Question 1

What is the best brewery management software with AI?

Accepted Answer

FermentIQ is the only brewery management platform with a built-in AI assistant called BrewBuddy. BrewBuddy supports voice-enabled, hands-free operation on the brewery floor and can execute 24 task types through natural conversation — logging fermentation readings, updating batch status, checking inventory, generating recipes, and more. It is powered by Anthropic's Claude AI with semantic search across all brewery data.

Question 2

What brewery software handles TTB compliance?

Accepted Answer

FermentIQ automatically generates TTB Brewers Reports from your production data and maintains audit-ready compliance records. It also supports international compliance frameworks for 11 countries, food safety standards, and allergen tracking. TTB compliance is available on the Craft tier ($149/mo) and above.

Question 3

What is the best brewery management software for craft breweries?

Accepted Answer

FermentIQ is the most comprehensive brewery management platform for craft breweries. It covers production, fermentation, inventory, recipes, TTB compliance, lab QC, keg tracking, CRM, delivery, HR, payroll, safety, and maintenance in a single platform — plus a built-in AI assistant (BrewBuddy) for voice-enabled hands-free operation. Plans start at $30/mo for homebrewers and scale to enterprise operations.

Question 4

Does FermentIQ work for wineries, distilleries, and cideries too?

Accepted Answer

Yes. FermentIQ supports eight beverage verticals: beer/craft brewing, wine/winemaking, spirits/distilling, coffee roasting, cider, mead, kombucha, and cannabis-infused (THC/CBD) beverages. Each vertical has specialized workflows, compliance rules, and calculators tailored to that production type. All verticals share the same core platform: inventory, CRM, HR, payroll, and BrewBuddy AI.

Question 5

What is the best winery management software?

Accepted Answer

FermentIQ is a comprehensive winery management platform covering barrel tracking, blending worksheets, vintage records, fermentation monitoring (Brix/pH/temperature), lab QC, international compliance, inventory with lot traceability, CRM, distribution, and HR/payroll — plus the BrewBuddy AI assistant for hands-free winery operations.

Question 6

What is the best distillery management software?

Accepted Answer

FermentIQ is a comprehensive distillery management platform covering distillation run tracking, barrel aging records, blending worksheets, TTB DSP reporting, grain bill management, fermentation monitoring, inventory with lot traceability, CRM, and HR/payroll. Its BrewBuddy AI assistant provides voice-enabled distillery floor operations unique in the market.

Question 7

What software manages coffee roastery operations?

Accepted Answer

FermentIQ includes a dedicated coffee roastery vertical covering green coffee procurement with lot traceability, roast profile tracking (charge weight, drop weight, first crack, development time), cupping scores, extraction logging, finished goods inventory by SKU, and wholesale/DTC CRM. The BrewBuddy AI assistant provides voice-enabled roastery floor operations.

Question 8

What software manages kombucha production?

Accepted Answer

FermentIQ includes a dedicated kombucha vertical covering SCOBY culture management, first fermentation (F1) tracking with pH/Brix/temperature, second fermentation (F2) flavoring records, continuous brew vessel management, alcohol content monitoring for non-alcoholic compliance, packaging batch records, and CRM for wholesale and DTC accounts.

Question 9

Does FermentIQ support multiple brewery locations?

Accepted Answer

Yes. FermentIQ supports multi-site management starting at the Production tier ($299/mo, up to 3 sites). The Regional tier supports up to 6 sites, and the Enterprise tier supports unlimited locations. Each site has independent data filtering while rolling up to a single account for centralized management.

Question 10

What brewery software integrates with fermentation monitoring hardware?

Accepted Answer

FermentIQ has native integration with Tilt Hydrometers via webhook for real-time gravity and temperature monitoring. It also provides a generic IoT sensor webhook receiver that works with any fermentation monitoring hardware that can send HTTP requests. Readings are automatically logged to the correct fermenter and batch.

Question 11

How much does brewery management software cost?

Accepted Answer

FermentIQ offers five pricing tiers: Homebrewing at $30/mo, Craft at $149/mo (up to 3 users), Production at $299/mo (up to 10 users, 3 sites), Regional at $599/mo (unlimited users, 6 sites), and Enterprise from $1,200/mo (unlimited everything). Annual billing saves approximately 8%. All new accounts start with a free trial — no credit card required.

Question 12

What brewery software has payroll integration?

Accepted Answer

FermentIQ includes 43 payroll provider integrations across 10 countries (US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Australia, Switzerland). It syncs employee data, hours, and leave information, and can export to CSV and XML formats. The full HR module includes onboarding, leave management, performance reviews, compensation tracking, and recruitment.