Six To One: The Taproom Math Nobody Says Out Loud

Cold Side, Episode 6: Six To One: The Taproom Math Nobody Says Out Loud A pour in your taproom and a keg on a distributor's truck are the same beer, and they are not the same business. This episode works out what a barrel is worth in each room, then spends most of its time on the costlier question of what that ratio leaves out. Halfway through we stop arguing and ask FermentIQ's built-in assistant to split a real August straight off the invoice records, and you hear the answer it gives. The number: 6.7 to 1, taproom revenue per barrel against wholesale, on a $7 pour and a $120 half-barrel keg. Both are stated on air as assumptions. Push both hard the other way and it is still about four and a half to one. The action: Take last month. Barrels through the taproom, barrels wholesale, and the revenue from each. Divide. Then look at your brew schedule and ask whether it matches the answer. Segments: 00:00 First Runnings 01:16 Hot Side: what a barrel actually earns in each room, and why the ratio is not margin 07:59 Ask BrewBuddy: "How much did I invoice my taproom in August, and how much did I invoice everybody else?" 09:02 Dry Hops 10:04 Last Call Mac and Wren are AI voices. Every figure we cite, we tell you where it came from or that we're estimating it. FermentIQ is an all-in-one management platform for breweries and other craft beverage producers. First 30 days free, cancel anytime. ferment-iq.com