HR Support for Production Breweries
Production breweries combine brewing, packaging, warehouse, and distribution teams, often growing quickly as new markets open. HR has to keep up with shift work, safety requirements, and roles that look more like manufacturing than hospitality.
We partner with brewery founders and operators to build HR systems that scale with production, from hiring and pay structures to policies and leadership development.
How we typically help production breweries:
Production breweries often work with us through outsourced HR as they grow past the point where the founders can manage HR alone.
Learn more about us as an HR firm for breweries.
HR and Payroll Support for Taprooms
Taprooms are where the brand meets the guest. Beertenders, servers, and event staff need to know the product, deliver great service, and get paid correctly for tipped and hourly work.
We help taproom operators set up hospitality-grade HR, separate from the production side when needed, so service teams have clear policies and pay.
How we typically help taprooms:
Taproom clients often start with a project like a tip policy review, then rely on us for on-demand guidance.
HR Support for Distilleries
Distilleries combine production, aging, bottling, and often a tasting room or cocktail bar. Many are founder-led and growing, with small teams that cover multiple roles.
As an HR firm for distilleries, we help owners put compliant HR practices in place across production and hospitality, and build the team structure needed to grow.
How we typically help distilleries:
- Setting up and processing payroll for production and tasting room staff
- Reviewing worker classification and overtime for multi-role employees
- Developing safety and workplace policies
- Recruiting master distillers, operations managers, and brand leaders
- Providing compensation and benefits consulting, including benchmarking
- Building engagement and development programs
- Planning roles and structure for growth
Distilleries often rely on on-demand HR support or outsourced HR so founders can stay focused on the product.
HR Support for Wineries
Wineries manage a mix of vineyard, cellar, tasting room, hospitality, and events teams, with staffing that shifts dramatically around harvest and peak visitor season.
We help winery owners and general managers manage seasonal hiring, complex pay structures, and consistent policies across every part of the operation.
How we typically help wineries:
- Planning and recruiting for harvest and peak season
- Structuring payroll for seasonal, tipped, commissioned, and salaried roles
- Reviewing wage and hour compliance for tasting room and events staff
- Writing handbooks and policies for tasting rooms, events, and wine clubs
- Training tasting room and hospitality managers
- Administering benefits for year-round employees
- Providing interim HR and payroll coverage during busy seasons
Wineries often work with us on project-based support before harvest, or through ongoing outsourced HR.
Learn more about us as an HR firm for wineries.
Frequently Asked Questions
What HR services do breweries, wineries, and distilleries need?
Most craft beverage businesses need help with payroll across production and hospitality teams, safety and workplace policies, hiring, and manager training. We provide all of these, from one-time projects to fully outsourced HR.
Can you support both our production team and our taproom or tasting room?
Yes. We help craft beverage businesses build HR practices that fit each side of the business, including different pay structures, schedules, and policies for production and hospitality staff.
Do you handle payroll for craft beverage businesses?
Yes. We can process payroll for production, tipped, and salaried staff. We can work in the payroll platform you already use or help you choose and set up a new one.
Can you help with tip pooling in our taproom?
Yes. We review your current structure and help you set up compliant tip pooling, tip credits, and service charge distribution.
Do you recruit head brewers, distillers, and winery leaders?
Yes. Our recruiting team handles searches for production, operations, and hospitality leadership roles.
Can you act as our HR department?
Yes. Through our outsourced HR support, our team acts as an extension of your business, handling day-to-day HR, compliance, and employee issues so you don’t need a full in-house HR team.
Do you also work with food and beverage product companies?
Yes. We support food products and consumer packaged goods companies as well as bars and nightlife venues.
