Brewery Consulting
QUALITY | CONSISTENCY | PROFITS
I want to help you thrive
Big Pop Brewing Consulting was born out of me incorporating my love for brewing world class craft beer, flexing my MBA and business savvy, and my love for teaching. I bring you a complete brewery improvement package – it is hard work, but it is rewarding and always fresh because each client has their own challenges and learning curves..
I can’t wait to find out how we can work together. Book a free call with me!
Cheers, Ryan Hansen
Founder and head consultant at Big Pop Brewery Consulting
How we do it:
Brewery Assessment
Meet and interview leadership
Brewing process and quality control
Records and accounting (COGS analysis)
Serving, packaging, and distribution
Branding and Marketing assessment
Assessment Report
This report gives you a scorecard with brewery health metrics. The report also includes the set of recommendations for improving each score, in order of importance.
Implementation
Decide which improvement items to tackle right away and do them! Track your progress with specific metrics and watch your quality, consistency, and profits improve.
Follow Up
A follow up meeting with Ryan is included so you can review the steps taken and update the improvement plan together. We want to know you’re on the right path and you are confident in what steps to take next.
Choose your starting point
Pricing listed is a ballpark and each consulting engagement will be custom quoted after an initial (free) discovery call.
Brewery Business Plan Template
Free - Coming Soon!
Receive my complete guide to writing a business plan for a new brewery or taproom. If you’re jumping into pro-brewing this is for you!
One-Time Consulting
Starting at $1,000
Common consulting could be: business plan review, new recipe development, marketing review, advice on expanding into new products, or distribution. Let’s chat to see how I can help.
Complete Brewery Assessment
Starting at $2,500
Includes onsite visit, leadership and key staff interviews, brewing process and quality analysis, and a complete brewery scoresheet with recommendations for improving.
Is it worth the investment?
Every client I’ve ever had has either made or saved 3X or more $$ than what my fees were. If we can’t clearly see a path to that BEFORE engaging then we raise a pint and agree to not engage. (pssst… that’s never happened, though!)
What my clients are saying
Frank M.
Brewery and Restaurant Owner - Snowshoe Brewing Co.
“Ryan, I would like you to know, we both enjoyed your professionalism and ability to talk to us (not talk beer snob). Your insight and knowledge has given our brewer a higher confidence, one that I knew was there, but you are refining it. We will give you updates as it progresses. Thank you again for this first step in a long marathon of brewing.”
Services rendered: brewery “reopening”, cleaning, and testing. Full onsite brew day. SOP creation. Recipe review and refinement. Follow up visit 1yr later to assess processes and recommended fixes and identified bottleneck issues.
Jason K.
Co-Founder and Head Brewer
“Ryan has gone above and beyond to help us out in the planning of our brewery and taproom. Not only is he extremely approachable and welcoming, he has the knowledge to back it up as well. Deciding between different brewing systems and equipment, sizing options, as well as business plan reviews, Ryan has been a huge part of our planning process.
We are looking forward to continuing to work with Ryan throughout the process of opening our brewery. This includes recipe creation and revision as well as developing and implementing SOPs for the entire process. We couldn’t imagine trying to tackle all of this without the extra set of eyes on every decision and the advice throughout the process.”
Services rendered: business plan review, equipment selection (10bbl brewhouse and everything else to build a brewery from scratch), equipment layout design, recipe creation, operations advice, onsite brewing and SOP development.
Ryan P.
Brewery Owner and Head Brewer
“Ryan, your expertise has helped us define our process and really get our brewery started the right way. Every time you’re around we learn something new that saves us time, effort, and money - come more often!”
Services rendered: business review, equipment layout, process improvement, marketing review.
Anne-Marie O.
Brewery Owner - Native Brewing
“Ryan, thank you for everything you’ve done for us! Not only did you build our brewhouse from scratch and help us get licensed, but you also enthusiastically taught us how to use it properly. Your passion and teaching skills are great! Cheers.”
Services rendered: build, passivate, and test new brewhouse. Instruct team on sanitation and best practices, brewing basics class, fermentation basics, and demo full brew day. Assisted with licensing.
Fun fact: I became the first person to ever brew commercially on Native American land!
