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Brewing beer is one thing, making money is another.

Kary Shumway, CFO, CPA… Numbers Guy

Brewing beer is one thing, making money is another

After 20 years using finance to help improve financial results in my beer businesses, I’m helping other breweries increase profits and achieve financial stability.

My name is Kary Shumway. I’m a CPA, former CFO for a beer distributor, and current brewery CFO. 

I will help you improve profits and cash flow in your brewery. Ready to get started? Click here to book a 15-minute call here on my calendar.

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Thanks to you, we’re learning the business side of brewing and are getting closer to realizing our dream.

JenniferLower

Simplified Brewing

First off, thank you so much for providing this material. It has been extremely helpful in getting costs together for the start up brewery my team and I are planning.

Ryan Hensley

Brew Malibu

Integrating Kary and Craft Brewery Financial Training into your team early will accelerate the development of your finance plan faster than you can imagine.”

Preston Andreini

Red Engine Brewing Co.

Brewery and Wholesaler finances – we cover it all

About Craft Brewery Financial Training

Financial training memberships for hungry brewery owners, managers, and employees who want simple, powerful financial tools to improve cash flow and profitability.

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Online learning courses are custom designed for beer distributor owners, general managers, salespeople, accounting managers, and other staff wanting to understand best practices for beer distributor business finance.

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Financial Intel for Breweries

The Best Way to Get Accurate Brewery Financials

The Best Way to Get Accurate Brewery Financials

One of the biggest obstacles to getting complete, accurate, and timely financial statements is a lack of month end procedures. The month end procedures include: Prepare and record journal entries Reconcile bank statements Prepare state and federal tax reporting Review...

What’s Included (and Excluded) from Beer COGS

What’s Included (and Excluded) from Beer COGS

The quickest way to determine what goes into beer COGS is to ask this question: "Is this cost essential in the production and packaging of my beer?" If the answer is yes, it goes into cost of goods sold. Or, you could phrase the question differently. "Could I make my...