Welcome – Start Here

Start Here

Welcome to The Tap Trackers Blog. This is a place where we’ll discuss the challenges of running a draught (or draft, if you prefer) service company. And there are lots of challenges. As you know.
There really aren’t any resources or places to go to get answers or to share knowledge.
That’s my goal with this blog is to have techs come together and better the industry by sharing knowledge.

Do You Need To Clean Your Draft System Before Restart?

Growth on beer coupler

Draught systems must be cleaned prior to restarting – it is not only good business but the right thing to do for consumers and brewers.
In this post: 3 reasons you need to clean the beer lines before restarting the system.

Beer Line Cleaning Pricing Strategies

beer line cleaning pricing strategy image

There are typically three ways to price something:
1. Cost Plus
2. Competitor Match or Minus
3. Value-Based

Most people select option one or two because they are the easiest. A little market research and BAM! you have your pricing structure.

Let’s look at the pros and cons of each:

Draught School

MicroMatic Draught School

Like so many other things, Micro Matic’s Dispense Institute seems to have been a casualty of Covid. It is tough to hold a three-day, hands-on draught school with social distancing in the middle of a pandemic.
As of today (Feb 3, 2021), their schedule still has a full 2020 slate of classes, with no updates on 2021. Rumour has it…