Manufacturing software for breweries & distilleries

Fermentation timelines, tank capacity, excise paperwork, and packaging runs.

How the work runs

Fermentation is a capacity constraint you cannot rush, and tank availability governs the schedule more than material availability does. A batch occupies a vessel for days or weeks, packaging is a separate step with its own materials, and excise paperwork follows the liquid throughout. Distilleries add aging, which means product sitting in barrels for years while your accountant asks how it is valued.

What makes or breaks it

Tank and vessel capacity as a real constraint. Scheduling that ignores whether a fermenter is free is scheduling that does not work here.
Multi-stage production with work in progress. Wort, fermentation, conditioning, packaging. Each stage holds value and needs to be visible.
Lot traceability through packaging. The batch identity has to survive into cans, bottles and kegs, with date codes that mean something.
Excise and duty records. Volumes produced, moved and lost are reportable. Reconstructing them later is painful.

Where people get caught out

Assuming a general manufacturing system understands fermentation. Most model production as an event, not a period. Ask specifically how a batch that occupies a resource for three weeks is represented.

Do you need full MRP here?

Capacity planning matters here more than material planning. Look at the capacity and scheduling rows in the comparison table before the MRP ones.

Products we have researched for breweries & distilleries

13 products in our catalog list this industry.

Aptean Food & Beverage ERP
Food ERP on Business Central, with catch weight handled all the way to the invoice.
Manufacturing ERPProprietary SaaS
Quote only
- Food and beverage makers selling variable-weight products, where catch weight runs to invoicing
- Shops needing bi-directional ingredient tracing and allergen management for compliance
- Companies already committed to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
✓ VerifiedChecked October 9, 2026
Beer30
Brew-process tracking and TTB reports from $30 a month (Lite); costing and accounting from $313.
Batch / process manufacturingProprietary SaaS
From $30/mo
- Production-minded breweries that care most about brew logs, fermentation curves and yeast tracking
- Small breweries that want production and TTB reports for about $30 a month and can live without costing
- Kombucha makers, through the sister product Bucha30
Partially verifiedChecked October 9, 2026
BrewMan
Brewery production, stock planning, sales and delivery at US$90 per concurrent user a month, no contract.
Batch / process manufacturingProprietary SaaS
From $90/user/mo
- Breweries that want a stock requirements screen netting planned batches against stock and open purchase orders
- Small teams where only one or two people are signed in at a time, since seats are concurrent
- Producers who self-distribute and want route planning and container tracking in the same system
Partially verifiedChecked October 9, 2026
Breww
Brewery production, traceability and sales in one system, priced by annual output with unlimited users.
Batch / process manufacturingProprietary SaaS
From $34.99/mo
- Breweries that want recipes, brew sheets, vessels, stock and sales in one place
- Growing teams, since adding users costs nothing
- Brewers who need to trace an ingredient lot to the customers who received it
✓ VerifiedChecked October 9, 2026
DISTILL x 5
Distillery operations and TTB reports for craft DSPs, quoted by the volume of spirit you bottle.
Batch / process manufacturingProprietary SaaS
Quote only
- US craft distilleries whose biggest monthly job is TTB reporting and excise returns
- Whiskey Systems customers, who must move before that product retires on June 30, 2027
- Distillers who want production pricing tied to spirit bottled rather than to staff count
Partially verifiedChecked October 9, 2026
Ekos
Beverage production, inventory and sales for craft drinks makers; pricing only by request.
Batch / process manufacturingProprietary SaaS
Quote only
- Craft breweries, wineries and distilleries that want TTB reporting and keg tracking with inventory and production
- Producers who keep their books in QuickBooks
Partially verifiedChecked October 9, 2026
Kerno
Beta
Free to use right now in beta, and built for people who make things from formulas.
Batch / process manufacturingProprietary SaaS
Free plan · From $59.99/mo
- Formula-driven makers who want to start today, since beta access is free, needs no credit card, and the vendor advertises no end date for it
- Shops that want to know what a batch cost with labour in it: a completed batch shows raw material, labour and packaging cost, a cost per unit, and retail and dealer prices over that cost
- Makers who want a say in what gets built, because the vendor is actively shaping it around user feedback
✓ VerifiedChecked September 23, 2026
Mar-Kov
Recipe manufacturing with electronic batch records, aimed squarely at regulated small makers.
Batch / process manufacturingProprietary SaaS
Quote only
- Regulated small makers who need electronic batch records and sign-offs, not just a stock count
- Shops facing recall drills, since end-to-end lot traceability is the product's center of gravity
- Makers on QuickBooks who want manufacturing without changing accounting
✓ VerifiedChecked October 9, 2026
Odoo
Formerly OpenERP, TinyERP
An open-core ERP covering manufacturing, stock and accounting; read the Community versus Enterprise line carefully.
Manufacturing ERPOpen corePasses all 6 Full MRP tests
From $0/user/mo · $24.90/user/mo useful
- Manufacturers who want production, stock, purchasing, ecommerce and the ledger from one vendor
- Shops needing finite capacity scheduling and a real shop-floor tablet interface
- Technical teams willing to self-host Community and avoid per-seat pricing entirely
✓ VerifiedChecked October 9, 2026
Ollie
Brewery and distillery production with TTB reports at a published flat $201 a month, unlimited users.
Batch / process manufacturingProprietary SaaS
From $201/mo
- Small breweries that want production, inventory, costing and TTB reports at a published flat price
- Teams that want every staff member logged in without per-seat charges
- Brewstilleries that want beer and spirits in one account; distilling was added in September 2026
Partially verifiedChecked October 9, 2026
Vicinity
Adds formula manufacturing to QuickBooks Online or Microsoft Dynamics. You need one of them first.
Batch / process manufacturingProprietary SaaS
Quote only
- Manufacturers already running QuickBooks Online or Microsoft Dynamics who need formula and batch handling on top
- Breweries, food makers and chemical shops wanting industry-shaped functionality rather than generic ERP
✓ VerifiedChecked October 9, 2026
Vinsight
For small wineries, cideries, breweries and distillers who need vessel-level traceability, excise reporting and stock in one cloud tool.
Batch / process manufacturingProprietary SaaS
From $24/mo · $99/mo useful
- Small wineries, cideries and craft distillers who need to trace blends and additives through vessels for audits
- Producers who file excise or WET tax and post to Xero
- Beverage makers who want to see weekly packaging-material shortfalls and raise purchase orders with lead times
Partially verifiedChecked October 9, 2026
Wherefour
Built for recall-ready batch producers who need traceability and purchasing in one place.
Batch / process manufacturingProprietary SaaS
Quote only
- Food, beverage and cosmetics producers who must be able to run a recall in minutes
- Shops where expiry dates and lot genealogy are compliance requirements, not conveniences
- Buyers comfortable with a sales conversation to get a price
✓ VerifiedChecked October 9, 2026

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