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From The 5th Ingredient, we want to wish you, your families, and your businesses an excellent 2026 🥂 Cheers, from our family to yours!

What’s the real reason so many brewers use their first January batch to rebuild yeast? Drop your guess below and we’ll share the answer this Friday on Beer Trivia Friday. 🍻

Ever heard the superstition about brewing on New Year’s Day? Some old-school brewers wouldn’t touch the mash tun on Jan 1. But why? Drop your guess below and we’ll reveal the answer this Friday on Beer Trivia Friday. 🍻

Give the gift of Beer30 this holiday season 🎁 Help a fellow brewery ditch spreadsheets, boost yield, and level up their grain-to-glass data—and earn yourself a $250 referral bonus as a gift from us! Who’s the first brewer or production manager you’d gift Beer30 to this year?

Holidays = chaos for brewers trying to wrap the year. 🎄 We’re remote, spread across time zones, and always ready to help. Got a Beer30 question? Need help closing the books? Message us on WhatsApp. We’ve got your back. 🤝

Join PLAATO's CEO Magnus Valmot for a timely discussion about AI, how to make use of it in your brewery, and what the future may hold for this exciting new technology! Not a member of Craft University? Join for free at hubs.la/Q03Y86SM0 today #craftbeer #beer #AI #brewing

The beverage landscape is evolving fast, and breweries that want to stay competitive are looking beyond traditional beer. Join us for a free webinar on all things Beyond Beer: Expanding Your Product Line for Modern Drinkers. Register at: hubs.la/Q03T4hp00

We're here at the California Craft Brewers Association Craft Beer Summit in Irvine, CA! Stop by to say hi to Aaron and Gabi and see how much you could be saving with Beer30.

“I can’t imagine going back to paper and spreadsheets.” That’s what Paul from Pals Brewing said after switching to Beer30. He was spending too much time tracking costs, tasks, and inventory by hand. Now he does it all in a few clicks!

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Our next webinar will be about all things Beyond Beer: Expanding Your Product Line for Modern Drinkers Register at hubs.la/Q03S5qc80

We’re proud to be working with Joel Moore and the team at Thirsty Buffalo Brewing in Florida. Joel told us that after comparing brewery software options, Beer30 beat out the rest. Joel, thanks for trusting us to be part of what you're building. We’ve got your back. 🍻

We’re live at the Rhode Island Brewers Conference! 🍻 Come find us at Booth #14 and chat with Leah about how smarter production tracking can help your brewery boost profits and save labor. Stop by, say hey, and let’s talk beer + data!

Team Beer30 met today to talk features, brews, and a few brewing-related hauntings. We shipped the features. 🍺👻 The ghosts are still pending...

Today, October 17, 2025, marks 8 incredible years of The 5th Ingredient! 🍻 Do you have a favorite Beer30 memory or photo? Drop it in the comments!

We're here in Bangkok for Brew Asia at booth C7! Stop by to say hi, grab some swag, and get a quick demo of our newest updates!

Headed to @brewasia in Bangkok? Catch Pulkit K. Agrawal, CEO of Beer30, on Thursday at 1:45pm for a session on using brewery data to boost profits. Then swing by booth C7 at BITEC on Oct 16–17 to learn how Beer30 can help you run smarter. 🍻

“We were still running inventory in our heads.” Said Dave from Aether Brewing said when he told us how fast things got out of hand after launching their production facility. And the old way of doing things (whiteboards, spreadsheets, gut checks) just wasn’t cutting it anymore.

We're very excited to announce that two new team members have recently joined The 5th Ingredient team: Nick and Shadae!

Prohibition? One territory said “nah” and poured the first pint early. In October 1933, they legalized beer months before the U.S. repeal. Want more stories like this? Head to hubs.la/Q03MbyRJ0 for free brewing history, webinars, and resources. 🍻

Wild yeast keeps life interesting. Spreadsheets? Not so much. Comment BEER30 and give your fermentation tracking some actual flavor. Here’s to the mystery, the magic, and the yeast that makes it all possible. See you next round! 🍻