Craft Brewery Financial Training

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Learn The 6 Main Drivers of Brewery Cash Flow To Measure and Improve Financial Results

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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.

Client Testimonials

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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.

About Beer Business Finance

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

6 Drivers of Brewery Cash Flow

6 Drivers of Brewery Cash Flow

In our last brewery financial round table meeting we dove deep into cash flow planning. We came up with the 6 Key Drivers of Brewery Cash Flow (below):  Net operating income Accounts receivable Inventory Accounts payable Capital expenses Loan / debt payments We also...

How to Increase Food Margins in Your Taproom

How to Increase Food Margins in Your Taproom

Webinar Replay: How to Increase Food Margins in Your Taproom In this free webinar, I'm joined by Justin Lynch from MarginEdge - they make software that provides real-time insights into food costs and margins. Key Topics How to setup your financials to track food...

How to Run a Brewery Break-Even Analysis

How to Run a Brewery Break-Even Analysis

If your brewery is currently losing money, a first step towards profitability is to find your break-even point. The break-even point is the stage where your brewery stops losing money and is poised to start showing a profit. It's like the profit tipping point. There...