Opening a brewery is exciting, but sustaining and scaling it requires strong financial discipline. In this session, brewery owner Jake Lohse of Presidential Brewing and financial trainer Kary Shumway of Beer Business Finance share real-world lessons on what it takes to track, manage, and control the numbers that drive long-term profitability. Learn practical tools and systems they can put to work immediately, whether they’re starting up, stabilizing operations, or planning for growth.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the critical financial metrics to track during startup, stabilization, and growth phases
• Learn how to apply practical systems for financial management that improve visibility into sales, margins, and cash flow
• Recognize common financial pitfalls that derail brewery profitability and learn strategies to avoid them
• Walk away with real-world benchmarks and case studies that you can use to evaluate your own brewery’s financial performance
• Develop an action plan for scaling profitably while maintaining financial discipline and control in your business