Episode 53 - Navigating Challenging Financial Times for Small Breweries

BYO Nano Brew Podcast

Keeping an eye on the bottom line has never been more important. From rising ingredient costs to a shift in consumer spending. On this episode of the BYO Nano Podcast we spend some time talking about best practices for your brewery’s ledger. Then will visit to South Dakota to hear from a nano brewer building a community through neighbor connections and local ingredients.

Guests:

Audra Gaiziunas is an owner in DSSOLVR in Asheville NC and serves as the brewery CFO. She also serves as an independent fractional CEO/CFO for the craft beer industry and has worked with well over 300+ breweries over the past decade, through her company Brewed For Her Ledger, LLC. Prior to owning her own company, she served as Dogfish Head Craft Brewery’s Controller from 2009-2010 and Mother Earth Brewing’s Chief Financial Officer from 2011-2014. She has been working exclusively in craft beer for 11+ years and joined the Brewers Association’s Finance Committee in January 2020.

Nicki Werner has been brewing professionally since 2014 starting at a 30 bbl start-up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Nicki spent the next few years brewing at a big brewery - Left Hand Brewing in Colorado - and a smaller brewery in the Midwest. In 2019 Nicki studied in Bavaria, Germany thanks to a scholarship from the Pink Boots Program. In 2021 Nicki opened the 5bbl Jefferson Beer Supply with family in Jefferson, South Dakota. Jefferson is a town of 500 on the border of Iowa and Nebraska. Nicki loves brewing low-alcohol beers, discovering the flavors specific to her region, and running a happy, fun, community-driven taproom with family and friends.

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BYO Nano Brew Podcast Episode 53
Host: John Holl
Guests: Audra Gaiziunas, NIcki Werner

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Music: Scott McCampbell