Breww
by Breww
Brewery software priced on how much beer you make, not how many people use it: versioned recipes, vessel scheduling, quality gates, ingredient lot tracing to the customer, batch costing, and QuickBooks, Xero and Shopify connections.
Why it is classified this way
We call this a Batch / process manufacturing product. Built around recipes or formulas, batch runs, and lot genealogy. May or may not include full time-phased planning.
It is not labeled Full MRP because we have not verified that it accepts dated demand, sales orders, a forecast, or a master production schedule; nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming; explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials; uses lead times or required dates; and produces dated buy, make, transfer, release, or reschedule recommendations. That is a statement about the evidence we found, not a claim that the product is weak, see the capability table and the sources below.
The six Full MRP tests, and how Breww does on each (1 of 6)
- YesIt represents a bill of materials, recipe, or formula.Evidence: breww.com › Recipes and brew sheets(opens in a new tab); breww.com › Production(opens in a new tab)
- PartialIt accepts dated demand, sales orders, a forecast, or a master production schedule.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.
- PartialIt nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.
- PartialIt explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.The pre-brew check works out a planned brew's ingredient needs from its recipe and checks them against stock and other planned brews. It runs per brew; no page describes a planning run that turns demand into dated ingredient purchases. Checked 2026-09-19. breww.com › Production(opens in a new tab)
- UnknownIt uses lead times or required dates.Not established. No evidence found yet.
- UnknownIt produces dated buy, make, transfer, release, or reschedule recommendations.Not established. No evidence found yet.
These rules are applied identically to every product and enforced at build time, a record cannot be published as Full MRP unless all six pass with a source attached. Read the methodology.
Best for
- 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
Not a fit when
- Buyers who want MRP-style dated purchase suggestions: the pre-brew check flags shortfalls for a planned brew, but no page describes lead-time planning
- Non-drinks manufacturers. The vendor says it is aimed mainly at breweries, with cider, mead, seltzer and wine also fitting
Pricing facts
What it costs to do manufacturing in this product.
Advertised from
$34.99/month
Useful entry price
$34.99/month
Billing basis
Usage-based
Free trial: 30 days.
What moves the real bill
- Onboarding fee. No setup fee. On-site visits, training and managed data migration are quoted on request.
- Usage-based. The bill moves with your order, SKU, or transaction volume.
Plans
| Plan | Price | Add-ons and setup |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 200 hL a yearBilled monthly | $34.99/mo | — |
| Up to 200 hL a year, contract and packaging work included. Fits only if you make up to 200 hL a year. | ||
| Up to 750 hL a yearBilled monthly | $94.99/mo | — |
| Up to 750 hL a year, contract and packaging work included. Fits only if you make up to 750 hL a year. | ||
| Up to 1,500 hL a yearBilled monthly | $139.99/mo | — |
| Up to 1,500 hL a year, contract and packaging work included. Fits only if you make up to 1,500 hL a year. | ||
| Up to 3,000 hL a yearBilled monthly | $179.99/mo | — |
| Up to 3,000 hL a year, contract and packaging work included. Fits only if you make up to 3,000 hL a year. | ||
| Up to 5,000 hL a yearBilled monthly | $239.99/mo | — |
| Up to 5,000 hL a year, contract and packaging work included. Fits only if you make up to 5,000 hL a year. | ||
| Up to 7,500 hL a yearBilled monthly | $359.99/mo | — |
| Up to 7,500 hL a year, contract and packaging work included. Fits only if you make up to 7,500 hL a year. | ||
| Up to 10,000 hL a yearBilled monthly | $479.99/mo | — |
| Up to 10,000 hL a year, contract and packaging work included. Fits only if you make up to 10,000 hL a year. | ||
Cheapest paid plan that manufactures, by paid users
- 1 user: Up to 200 hL a year, at least $34.99 a month (billed monthly); first year at least $420.
- 5 users: Up to 200 hL a year, at least $34.99 a month (billed monthly); first year at least $420.
- 10 users: Up to 200 hL a year, at least $34.99 a month (billed monthly); first year at least $420.
Pricing detail
Priced on annual production with unlimited users, on a rolling monthly contract. In US dollars: $34.99 a month up to 200 hL a year, $94.99 up to 750 hL, $139.99 up to 1,500 hL, $179.99 up to 3,000 hL, $239.99 up to 5,000 hL, $359.99 up to 7,500 hL and $479.99 up to 10,000 hL; the page's slider goes higher but lists no dollar figure above 10,000 hL. Contract brews, beer brewed for you and packaging for others all count towards volume. Optional add-ons: advanced sales visit routing at $19.99 per enabled user, advanced deliveries at $39.99 per vehicle, and courier labels in bands from $6.99 a month. Prices exclude VAT and sales tax.
Checked on October 9, 2026. Source: breww.com(opens in a new tab). Prices change. Check before you buy.
Manufacturing capability
17 of 25 fields resolved. "Unknown" means we have not found first-party evidence. It is not a No.
Planning
Working out what to buy or make, and when.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Accepts dated demandYou can tell it what is due and when, sales orders with dates, a forecast, or a production schedule. | Partial | Planned brews go on a dated calendar: "Tell Breww what the recipe needs and when you want to brew." The page does not show sales orders or forecasts feeding that plan.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: breww.com › Production(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Nets against stock on handIt subtracts what you already have before telling you to buy more. | Partial | "One pre-brew check confirms every ingredient is in stock, counting what other planned brews have already claimed." That nets one planned brew against stock and other claims; it is a check, not a planning run.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: breww.com › Production(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Counts incoming ordersIt knows about purchase orders and production orders already placed, so it does not tell you to order twice. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation showing open purchase or production orders included in the supply picture.Know the answer? |
| Uses lead timesIt works backwards from when you need something to when you must order or start it, using supplier and production lead times. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation showing lead time fields that shift a suggested order or start date.Know the answer? |
| Produces dated buy/make suggestionsThe output is an actionable list with dates, order this much by this date, start this batch on this date. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation or a screenshot of replenishment or planning suggestions carrying dates.Know the answer? |
| Capacity planningChecks whether your people and machines can do the work in the time available. | Yes | Scheduling picks vessels by availability and size: "It works out which vessels, checking real availability and capacity, and scaling to your batch size."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: breww.com › Production(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Production
Recipes, bills of materials, and running the work.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Bill of materialsA list of the parts and quantities needed to make one of something. | Yes | Each recipe lists its ingredient additions for the full recipe volume, and starting a batch pulls those ingredients in.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: breww.com › Recipes and brew sheets(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Multi-level BOMSub-assemblies inside assemblies, a part that is itself made from other parts, nested as deep as you need. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of nested or multi-level bom structures, not just a flat component list.Know the answer? |
| Recipes & formulasBatch-style production by weight, volume, or percentage, including scaling a batch up or down. | Yes | "Versioned recipes drive a live digital brew sheet. Quantities scale to the batch automatically", including multi-turn batches.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: breww.com › Production(opens in a new tab); breww.com › Recipes and brew sheets(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Work / manufacturing ordersA record authorising and tracking the making of a specific quantity. | Yes | Batches are started from a recipe: "The next time you start a batch, you can select the recipe, and Breww will input the ingredients".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: breww.com › Recipes and brew sheets(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Routings & operationsThe ordered steps a product goes through, and which machine or station does each one. | Partial | Recipes are organized into stages such as mash, boil and fermentation, and brews, transfers and packaging are scheduled on one calendar. These are brewing stages, not machine routings with times.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: breww.com › Recipes and brew sheets(opens in a new tab); breww.com › Production(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Shop-floor trackingOperators report progress, time, and completions as the work happens. | Yes | Brewers log readings on a live digital brew sheet, from connected sensors or by scanning the QR code on a vessel.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: breww.com › Production(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Quality controlsChecks, tests, holds, and non-conformance records tied to production or receiving. | Yes | Tolerance bands grade every reading, and approval gates hold stock back until sign-off.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: breww.com › Production(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Inventory & traceability
Knowing what you hold and being able to trace it.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Batch & lot traceabilityWhich incoming material lots went into which finished batch, and where those finished goods went. | Yes | "One report traces a single ingredient lot through every batch, container and delivery it touched, with the customers who received it."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: breww.com › Production(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Expiry & shelf lifeBest-before dates on materials and finished goods, with warnings before they lapse. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of expiry, best-before, or shelf-life date fields.Know the answer? |
| Serial numbersUnique identifiers on individual units, for warranty or field service. | Partial | Packaging uses "per-container IDs down to individual cans and casks". Serial-number workflows beyond container IDs are not described.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: breww.com › Production(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Commerce & accounting
Costs, purchasing, storefronts, and the books.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Product costing & COGSWhat it costs you to make one, and the cost of the goods you sold. | Yes | "True batch costs: ingredients, overheads, excise and taxes, down to cost per can."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: breww.com › Production(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| PurchasingRaising and tracking purchase orders to suppliers from inside the system. | Yes | A shortfall found by the pre-brew check "becomes a purchase order in one click".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: breww.com › Production(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Accounting connectionSends financial data to bookkeeping software, or includes its own general ledger. | Yes | Invoices and the stock journals behind them post to QuickBooks Online or Xero: raw materials, work in progress, finished goods and cost of goods sold.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: breww.com › Quickbooks online(opens in a new tab); breww.com › Xero(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Ecommerce connectionPulls orders and pushes stock levels to a storefront or marketplace. | Yes | "A Shopify sale lands in Breww as an order with stock allocated against it", and stock levels go back to Shopify.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: breww.com › Shopify(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Openness & your data
Getting data in, out, and away if you leave.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| APIA documented programming interface so other software can read and write your data. | Yes | "Breww has an open API that anyone can use to build integrations with Breww." REST with JSON responses and API keys.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: breww.com › Breww public api(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| WebhooksThe system can notify other software the moment something changes. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of outbound webhooks or event subscriptions.Know the answer? |
| MCP supportA Model Context Protocol server, letting an AI assistant read or act on this data. Useful, but it has nothing to do with whether the product plans materials. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: a first-party mcp server, or documentation of one.Know the answer? |
| CSV exportYou can get your lists out as spreadsheet files. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of csv or spreadsheet export.Know the answer? |
| Full data exportYou can take everything, including history and relationships, not just a few screens' worth of rows. | Partial | The pricing page says "Your data is yours to export whenever you like", but does not say what formats or how much of the history an export covers.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: breww.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Deployment, licensing and your data
- Deployment
- Cloud (hosted for you)
- Licensing
- Proprietary SaaS
- Team sizes
- Just me, 2–5 people, 6–20 people, 21–50 people
- Manufacturing styles
- Batch & recipe products
Integrations
- QuickBooks Online
- Xero
- Shopify
- WooCommerce
- Squarespace
- Square
- Sage Accounting
Industries
Jobs this product qualifies for
Derived from the capability table above, not hand-assigned.
Editorial notes and cautions
Things we would want a friend to know before buying.
- The price depends on annual volume, so compare the tier you will be on next year, not this year's.
Alternatives to Breww
An alternative is always an alternative for a reason. There is no universal replacement.
Compared on Beer30's page, where we wrote: "Breww includes batch costing and its QuickBooks and Xero sync in every volume tier, starting near $35 a month, where Beer30 keeps costing for its top bundle."
Compared on BrewMan's page, where we wrote: "Breww charges by annual volume with unlimited users, which costs less for a busy small team, and it documents an ingredient-lot trace report through to customers."
Compared on Ollie's page, where we wrote: "Breww starts below Ollie for small breweries because it prices by annual volume, and it documents a report that follows one ingredient lot to the customers who received it."
Compared on Vinsight's page, where we wrote: "Breww is priced on annual volume with unlimited users and starts lower, so a small brewery or cidery with several staff may pay less there than on Vinsight's per-user production plans."
Evidence and verification
Researched 2026-09-19 from the pricing page (the dollar tiers are read from the page's own price table), the production feature page, the recipes documentation, the integration pages and the API documentation.
Sources we checked (4)
What we still want to confirm
We publish our gaps rather than hiding them. If you can point us at a first-party page for any of these, we will update the record and credit the correction.
- Find documentation on whether stock projections use purchase-order dates and supplier lead times.
- Confirm expiry and best-before handling, sub-recipes, and export formats.
- Confirm prices above 10,000 hL a year.
Still unknown: counts incoming orders, uses lead times, produces dated buy/make suggestions, multi-level bom, expiry & shelf life, webhooks, mcp support, csv export.