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Bookkeeping for breweries and distilleries
Brewery accounting spans production, taproom sales and wholesale collections. Tidwell helps organize those records so ingredient purchases, packaging costs and payroll can be reviewed alongside the revenue they support.
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General information, not legal advice.
Connect batch records with purchasing
Retain ingredient, packaging and production summaries that explain inventory movement. Document spoilage and other adjustments for review with your CPA. Consistent costing records help distinguish a purchasing spike from a change in product margin.
Separate taproom settlements from wholesale balances
Reconcile register reports and card fees for the taproom while keeping distributor invoices and collections in a distinct receivables view. Deposits from these channels arrive differently and should remain explainable.
Keep production and service labor visible
Approved time can separate brewing or distilling work from taproom service and administration. Use those allocations to review payroll costs with the related operations, and preserve employee tip records where relevant.
Prepare beverage records for specialist review
Keep product, volume and sales-channel summaries accessible to your tax adviser. Tidwell supports the bookkeeping and can discuss sales tax service scope; specialized beverage filings and regulatory decisions remain with the appropriate adviser.
Batch, taproom and wholesale record questions
Can brewery bookkeeping distinguish taproom and wholesale margins?
Channel and cost coding can support that review when sales and inventory records are complete. Shared costs need an agreed allocation method.
What should document a batch loss?
Keep the production adjustment, cost support and management approval together so the ledger entry has a clear explanation.
Can payroll track employees who work production and service shifts?
Yes. Supply approved time separated by activity and preserve any relevant pay or tip adjustments.
Bring production and sales records together
Bring your current records and the questions you want the books to answer. We work remotely across California, with meetings at our Atascadero office by arrangement to discuss a practical service scope.
Monthly bookkeeping starts at $500 a month. See pricing