Managing Draught Line Loss and Improving the Efficiency of Your Draught System

Craft Brewers Conference 2025
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Speakers: Paige Martin, Annette May

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A balanced, properly maintained draught system delivers substantial profit to your taproom, and keeps your customers returning. Understanding how to keep your draught system pouring efficiently and without loss can be challenging, especially when changing styles or brands. This seminar covers the applicable knowledge to manage and maintain your draught system and to ensure your beer pours as the brewer intended with optimal profitability for your business.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the relationship between carbonation levels, applied pressure, and resistance to keep beer pouring the way the brewer intended—at an optimal flow rate without excess foam
  • Discuss draught system setup for maximum efficiency and profit
  • Learn to successfully manage style and brand changes
  • Know how to establish system maintenance procedures and schedules
  • Walk away with the tools to implement proper beer service and server education

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