Designing Breweries That Actually Work
How to think about utilities, tank placement, drainage, ceiling height, glycol routing, hose runs, and workflow for smooth production days — whether you’re new or scaling up.
Workshops, Talks, and Education for Breweries Practical, Technical, and Built Around Real Brewing
I speak with brewers, guilds, and industry groups about the parts of brewing that often don’t make it into textbooks: layout that respects workflow, turning ideas into consistent beer, avoiding common brewhouse pitfalls, and building breweries that grow without chaos.
Signature Topics
Recipe Development & Scaling for Consistency
Strategies for translating pilot batches to production, managing water profiles, fermentation timing, and building recipes your team can execute repeatedly.
Avoiding the Most Common Brewhouse Bottlenecks
The five patterns that show up in nearly every brewery — and how to diagnose and correct them before they become expensive problems.
Wild, Mixed-Fermentation & Jun Programs
Understanding mixed cultures, controlling drift, building predictable outcomes, and structuring a wild program alongside clean production.
Workshop & Training Formats
Conference Talks
Clear, practical sessions tailored for guilds, festivals, and regional conferences.
On-Site Workshops
Hands-on team sessions for breweries covering layout review, SOP building, recipes, or optimization.
Virtual Training
Remote sessions with slides, shared documents, and Q&A — ideal for small teams or tight schedules.
Why Breweries & Guilds Book These Sessions
Brewers are busy, and teams don’t always have time to sift through conflicting advice. These sessions are built around one goal: to give people actionable, realistic tools based on real production brewing and real buildouts — not theory.
- • Clear takeaways your team can apply the next brew day
- • Straightforward, practical language (no jargon walls)
- • Real experience with systems, utilities, and tanks
- • Topics tailored to your audience and brewery size
Want to Discuss a Talk or Workshop?
Whether you're planning a conference session, a guild workshop, or an in-house staff training, I'm happy to help you shape a session that fits your goals and your audience.