If you're considering Beer30 as your brewery management software, you may be wondering what the implementation process looks like. Whether you're switching from another platform or implementing brewery software for the first time, the process can seem overwhelming. Will it be hard to get started? How long will it take?
We’ve all heard stories of complicated, months-long software implementations that aren’t fully functional or embraced by their entire teams. Beer30 is different. We’ve worked hard to ensure that setting up our brewery management software is quick, easy, and efficient. We’ve had new customers fully onboarded in less than 3 days, and best of all, there are $0 in onboarding fees.
Beer30 is modular, giving you the flexibility to track, use, or pay only for the functionality you actually need. No unnecessary complexity, and no paying for features you won’t use. You can even maintain your existing ERP/MRP system for financials if you prefer, or you can make use of one of our three accounting integrations to track the dollars and cents that make your business run. This makes Beer30 an ideal fit for any brewery, whether you’re a small craft operation or a larger commercial one.
In just five simple steps, you’ll have Beer30 fully set up and running in your brewery:
Don’t believe us? Just ask our customers, like Aether Brewing below:
“What really blew us away was the speed of implementation. 24 hours from the decision to go with Beer30 and we had loaded our inventory, stock, what was in our tanks and set up for packaging. Then 36 hours after the decision, we were brewing with the support of Beer30.”
-Dave Ward, Co-Owner & Head Brewer
Aether Brewing
Queensland, Australia
The first step to setting up your brewery management software is filling out a quick onboarding form. This allows us to customize Beer30 specifically for your brewery by detailing three key areas:
One key benefit of Beer30 is that it offers unlimited users, so you can easily onboard your entire team with the necessary permission levels, at no extra cost.
“Having just recently gone through a long ERP system change that took months, the implementation time for Beer30 was night and day. New database was up within hours and had most information (recipes, ingredients, data trackers) entered in a couple days. At the size we are currently and still growing this was a massive help for adjusting to another new system.”
Pelican Brewing Company
Oregon, USA
Our live, 50-minute training session is designed to get your team familiar with Beer30's features. We cover everything from managing ingredients and recipes to tracking packaging supplies and fermentation data. By the end of the training session, you’ll know how to:
This session ensures your team is confident in using Beer30’s intuitive interface and are ready to replace inefficient paper logs, whiteboards, and spreadsheets with real-time data management and records.
“Implementation was simple… We did an hour or two training session with Pulkit and our management team then sat down our brewers for a lunch & learn and by the end of it our people felt proficient enough to hit the ground running. Initially we purchased iPads to help our crew keep information easily accessible but within a week most of them preferred to use their phone due to the simple user interface.”
-William Glass, Founder
The Brewing Projekt
Wisconsin, USA
Following our comprehensive training session, you will be ready to start using Beer30 to transform your business!
Once you login to your Beer30 account, you will be shown our onboarding wizard, which breaks down onboarding into eight easy steps: define tanks, grains, hops, adjuncts, yeast, packaging supplies, recipes, and onboard tanks. That’s it!
Five Easy Step Onboarding Wizard in Beer30.
This process doesn’t require you to go back through months worth of data, or spend weeks on a costly and confusing implementation. Instead, this onboarding process is a snapshot in time of your current situation. It is the inventory you have on hand, and details of what is in your tanks, right this minute. And as you go, you’ll have real people helping you every step of the way, with unlimited live trainings, and live WhatsApp support.
Tank Onboarding in Beer30.
Say goodbye to paper logs that get shoved in a drawer and forgotten, and say hello to seeing everything in real time. All the data you need, just a click away.
“The guys at Beer30 told us that integration would be quick & easy, and it actually was. We’ve moved almost all brewhouse planning & management into Beer 30. It allows comprehensive management in just a few minutes. All tank monitoring, QA/QC, transfers, yeast management & batch tracking are unbelievably quick & easy. Also, B30 has an unbelievably cool charting tool, that allows quick access to trending across styles, brands and a myriad of other brewhouse data points. It’s easy and intuitive, and makes decision points clear & simple.”
-Martin G. Bills, Director of Brewing Operations
Pelican Brewing
Oregon, USA
At The 5th Ingredient, we believe in supporting our customers long after the initial implementation. We offer additional, free training sessions on every aspect of Beer30, such as sales, distribution, and integration with accounting platforms like Xero, QuickBooks Online, and NetSuite. These modules can be added at any time and are designed to save you hours of administrative work by seamlessly integrating your brewery’s data and financials.
If you prefer to learn on the job, no problem! These training sessions are optional and can be scheduled whenever needed. Plus, with Beer30's user-friendly interface, many customers find that they can navigate the system intuitively. And if you don’t feel like talking to a real person today (we’ve all had those days), our AI assistant Pinty is trained on the entire Beer30 system, and is ready to help with whatever you need.
We also have a Knowledge Base available for all of our customers, with information on every aspect of using Beer30 in your business. It’s so robust that we even use it for training our own team, and is the perfect reference guide as you continue to refine your brewery’s processes and workflows.
Knowledge Base in Beer30
“The easy onboarding process and seamless integration to QuickBooks Online is, and has been, a great time saver. We have been able to eliminate several manually updated inventory spreadsheets. Now we can get the same information with just a couple of clicks in one software program.”
RJ Tursi, Founder & CEO
Exile Brewing Company
Iowa, USA
What sets Beer30 apart from other brewery management software solutions is our commitment to ongoing customer support. All of our customers receive a dedicated WhatsApp thread connecting them to our support team, ensuring immediate access to help and guidance. Whether you’re facing a challenge at 10 p.m. or need assistance on a weekend, our team is available to support you with response times ranging from seconds to minutes, instead of the days and weeks of most other software.
We don’t just set you up and send you on your way, our team is there for you if an issue should arise. And with more than 200 years of brewing industry experience amongst our team, we can help you understand how best to use Beer30 in your brewery because we’ve been exactly where you are right now. We know the challenges, and we’re here to help.
“Throughout the onboarding and now as we use it we have instant customer support via a WhatsApp chat or quick call and despite our 18 hour time difference we have immediate support throughout our day (when do they sleep lol?) Customer service is absolutely top notch which is a rare commodity in today's world.”
-Mic Heynekamp, Owner
Eddyline Brewery
Nelson, New Zealand
Our customer support is one of the key elements that makes Beer30 unique, and one that we pride ourselves on holding to the highest levels of standards. But you don’t need to take our word for it. Hear it directly from our customers.
“It doesn't matter if you are a workaholic and you work on a Sunday at 4am, the technical support does not sleep, they are always there to help you!”
-Germán Schilman, Owner
Corazón de Malta SA DE CV
Jalisco, Mexico
Beer30 is designed to optimize every aspect of your brewery operations: from grain-to-glass analysis to real-time data tracking. By simplifying brewhouse management, inventory tracking, and quality control, Beer30 empowers your team to make faster, data-driven decisions. The platform is modular, so you can choose the features that fit your brewery’s needs and scale them as your business grows and changes.
With 40% of our customers switching to us from competing software, Beer30 has proven to be a game-changer for breweries seeking a faster, more intuitive solution. Our software helps you track the true cost per batch, enabling you to make smarter business decisions and improve overall profitability.
Like what you’ve read so far? We hope we’ve convinced you of just how easy it is to get going with Beer30!
With an implementation this quick and easy, you’ll be able to watch as you can now track all of your data, from grain-to-glass. True, accurate, useful data, right at your fingertips.
You can manage your inventory with ease.
View your brew log and fermentation data with the click of a button.
And, of course, by assessing the true cost per can, bottle, or keg of beer, you will be able to better understand your overall margins and make real-time business decisions to help your brewery operate more effectively and more efficiently.
We are invested in your success and want to see our customers reach their goals.
Get in touch to start your Beer30 journey. You could be just days away from starting the process to increase your efficiency and focusing in to #BrewMoreBeer and #BrewBetterBeer, with Beer30.
It’s Not Just Another Brewery Software.
