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Exciting New Integration Ahead! We're excited to announce MarketMan's new integration with Barventory: a state-of-the-art wireless liquor inventory and draft beer control system. With Barventory, restaurants and bars can: Keep track of usage more accurately Keep track of usage automatically Keep track of usage invisibly The one stop shop for draught, spirits, wine, packaged beverage inventory management! Tune into the power of MarketMan + Barventory: https://lnkd.in/gzu-eYeH

Barventory is very excited about the potential this partnership brings in streamlining our liquor inventory management through the Marketman interface. We look forward to the enhanced capabilities and efficiencies that this integration will provide. Additionally, with the Smart Coaster Pro™ by Barventory, we are revolutionizing inventory counting, further enhancing accuracy and efficiency in managing stock levels. This cutting-edge technology will transform the way businesses handle inventory, making the process faster and more reliable than ever before.

Looking for ways to diversify your income and maximise your brewery's operating costs? Consider breakfast. This article from The Drinks Business breaks down how brewers in the US have expanded their opening hours and, with the help of business-friendly beverage commission rules, can serve alcohol earlier in the day. Read the full article; we'd love to see some innovative ideas at some of our favourite breweries down under. https://bit.ly/3Xyh7vz

Did you know Frosty Acres Brands offers a Full-Service Beverage Program with our MarketShare supplier, Ronnoco Beverage Solutions? You can boost your drops, compete for more business, and add beverages seamlessly to your DIB process—all without the hassle of managing equipment and service. Elevate your beverage game and make each drop count! Contact your MarketShare rep to learn more. #MarketShareSupplier #BeverageProgram #RonnocoBeverage #FoodService #FrostyAcresBrands

John Holahan was asked if there was a Reynolds number for the IDDSI flow test... What is a Reynolds number? It’s a fascinating subject, which is all too often hidden behind walls of complicated equations by some scientists and engineers - I'll try not to do that!... The answer to “Is there an associated range of Reynolds numbers” is: No, there’s not a known range of values out there.  The longer answer starts with What is Reynolds number anyway? Well it is a little calculation which is widely used to predict whether a fluid’s flow will be *turbulent (=swirly)* or *not (“laminar”)*. Things that make a situation more likely to be turbulent (according to Reynolds) are: if it’s flowing faster, if it’s low viscosity, and if it’s flowing in a big unrestricted space.  Try this at home! Stir a little milk into your cup of coffee or tea - it swirls around. Try it with thickened coffee, tea, anything - it is very unlikely to be swirly. In the first case the Reynolds number would be very high because of the low viscosity, but thicker liquids in that same situation would have a much lower Reynolds number - not turbulent. Back to the question: Reynolds number depends on the liquid AND how it’s being used: so if you have a big bucket of mildly thick liquid and you throw it off a rooftop - you can bet that would be turbulent. But when a little bit of it is flowing slowly through our IDDSI flow test (or through a drinking straw): not turbulent.    In some (science lab) situations you would calculate a specific value for the Reynolds number, but that’s not really applicable for thick drinks and swallowing because there are so many things which can’t be pinned down: the speed of flow varies hugely, the viscosity is non-Newtonian so that’s not one value, and there aren’t fixed dimensions / geometry of where the fluid is flowing (cup / beaker / spoon / mouth / esophagus...). So that's why the answer was No, there's not a Reynolds number for swallowing, or the IDDSI flow test. Phew :-) 

Check out our recap of noteworthy developments in the alcohol industry!

Wow, shocking news! Sales of soft drinks are plummeting even faster than those of wine and beer. In the first quarter, non-alcoholic beverage sales dropped by a whopping 17%, while beer and wine saw declines of 3.3% and 4.2% respectively. Check out the full article to see the details! [Read more here](https://ift.tt/8p35AjD)

Great article highlighting the NA Beer market in MN and how breweries know it's needed, the NA Beer market in general, and safety concerns that can be easily solved.

📽 For beverage brands, entering new markets is complex, so we're super pleased to share this interview with Morten Rinder Stengaard, CEO and co-founder of Bemakers. 🚛 He discusses the challenges of international distribution and how Bemakers has simplified the process for beverage brands. 👉🏾 https://lnkd.in/dnqFfAcR #internationaldistribution #beverageindustry #bemakers

As spirits continue to gain popularity versus other categories, they're increasingly important to a perhaps unexpected segment of the on-premise: brewery taprooms. At Chicago's Old Irving Brewing Co., beer is the most-ordered type of alcohol, but cocktails and wine punch above their weight in terms of dollar sales. "Our cocktail program is integral to Old Irving's identity,” says Matthew Moldenhauer, Old Irving’s director of operations. “Some people come just for our food, not even being beer drinkers, so being able to offer other high-quality options is great.” For more data on non-beer alcohol sales at brewery taprooms and how these businesses can respond to drinkers' increased interest in spirits, dive into our latest newsletter: https://lnkd.in/g5xFWfmb