Do I have to switch off Ekos or QuickBooks?

No. I work with what you already run. The point is to stop people from carrying numbers between systems by hand.

Do you work with distilleries and wineries?

The work has the same shape. Compliance reports, distribution data and books that have to match. The Walkthrough is how I'd find out whether it fits yours.

With the Walkthrough. Two sessions with your team and a one-page map of the workflows worth fixing. If none of them are, I'll say so.

For breweries

AI and automation for craft breweries

For production breweries that sell through distributors. The taproom isn't where the hours go. The paperwork that comes back through distribution is.

Where this comes from

At a regional brewery, one project that came up was making expense reconciliation less manual. The timing wasn’t right for them, and nothing got built. A four-store grocer had flagged the same kind of hand work from the other side, with vendor credits. Two businesses with the same problem is a pattern worth building for.

The rest of this page comes from reading how small breweries run production and distribution.

Where the hours go

Production software tracks the beer. Accounting tracks the money. Distributors send back what sold, each in its own format. The work is in the gaps: matching expenses, retyping depletion reports, remembering which state wants which form when.

None of that needs a new system. It needs the systems you have to stop relying on one person to connect them.

What I'd automate first

1
Expenses that have to match the books
Someone has the card statement open in one window and receipts in another, matching line by line. The production software and the accounting don't always agree either, so month end means checking both.
What I'd build
Both sides pulled from where they already live and matched automatically. Only the lines that don't match land on a list, each with an owner.
Make Your Tools Talk
2
Depletion reports in every format
Each distributor sends depletions its own way. Someone retypes them into one sheet before anyone can see what sold where.
What I'd build
Every distributor report pulled into one table with the same columns every month, so you can ask what moved by account and market in a sentence.
Ask-Your-Data
3
Keg deposits you're owed
Kegs go out with a deposit and some don't come back. Nobody's sure which accounts are holding them or what that's worth.
What I'd build
Kegs and deposits tracked by account, with the overdue ones on one list and a follow-up drafted for each.
Handoff
4
Compliance steps that live in one head
The federal report, the state reports and label registrations each have their own steps and dates. Usually one person knows all of them.
What I'd build
The steps and deadlines written down once, a reminder before each one is due, and an assistant the team can ask how it's done.
Ask-Once

Systems I'd expect to work with

Ekos
Breww
QuickBooks
Untappd for Business
Square
Toast

What I wouldn't build

The TTB report itself, if your production software already generates it. Ekos and Breww can. The gaps around it are the better fit.
A sales rep CRM. Tools built for beverage reps already exist.
Tip pool math. Your POS or payroll tool already handles it.

Something I've built

I haven't built anything for a brewery yet. The closest thing I've built is the DMB Poster Vault, where scrapers, an admin review queue and reconciliation tools keep data from several sources in agreement.

Personal build

DMB Poster Vault: an archive with a marketplace

Over 2,800 concert posters, a marketplace with real payments, and price history pulled from eBay. Live and running.

What it shows: Real payments, data from several sources that doesn't agree, and a review queue before anything counts.

My own project

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Questions

Do I have to switch off Ekos or QuickBooks?: No. I work with what you already run. The point is to stop people from carrying numbers between systems by hand.
Do you work with distilleries and wineries?: The work has the same shape. Compliance reports, distribution data and books that have to match. The Walkthrough is how I'd find out whether it fits yours.
Where do I start?: With the Walkthrough. Two sessions with your team and a one-page map of the workflows worth fixing. If none of them are, I'll say so.

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If the Walkthrough is the right next step, I'll say so. If it isn't, I'll say that too.

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Where this comes from

Where the hours go

What I'd automate first

Expenses that have to match the books

Depletion reports in every format

Keg deposits you're owed