How I Work With Breweries
Most engagements fall into one of a few patterns:
- • Planning and designing a new brewery
- • Improving an existing brewhouse and cellar
- • Developing or refining recipes and processes
- • Translating ideas into drawings, layouts, and documentation
Each service can be tailored to your scale, your building, and your team.
The goal is always the same: clear decisions, better beer, and systems that actually work on a real brew day.
Core Brewery Consulting Services
Brewery Start-Up Consulting
From blank floor plan to first pour
Opening a brewery is a mix of vision, logistics, engineering, and a lot of hard decisions.
I help you design a brewhouse that fits your building, budget, and long-term plans instead of
forcing a generic template into a space that doesn’t want it.
- • Floor plan and brewhouse layout review
- • Equipment selection and sizing guidance
- • Utilities considerations: power, water, drainage, glycol
- • Production flow from grain-in to glass
- • Planning for future growth
- • Basic documentation for engineers and contractors
Learn more about brewery start-up consulting →
Recipe Development & Scaling
From idea to production-ready
Great recipes are more than grain and hops—they’re tuned to your water, your equipment,
and your guests. I work with breweries to design new beers and refine existing ones so they’re
both expressive and repeatable.
- • New recipes for core, seasonal, or specialty releases
- • Translating pilot batches to production volumes
- • Balancing water chemistry, mash profiles, and fermentation
- • Jun, wild, and mixed-fermentation program support
- • Adjusting recipes for different systems or upgrades
- • Recipe and process documentation for your team
Learn more about recipe development & scaling →
Brewhouse Optimization
Improve efficiency, consistency, and sanity
If you're already brewing but keep running into bottlenecks, inconsistent results, or long,
exhausting days, optimization work can provide a lot of relief without requiring a full rebuild.
- • Improve brewhouse efficiency and consistency
- • Reduce losses in brewhouse, cellar, and packaging
- • Smooth out tank turns and brew/ferment/package schedules
- • Address recurring fermentation issues or off-flavors
- • Clarify and simplify SOPs and documentation
- • Align staff roles with how the system actually runs
Learn more about brewhouse optimization →
Brewery Layout & Drafting
Drawings that make sense to brewers and builders
Good layouts save time, money, and frustration—for brewers, contractors, and inspectors.
With a background in drafting and building systems, I help translate ideas into drawings and
diagrams that support real-world construction.
- • Brewhouse, cellar, and packaging layout concepts
- • Planning drainage, trenches, and hose routes
- • High-level MEP/HVAC coordination for brewery needs
- • Glycol and process piping routing considerations
- • Simple plan views and diagrams for contractors
Learn more about brewery layout & drafting →
Not Sure Where to Start?
A lot of breweries don’t fit neatly into a single category—and that’s fine.
We can blend these services into a custom engagement that matches where you are right now.
- • “We’re planning a brewery and want to avoid expensive mistakes.”
- • “Our current setup works, but it always feels harder than it should.”
- • “We need help turning ideas into real, documented processes.”
- • “We’d like an outside eye on our layout, recipes, or schedule.”
In most cases, a short conversation is the best place to begin.
Book a discovery call
Remote, On-Site, or Hybrid
Every brewery is different in what it needs and what’s practical. I’m comfortable working in a range of formats:
Remote Consulting
Video calls, shared documents, and digital drawings.
Great for planning, recipe work, and process refinement.
On-Site Visits
Hands-on time in your brewhouse and cellar to observe, troubleshoot,
and tune in real time. Ideal for optimization and layout validation.
Hybrid
A blend of remote planning and on-site implementation or follow-up
as needed, respecting both your budget and your schedule.
Let’s Talk About Your Brewery
If you’d like to talk through where you are and what might help most,
I’m happy to start with a simple, no-pressure conversation.
