Brewer Talks

In this episode, Andy Brewer and Dave Thennes discuss opportunities within the market to distribute Draft beverages with the 10 liter Mini Keg directly to customers.

In this episode, Dave Thennes and Andy Brewer talk about the touchless bulk hand sanitizer dispensing system. Petainer launched this innovative solution in partnership with NOVO to help businesses with high traffic areas, sanitising the hands of up to 2,000 people a day. The system can be easily refilled using Petainer 5 Gallon Refillable Bottles Technology – each bottle containing 14,000 applications. All bottles can be returned for refill or fully recycled after use.

In this episode, Dave Thennes and Andy Brewer talk flexible, low-investment beverage packaging and dispense solutions to help producers and distributors diversify their customer base and swiftly increase curbside sales. Innovative and eco-friendly options such as lightweight tabletop fillers, reusable growlers, and mini kegs offer a great opportunity to release limited edition products and test new markets, while reducing packaging costs, carbon emissions, and waste.

In this episode, Dave Thennes and Andy Brewer talk brewing and keg filling with the AB1 semi-automatic filling machine developed by Andy himself. The AB1 is ideal for brewers with no or little filling equipment and can be used for a variety of products, such as beer, cider, wine, coffee or even kombucha. It is light and easy to use, allowing you to fill kegs directly out of a tank or even a cask. To learn more, listen in.

In this episode, Dave sits down with Mathieu Raphat, Sales Director Asia at Petainer, to talk beer market, trends and operations from Korea to Australia. With one-way kegs now being manufactured in China and Australia, learn how Petainer helps brewers manage long-distance transportation, cut down on logistics and meet a growing demand for craft and speciality beer in the region.

In this episode, Andy and Dave are talking wine on tap. They introduce you to the process and explain how one-way kegs can help you gain operational flexibility and successfully expand your business. Kegging wine is a fast-growing trend that presents remarkable advantages for both producers and distributors: it efficiently reduces costs, provides excellent product protection, and most importantly, improves the customer tasting experience.

In this episode, we are talking about one of the fastest growing and most exciting trends – kombucha! What is it, how to brew it and efficiently keg it. Tammy from Petainer Sales and Marketing team joins Dave and Andy to share her experience brewing kombucha. Whilst it may seem that kombucha on tap relies on the same draught technology as beer and wine, scoby can make its kegging process particularly challenging, to say the least.

In this episode, Dave and Andy are attending the Indianapolis Coffee Festival. They talk latest innovations and hottest new trends: cold brew and nitro coffee on tap – two great ways to expand a speciality coffee business and reach national distribution. Unfortunately, most coffee roasters and baristas are still unfamiliar with kegs and starting out can easily become a lengthy, painful process. Dave and Andy discuss existing solutions and share practical tips on how to set up a reliable and flexible kegging system.

In this episode, Andy and Dave tell you more about themselves, give a general introduction to keg logistics and talk you through different keg types currently available to brewers. They touch on the best keg cleaning and filling practices and share advice on how to efficiently adapt them to the recipes and products you are working with.