March/April 2025

Optimizing Operations

For the March/April 2025 The New Brewer, we present our Optimizing Operations issue. Informative features include a look at how using lean techniques can improve efficiency in brewery operations, and an overview of how to create financial standard operating procedures. We also offer a roundup of the craft brewing scene in Indianapolis, which is set to host the Craft Brewers Conference April 28–May 1.

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Optimizing Operations

March April The New Brewer Optimizing Ops

Optimizing Operations

Lean thinking can be the antidote to stagnation. It clears the path to sustainable growth by eliminating waste, improving efficiency, and fostering innovation.

Optimizing Operations

Featured Stories

March April The New Brewer Financial SOPs

Building Brewery Financial SOPs

KARY SHUMWAY

You wouldn’t brew beer without following a recipe and a specific process. This same principle applies to crafting your financial statements.

Collaboration 2.0

GREG KITSOCK

Collaboration has always been a hallmark of craft brewing. Now that collaborative spirit is helping craft brewers survive in a punishing market.

March April The New Brewer Collaborations

Creative Collabs

GABE TOTH

As the craft beer market matures, brewers are looking beyond their usual coterie to develop collaborations with a widening circle of partners.

March April The New Brewer Climate Change Pt 2

Brewing & Climate Change, Part 2

HORST DORNBUSCH AND WALTER KÖNIG

The hop plant (Humulus lupulus) is highly susceptible to climate-induced environmental changes. Key measures are currently underway to ensure its long-term survival.

Craft Beer in the Circle City

RITA KOHN

Downtown Indianapolis boasts a vibrant community of craft breweries and beer bars, as attendees of the Craft Brewers Conference April 28–May 1 will discover.

A Note From the Editor

Jill Redding, Editor-in-Chief

This issue also includes our usual informative departments, plus brewery-generated news about the craft brewing community in the Brewery Updates and Beer Releases sections; and new products and services from the allied trade in Industry Supplier News. In our back-page interview, we highlight Clay Robinson of Sun King Brewing in Indianapolis.

Cheers, and we hope you enjoy this issue of The New Brewer.

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