Brewery and distillery accounting.
TTB excise tax, taproom vs distribution revenue separation, raw materials inventory, and the alcohol-specific compliance reporting that lives next to your books.
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Breweries and distilleries operate under federal alcohol excise tax (TTB), state alcohol licensing, and standard sales tax all at once. The bookkeeping has to keep all three reconciled. Add a taproom that mixes draft service with packaged retail and the COGS picture gets layered fast.
We work with production breweries, brewpubs, distilleries, and combined operations.
What we handle
- TTB excise tax reporting support — books that match the regulatory data.
- Taproom POS reconciliation with separate revenue lines for draft, packaged, food, retail.
- Raw materials inventory — grain, hops, yeast, packaging.
- Distribution revenue separated from taproom — different margins, different cash terms.
- Equipment depreciation — fermenters, brite tanks, packaging line.
A production brewery thought distribution was slightly more profitable than taproom on a per-barrel basis. After we re-coded packaging cost (cans, labels, cases) to distribution-only, distribution margin was 11 points lower. The taproom was carrying the company.
If you run only a taproom, brewery accounting is essentially restaurant + inventory.
If you distribute, separate revenue streams and track per-barrel margin.
If you carry significant raw materials or finished inventory, perpetual inventory matters.
Taproom margin clear, distribution margin honest, TTB-friendly records.
From $700/month for breweries.
Frequently asked questions
TTB filings?
Our books support the production, removal, and excise-tax data the TTB expects. We do not file the TTB return — that is your compliance team — but our records produce the data.
Software?
Ekos, Beer30, OrchestratedBEER. Sync to QuickBooks Online.
Cost per barrel?
We calculate fully-loaded cost per barrel monthly — raw materials, packaging, direct labor, equipment depreciation share.
Equipment Section 179?
Most production equipment qualifies. We model timing for tax planning.