Monday Morning: What You Can Still Change

Monday morning: the $2,400 you can price is the smallest part of the problem. Mac and Wren on what to look at, what you can still change — and the three tanks that have been sitting longest. First Runnings: $2,400 a year. Six rush ingredient orders at $400 expedited freight — an assumption, stated as one. But the freight line is only the freight line. It doesn't include the brew day you moved, the beer you made with substitute malt, or the four hours somebody spent on the phone instead of on the floor. Hot Side: the Monday walk. Twenty-two years of walking the floor, and the difference between knowing you're low on Citra because you can feel it in the cooler — and seeing it on a screen before it costs you. Ask BrewBuddy (real question, real account, whatever it says is what you hear): which three tanks have been sitting the longest, and how many days each? BT-1, Raven Stout: day 19. BT-2, Highland Heritage: day 17. FV-4, Alma De La Tierra: day 14. FV-5 close behind at day 13, five days into cold crash against its own three-day window — waiting on brite space. Dry Hops: put a due date on every recurring task, even if the date is wrong — a wrong date gets corrected the first time it goes red, a blank one never does anything at all. And keep the walk: whatever ends up on a screen, still go put your hand on the tank. Last Call: Monday, before you walk the floor, write down the three things that would hurt worst if they were already late. Then go find out whether any of them has a date on it anywhere. Cold Side is from FermentIQ — built by a brewer, fifteen years on the floor, no engineering background, who directed AI coding agents to build the ERP he couldn't buy. It runs the whole operation, grain to glass. The first thirty days are free and you can cancel anytime at ferment-iq.com.