Crafting Print Menus That Leave a Lasting Impression

Crafting Print Menus That Leave a Lasting Impression

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In today’s world, a print menu is so much more than a list of food and drink options. It’s a statement. A well-designed menu is the voice of a business, offering a glimpse into the atmosphere, quality, and style a customer can expect. When crafted with care, a menu isn’t just a tool for ordering; … Read more

Kick off 2022 with Restaurant Software You Can Trust

Kick off 2022 with Restaurant Software You Can Trust

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2022 is in full swing, and it’s the perfect time to re-evaluate strategies and goals for the new year. With the world continuing to lean toward digital enhancements, it’s critical for restauranteurs to ensure their infrastructure is digitally savvy. That’s where our easy-to-use software comes in. Evergreen was built from the ground up to meet … Read more

How to Start a Craft Beer Bar or Tap Room! [WEBINAR]

How to Start a Craft Beer Bar or Tap Room! [WEBINAR]

How to Start a Craft Beer Bar or Tap Room! [WEBINAR]

“Whether it’s a brewery or a great beer bar…it’s a craft. Everyone knows you have to work at honing your craft which means a commitment to excellence in all phases of the operation.” -Tomme Arthur, Director of Brewery Operations, Lost Abbey Opening a craft beer bar or tap room is a risky business, but that’s not … Read more

What Are The 3 Main Roles of a Tap Room?

What Are The 3 Main Roles of a Tap Room?

The reason why it is called a “tap room,” is because it not just a bar. It’s a place to discover craft. Through engaging conversation, culture, and the introduction of new flavors, patrons are able to explore parts of the world, they may never travel to. Thus, there are a few things, as a tap … Read more

World Record-Holding Bar Uses Evergreen to Manage Beer Menu

World Record-Holding Bar Uses Evergreen to Manage Beer Menu

The new world record-holding bar is now using Evergreen to manage and market their massive selection of tap handles. Raleigh Beer Garden (RBG), located in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, is the new craft beer spot to cross off your bucket list. According to Forbes Magazine “North Carolina’s capital city has gone beer mad!” The bar … Read more

New Evergreen Features – April 2015

New Evergreen Features – April 2015

Check out the new dashboard features that are live in all Evergreen business accounts. Combined Print Menus The new menu builder tools allows customers to create print menus and mix and match the information shown on them. Choose to display any combination of taps, bottles, spirits, cocktails and events on one menu. Website Menu Tool Recent … Read more

New Evergreen Features

New Evergreen Features

New Evergreen Features

Today we’re releasing some very exciting updates to our beer management software — On Deck Lists, Multiple Bar Lists and Multiple List Printing.   On Deck Lists Do you want to prepare your menu for that Dogfish Head Tap Takeover on Thursday? Now you can create a new On Deck List specific to the event … Read more

Highlight Local Beers on Your Print Menu

Highlight Local Beers on Your Print Menu

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At Tuesday’s fantastic San Diego Craft Beer Hospitality & Tourism Economic Summit many calls were made to the audience by the speakers and panelists to do whatever is within their power to help promote local craft beer. One of the examples that Greg Koch threw out really struck a chord with us here at Evergreen: for bars or restaurants to highlight local beers on their printed beer list.

We want to ensure that we are doing everything in our power to promote local craft beer. After all our local San Diego brewers’ sales topped $781 million last year. For a full economic analysis of the San Diego Craft Beer Workforce published by the National University System Institute for Policy Research click here.

Since print menus are just one of the many things the Evergreen platform powers for over 100 San Diego bars and restaurants and hundreds of others across the US, we saw a way for us to make an immediate impact by empowering local businesses to heed the call with simply the click of a button.

So yesterday we launched the “highlight local beers” option for our printed tap and bottle menus. Our customers can select from one of 6 different ways they want local beers to be featured, save their settings, and print; our system handles the rest.

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Looking to create an even bigger distinction between local beers and the rest of your lineup? Just use our custom categories to push the local beers to the top. Here’s an example of how Sublime Alehouse is doing just that on their printed menus.

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So go forth and highlight those local offerings. Your customers will try more local beer and that means everybody; the customer, the businesses, and the local community; will win.

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Tips to Create a More Profitable Bar and Beer Program

Tips to Create a More Profitable Bar and Beer Program

Read these 5 quick tips on how to create a more profitable bar and beer program!

1. Sell More Craft Beer

While craft beer may have a higher acquisition cost than traditional macro beer, the profit margins are considerably higher. Craft beer typically sells for $2-3 more per pint than mass market beer. With roughly 120 pints per 15.5 gallon keg, you can make an additional $200-300 per keg.

2. Save Time and Money

In our experience, as well as the bar managers we have spoken to, you can spend upwards of 3-5 hours per week updating your beer lists. Between updating print menus, your website, and social media, that time really adds up. If you could save 50-75% of that time, why wouldn’t you?

3. Educate

With the additional time savings, you can more effectively educate your staff and customer base about the finer points of craft beer. A staff that can describe different beers and their styles properly will sell more beer. A customer base that understands the differences between mass market beer and craft will drink better (and more profitable) beer.

4. Craft Beer-Focused Promotions

Focus on promoting your craft beer program: tap takeovers, beer dinners, and meet the local brewer events will all drive consumers into your location. Local brewers and distributors are more than willing to invest their time to help you sell more product.

5. Get Evergreen

With a database of over 40,000 craft beers, 115,000 downloads of our app, and 65,000 monthly visitors to our website, our reach can really help you promote to the craft beer fans out there. Our easy-to-use platform can combine your web menus, print menus, on deck list, Facebook and Twitter updates into a simple, easy to use, all-in-one solution.

In addition, we also can help you design and implement digital beer boards using your existing TVs. Don’t just take my word for it, see what our clients say.