Online Courses in craft brewery finance operations and sales

Portrait of brewers carrying keg on shoulder at craft brewery

Online learning courses, guides, spreadsheets, and tools to help your craft brewery:

increase profits

increase cash flow

increase financial sustainability!

A Message from The Founder

I create financial training courses for Craft Brewery owners and operators so that you can build a more profitable brewery business.

Kary Shumway, CPA, CFO, Numbers Guy

My online learning courses are custom designed for brewery owners, brewers, general managers, marketers, salespeople, accounting managers, and other staff wanting to understand best practices for craft brewery finance.

You get all these online courses, over $3100 in value! when you sign up for the Craft Brewery Financial Training Annual Subscription of just $399:

(Individual courses priced at $499 ea.)

Crash Course in Brewery Finances

How to Boost Taproom Profits

Brewery Self-Distribution Financial Planning

How to Build a Start-Up Brewery Financial Plan

Ultimate Guide to Brewery Metrics

Brewery Job Descriptions Guide

Step-by-Step Brewery Budget Course

Three ways to subscribe, all packed with the training and tools you need to succeed!

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$39

10+ brewery finance courses

8+ brewery financial guides

12+ financial spreadsheets and models

10+ other tools / calculators

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Access to the catalog of archived newsletters

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The first four issues are complimentary and will cover topics including:

Distributor Contracts: Best Practices
Brewery Expansion Financing Basics
The ABC’s of Product Costing
Keg Inventory Management System + Bonus Template

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I will simplify your brewery business finance with solutions you can easily put into action. Read what subscribers of Craft Brewery Financial Training have to say.

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If you are like me, you spent your formative years under the impression that sales would drive profits and profits would pay the bills. Kary’s information is the cliff notes version of an MBA in financial management I wish I had 20 years ago.

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Keith Gribbins, Editor

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East Brother Beer Company

Craft Brewery Finance is one of my go-to resources for substantive advice. Across a broad range of fields – not only finance but sales, marketing, planning, and strategy – Kary provides a steady stream of thoughtful and concise guidance to help us navigate the complexities of the beer industry.

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Craft Brewery Finance reinforces the need for a disciplined approach to the business side of our business. The benchmarks shared in these articles can serve as guideposts for decisions that either strengthen a brewery’s footing or help drive the business forward by identifying and investing in areas that add the most value.

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