Craft Beverage

Focus On Your Craft. We'll Focus On Your Growth.

The craft beverage industry must constantly adapt to shifting and evolving consumer tastes. The industry is known for its creativity and entrepreneurialism, but it also faces some operational challenges, including complex regulations, changing technology needs, supply chain demands, and acquisition and integration effectiveness.

Through our deep craft beverage industry experience, we provide multiple offerings to enable craft business performance excellence. We apply Lean Six Sigma methodology and focus on delivering a high return on investment.

Our expertise can be applied to integrated or standalone services. These services include:

Alcohol Regulatory Compliance

Meeting business and financial goals means overcoming a variety of obstacles, including regulatory compliance. To succeed, you need a trusted advisor who understands the industry and has the expertise to help you navigate the complexity of federal and state regulations governing the use, manufacture, sale and taxation of products containing alcohol. This can be a challenge when you have a business to run. Missing a deadline or bringing product to market without taking the necessary steps to ensure compliance can be costly and time-consuming for your business. At Brown Smith Wallace, we possess the regulatory expertise to assist you in making your compliance efforts comprehensive. 

Our services include:

• Regulatory advice for day-to-day operations, multi-state distribution and import/export compliance
• Review of qualifying documents, current operations and processes to identify and implement a comprehensive compliance program
• Record-keeping implementation and standardization
• Preparation and on-going support for government agency audits
• Government agency demand/assessment resolution
• System requirements implementation
• Personnel training on compliance
• Tax and operational report preparation

Let us focus on the details so you can focus on your craft.