Strong cash flow doesn’t come from guesswork, it comes from visibility, systems, and disciplined review.
This simple 3-step cash flow method helps brewery owners understand exactly where money is leaving the business, put controls in place, and make smarter spending decisions before cash becomes tight.
- Step 1: Follow the money—where cash actually leaves the business
Identify every major cash outflow: Accounts payable, manual checks, payroll, and those pesky ACH bank transactions (who authorized those anyway?) - Step 2: Install systems (and roadblocks) to manage cash in real time
Use purchase orders, payment schedules, and cash flow forecasts to control both outflows and inflows, ensuring spending aligns with available cash. - Step 3: Review, question, and adjust spending before it happens
Compare upcoming expenses to the same period last year, challenge assumptions, and pause, reduce, or eliminate costs that no longer support current goals.
Do this next…
- Watch the short explainer video below – 3-Step Cash Flow Method
- Get the Brewery Profit Brief – weekly tips to run a more profitable brewery
