (2) BTs. I am planning on a 2 week FV residence time before transferring to the BT. Using your math, I come up with a max annual output of 889 bbls and a maximum of 19.5 batches per month. I'd ideally like to have 15 taps, with 2 being reserved for outside beer/cider, so I'd have to fill 13 taps. I can probably fill more taps, but with the size of the batches, I'd like to have the ability to bank some beers as reserve to put on so I don't run dry. What are your thoughts on this scenario? Is my residence time unreasonable considering I'll be using BTs? Thanks so much, and cheers!

[@RockstarBrewer]

Hmmmm. That depends on how much you sell. Some beers will still fast and others not so much. Production planning sounds like a nightmare in the scenario you've described. I suggest starting out with fewer beers (maybe 8 or so) for a few months then scaling up if customer demand is there. I'm assuming that your brewery is yet to open so better to make fewer, better quality beers than trying to please everyone. HMU if you have any other questions 🙂

[@jayspies9860]

@@RockstarBrewer Thanks. We already have a restaruant and bar active, so this is an add on to an existing location. We'll sell everything that we make, as we already go through about 40-50 kegs a week of outside beer.

[@AartvanBergen]

Great video. A 21 day tank residence time seems a bit short. Especially for strong beers, dryhopped beers and lagers. Could you give some more details how you brew in 21 days?

[@RockstarBrewer]

Sure! For a standard US-05 beer: brew on day 0, dry hop on day 4-6, crash chill on day 9 or 10, cold conditioning until day 21. Long residence times mean that your brewery is not operating efficiently and will cost you money. Quality can definitely be maintained with a 21 day residence. Thanks for watching!

[@doctor_m9481]

You are not wrong in questioning that imo. Can 21 day turn arounds be done without a brite tank Absolutely but you are gonna severely limit styles you can produce. Add a brite tank ok the statement becomes much more reasonable.

[@paskrell]

Thx for sharing

[@ruanmuller3577]

Awesome vid!

[@dantedeluca978]

Hey Hendo, Might be a stupid question, why would have 10 dry taps hurt potential sales vs not having the taps at all?

[@RockstarBrewer]

Hey Dante.... Great question! It's not that you'll hurt potential sales because people are going to drink the amount of beer they're going to drink in a session. But, to keep those 10 taps wet requires a lot of cash tied up in stock. This can ultimately sink a business. So it's not about sales or profitability but rather cash flow. Thanks for watching!

[@na3bliss782]

Hey Hendo, I've been trying to get in contact through your website links but none of the links work unfortunately. please get back to me, I'd love to have a chat about it

[@RockstarBrewer]

I see you! You can catch me at rockstarbrewer.com/contact ... Let me know if you still can't reach out to me there back here as I read all comments :-)

[@na3bliss782]

@@RockstarBrewer thanks hendo, I'll shoot over an email