Taproom Success Tips, Tactics, and Strategies
Free resources to help your taproom or brewery improve sales, management, and finances
Taproom Staff/Server
Candidate Profile:
The candidate must be a mature, team player who has a genuine enthusiasm for people, the brewery, and craft beer. Personal integrity, people skills, and professionalism are a prerequisite.
The people skills, inherent enthusiasm, and the ability to...
Taproom Manager or Taproom and Events Manager
Taproom Manager Duties include:
- Ensure customers are well served.
- Ensure taproom is adequately staffed.
- Ensure taproom is clean.
- Adhere to all policies and goals including accountability for cost control and profitability
- Responsible for leading all...
Don't judge a guest by how many people are in their party.
The amount brewery guests spend, based on how many people are in their party, may surprise you.
Don’t discredit a person based on the number of guests in the party. Speaking personally, I know when I visit a brewery alone,...
We've talked before about the Venn Diagram of Taproom Experience and learned that the ideal visit includes delicious beer, a memorable atmosphere, and engaging staff. Sounds obvious, right? However, there are little, seemingly minor touches you can add to make the experience better...
We recommend checking out this recent Craft Beer Professionals conversation featuring several industry leaders sharing their insight on staff training.
In this conversation, they discuss how the panelists have facilitated staff training that educates, motivates, and results in a...
Looking at your taproom with a new lens can lead to opportunity.
- Take a picture of your workspace, whether the brewhouse or taproom.
- Zoom in. Focus on...
We are proud to have created a community and resource for taproom managers to grow, but the learning doesn't stop here.
We recommend the following resources to continue expanding your knowledge base:
Beerology - This online course is an easy to follow, step-by-step guide that will show...
I've had countless conversations with brewery owners and taproom managers about the importance, or lack thereof, in hiring "beer people." You know what I'm talking about - people who have already made craft beer a hobby and are now ready to take that relationship to the professional level.
But is...
