Bookkeeping for Craft Breweries and Brewpubs

You know how to brew great beer. Your books should be just as well-crafted.

Running a craft brewery means managing revenue streams, specific expenses, and equipment costs that generic bookkeepers consistently get wrong. Your books should be as well-crafted as your beer. That is where we come in, offering virtual bookkeeping for taprooms, brewpubs, and craft breweries across the U.S.

What Should Be Tracked For Craft Breweries

Brewery sales and expenses are not generic small business bookkeeping. Here is what we capture every month:

Beer revenue. Whether your beer moves through a taproom, a brewpub, a restaurant, self-distribution, or a paid distribution partner, knowing which revenue stream is performing and which is not gives you the clarity to make smarter business decisions.
Cost of Goods Sold. Ingredients (hops, malt, yeast, wheat, and barley, etc) along with food costs and utility expenses for power consumption are tracked as COGS. These are the nuances of brewery bookkeeping that generic bookkeepers consistently get wrong.
Equipment maintenance and repairs. Fermenters, bright tanks, canning lines, and taproom equipment are expensive to maintain. Tracking those costs separately every month gives you the true cost of keeping production running not a surprise at year end.
Loan and equipment financing. Most breweries carry significant equipment debt. Your financing obligations are managed and visible in your books every single month so cash flow is never a mystery.
POS system fees and reconciliation. Taproom point of sale costs are reconciled and tracked monthly so your revenue numbers are always accurate and nothing slips through.

What We Do Not Do And Why That Matters

We want to be straightforward before you book a call.

We do not calculate or file TTB reports or excise tax. Those obligations stay with you or your CPA just as a brewery handles its own sales tax.

We do not set up or train on brewery management software. QuickBooks Online is not a production cost calculator and we will not use it as one.

What we will do is keep your books accurate and current in QBO, break out your revenue streams, and give you a clear monthly picture of whether your brewery is profitable without overpromising what QBO is built to do.

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What our clients are saying…

Scott Mandell

I’ve been working with Amber and her team for about six months now and have been very impressed. Amber runs her bookkeeping business in a truly professional, well-organized way. The team gives me real confidence that the work they’re doing is accurate, thoughtful, and appropriate for my business. It’s been great to have that level of trust and reliability. I would absolutely recommend to other business owners.

Gino Rotella

Amber is an exceptional professional and a true expert in her field. She and her team work diligently to ensure our company’s financial data is accurate, well-organized, and easy to understand. I would highly recommend her services to any organization ready to take its operations to the next level. Thanks Amber!!

Thomas J Brosnan

Amber helps our small business stay current with our Quickbooks and banking.

Joshua Randall

Being the owner of a Construction Company has its challenges. I initially hired Amber's Bookkeeping to bring some organization to the business finances for 2023. I was impressed with her overall ability to get things in line, advise me in terms of liability as well as her straightforward personality. I have continued to use her services to date. She brings to the table a wealth of Quickbooks knowledge, works expeditiously, communicates promptly and directly while bringing real value. I would (and have) recommended Amber for her expertise in bookkeeping. She has become an integral part of my success and I am grateful for having her to work with.

Our clients love us because we are:

Reliable

You can count on us to keep your books accurate and organized, ensuring your financials are always in order.

Responsive

You won’t be ignored. You can expect your emails to be answered and talk to a real person.

Timely

Your financial records are updated on schedule, so you always have the right numbers when you need them.

Why We Actually Understand Your World

Daniel doesn’t only manage Amber’s Accounting & Bookkeeping. He brews beer. He has a full fermentation system in his garage, hosts an annual Oktoberfest for family and friends every October, and spent 2019 deep in research preparing to open a brewery before life took a different turn. When you talk to us about fermentation costs, taproom flow, or the difference between a production brewery and a brewpub, you are not explaining it to someone who googled it last week.

We have worked with craft breweries including supporting a brewery from its very first day of operation and completing a major bookkeeping cleanup for an established brewing company. We know what brewery books look like when they go wrong and we know how to fix them.

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Exclusively Serving QuickBooks Online Users.
Focused on service-based businesses – no non-profits or retail.
Packages begin at $500/month.