News from The 5th Ingredient

Beer30 was an instant upgrade over our previous brewery management software for one simple reason: it’s software that brewers actually want to use. Layer in fantastic support from the team at The 5th Ingredient, their desire to constantly make their software better, and the iterative approach to releasing new features, our switch to Beer30 was one of the best decisions we have made in our short history.” [Read More]

It has taken our brewery from the dark paper ages to the 21st century. There's probably even a graph that can show you how much money and time T5I has saved me. Cannot recommend them highly enough! It truly is the 5th ingredient in a great beer.” [Read More]

Transitioning from our previous software to Beer30 was very easy. The time savings alone has been a huge improvement for us. For example, we no longer have to wait over a minute to add an individual ingredient to a purchase order! The production staff was able to quickly adapt to Beer30 and easily troubleshoot issues thanks to Beer30's logically designed layout.” [Read More]

We were after a solution that would not only track costs and progress of the brewing cycle, but also inventory and invoice integration with our accounting software (Xero). Needless to say we were stoked to find this solution already exists with Beer30!” [Read More]

We had used or tested out several other management programs but none of them checked all of the boxes that we were looking for. Beer30 has allowed us to focus on our processes and then be able to overlay them to ensure we are getting as consistent a product as possible.” [Read More]

The NZ excise tax reporting is cumbersome and expensive. Now instead of spending 3-4 long days tracking sales and correlating each sale to the ABV and volumes it is literally a 2 click process and more importantly our confidence level is very high that there are ZERO ERRORS! The cost savings is realized by labor savings alone. ” [Read More]

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. The integration directly from Beer30 into QuickBooks not only saves us time but helps eliminate “fat finger” human errors that have plagued us in the past.” [Read More]

Using Beer30 is a breeze, setup was very easy but thorough, and has contributed to us making better beer. Customer service is outstanding, often having responses within minutes to any query. Ditch your spreadsheets and jump on to Beer30!” [Read More]

We've added a lot of measuring points during brewing and fermentation apart from what is included, such as VDK test, starch test, HLP test, wort test and FFT. But what I like best about it is that I don't have to have everything in my head and remind everyone at the brewery what has to be done, it keeps track of all the ingredients and warns us if anything is running low. ” [Read More]

Bucha30 was a real game changer for our business. Having the history of that continuous brew right there, being tracked at all times is invaluable. I can see every action that’s been done with it and the information is easy to read. ...There really isn’t anything that can replace the value of this kind of service.” [Read More]

Questions are always answered almost immediately, the onboarding was easy and fast, and they are always open to suggestions and hearing how brewers/ businesses actually need the software to work. Even to the point that after asking a question, that day or the next they have made a change to the software to make it easier to use or address a need we had. They have never told us, "we can't do that", they find a way. ” [Read More]

Beer30 hands down has saved Pilot Project money, time, and resources by implementing a one-stop management platform for all brewery related work. From the in-depth brewing dashboard, COGS calculator, and accurate inventory to the distribution hub, QBO integration, and robust analytics. Most facets of our business can be seen directly in Beer30.” [Read More]

Pelican Brewing is fortunate to be growing rapidly. This growth has stressed systems that historically provided visibility of liquid staging & migration… We still handle inventory, invoicing, and accounting function through an MRP/ERP. We completely decouple batches from the MRP, track essential data through Beer30, then send finished goods back to the MRP. It’s easy to do, with far fewer keystrokes. ” [Read More]

When trying Beer30 we realized that in just 1 day we had put all our tanks, recipes, customers, etc. And we said this is the program we were looking for! Today, I know exactly how much raw material and how much beer (in tanks, BT, Bottles, Kegs...) I have in the brewery, and I know exactly the cost of each thing. In conclusion, I have not used Excel, nor the calculator since we started with Beer30, everything is there, all in one place!” [Read More]

Beer30 is a great all round tool for any brewery operator. The customer service is next level. The app is constantly being upgraded with features. I feel like we are only using it to a small amount of its potential, it has so much to offer. It seriously is an "all-in-one" brewery software kit. Currumbin Valley Brewing loves it” [Read More]

Tidal Creek selected Beer30 about 18 months ago and is very pleased with the decision. Beer30 is a great tool to help us manage production, inventory and purchasing and easily syncs with QBO. … Most importantly, the service levels and responsiveness are very high.” [Read More]

As a Brewer, Beer30 has made my job much easier. Things such as a live inventory of all Raw Materials have helped us plan out the brewing schedule with ease. So many times before Beer30 we would scramble at the last minute to find substitutes for grain that we thought we had, causing us to push back brew dates and move things around. Frustrating, I know. Many other programs we have used in the past were not as user friendly, and we spent more time fixing bugs and learning the software than brewing itself.” [Read More]

For us, the Beer30 software is a powerful tool for distribution, processing, and reporting. Key benefits have been keeping track of our kegs, tracing batches back to lot numbers, and quickly doing our TTB reports. When it comes to being an organic brewery, accurate reporting is extremely important and Beer30 has been a huge help in that process.” [Read More]