Brewing Consultants and Beverage Expertise unlike any other.
From concept to commissioning, we deliver comprehensive brewery consultant solutions for breweries, wineries, distilleries, and beverage manufacturers worldwide. We don’t just consult, we solve.
Beverage and Brewery Consultant That Delivers Results
Whether you’re launching a craft brewery, expanding your winery, optimizing your distillery, scaling beverage manufacturing operations, or entering the CBD/functional beverage market, Solon Consulting brings decades of hands-on expertise to every project. Our comprehensive approach ensures your success from initial planning through ongoing operations. We are not just a brewery consultant, but beverage manufacturing experts with deep skill sets.
Brewery Consultant & Beverage Manufacturing Experts
We don’t just consult, we solve • Veteran-owned leadership • 20+ years brewing operations • GABF medal-winning expertise
Solon Consulting handles EVERY aspect of beverage manufacturing businesses—from initial market feasibility and business strategy through recipe development, facility planning, operations implementation, regulatory compliance, financial guidance, and ongoing growth support. Whether you’re launching your first brewery, scaling a winery, optimizing a distillery, managing a complex manufacturing project, or developing RTD beverages, we’re the only call you need.
- Complete beverage business scope — strategy, recipes, facilities, operations, compliance, finance, ongoing consulting, and growth.
- Your single accountable partner for beverage manufacturing success, from concept through profitable operations.
- Proven across all 50 states with international brewery, winery, and distillery technical experience.
Real facilities, real results
From concept-stage business planning through facility commissioning and ongoing operational optimization, we deliver measurable outcomes across every beverage category. Whether we are acting as your manufacturing consultant, project lead, or manufacturing project manager, we provide the most comprehensive partnership in the industry.
Explore our complete portfolio of beverage manufacturing project outcomes including breweries, wineries, distilleries, and RTD producers across the United States and international markets.
Complete beverage manufacturing expertise
Unlike narrow specialists, Solon delivers comprehensive business partnership across every critical function. We handle ANY aspect of your beverage manufacturing venture—from initial concept through profitable operations and scaling.
Business Strategy & Financial Planning
Every successful beverage operation begins with rock-solid business fundamentals. We deliver comprehensive market feasibility analysis, competitive positioning research, and investor-ready financial modeling that accounts for real-world production costs, market dynamics, and regulatory requirements. Our business planning framework has guided beverage entrepreneurs from initial concept validation through successful funding rounds and profitable launch operations.
Whether you’re seeking SBA loans, angel investment, venture capital, or self-funding, we create financial projections that withstand scrutiny while maintaining operational realism. Learn more about our business strategy and financial planning services.
Recipe Development & Product Excellence
Great beverage businesses are built on exceptional products. Our team brings GABF medal-winning brewing expertise, advanced formulation knowledge, and hands-on production experience to develop recipes that scale from concept through commercial production. We handle formulation development, sensory optimization, process validation, and scaling protocols that maintain quality consistency from pilot batches through full-scale manufacturing runs.
From craft beer innovation to wine production refinement, spirits development, and RTD beverage formulation, we deliver product excellence that drives market success. Explore our recipe development and product optimization services.
Facility Planning & Build-Out
Your facility infrastructure determines operational efficiency, product quality, and long-term profitability. We deliver comprehensive facility planning from site selection and zoning navigation through detailed layout optimization, utility infrastructure design, equipment specification, and installation oversight. Our approach prioritizes workflow efficiency, regulatory compliance, future expansion capability, and real-world operational functionality over purely theoretical planning.
We’ve commissioned brewery systems, winery facilities, distillery operations, and RTD production lines across the United States and internationally. Discover our facility planning and commissioning expertise.
Operations & Team Development
Even the best facility design means nothing without operational excellence. We build high-performing beverage operations through comprehensive staff training programs, detailed SOP development, production scheduling optimization, inventory management systems, and data-driven performance coaching. Our approach develops your team’s capabilities while implementing sustainable processes that maintain quality, efficiency, and safety standards.
From hiring strategies and onboarding protocols through continuous improvement methodologies, we transform operational potential into consistent performance. Review our operations development and team training services.
Regulatory Navigation & Compliance
Regulatory compliance isn’t just paperwork—it’s the foundation of sustainable beverage manufacturing. We guide clients through TTB federal licensing, FDA food safety requirements, state-specific permits, label approval processes, and ongoing compliance obligations. Our proactive approach integrates regulatory requirements into facility design, operational procedures, and quality systems from day one, preventing costly mistakes and ensuring audit readiness.
Whether you’re navigating multi-state distribution licensing or international beverage regulations, we provide expert guidance that keeps your operations compliant and protected. Learn about our regulatory and compliance consulting services.
Growth & Scaling Strategy
Successful beverage businesses require strategic growth planning that balances market opportunity with operational capacity. We develop comprehensive scaling strategies that address production expansion, distribution network development, market penetration planning, and capital investment optimization. Our growth consulting goes beyond surface-level advice to deliver actionable roadmaps supported by financial analysis, capacity planning, and risk assessment.
From regional expansion to national distribution partnerships, we guide beverage manufacturers through profitable growth transitions. Explore our growth and scaling consulting services.
Why beverage manufacturers choose Solon
We’re not typical consultants who deliver reports and walk away. We’re your embedded partner who owns every critical path from concept through profitable operations.
Complete business partnership
Unlike narrow specialists, we handle ANY aspect of your beverage manufacturing business. Whether you need business strategy, recipe development, facility design, operations coaching, compliance guidance, financial planning, or growth strategy—we’re your single accountable partner.
Veteran-owned accountability
Military-driven discipline ensures project milestones, budget adherence, and safety protocols remain on track. We deliver commitments with the same accountability standards that defined our military service, bringing structure and reliability to complex beverage manufacturing projects.
Award-winning beverage expertise
20+ years of hands-on brewing operations, GABF medal-winning recipes, and presentations at international brewing conferences translate into pragmatic solutions grounded in real production experience. We’ve created exceptional beverages and operated successful facilities—not just advised on them.
Regulatory-first approach
We integrate TTB, FDA, and state regulatory requirements into every project phase from day one. Licensing strategy, documentation systems, quality protocols, and audit readiness aren’t afterthoughts—they’re foundational elements that protect your investment and enable sustainable operations.
Proven across all markets
Our project portfolio spans all 50 states plus international beverage manufacturing operations. Whether you’re launching in Texas, expanding in Europe, or navigating multi-state distribution, we deliver solutions adapted to local regulations, market conditions, and operational requirements.
Business owners, not theorists
We’ve owned and operated beverage manufacturing businesses, not just consulted on them. This ownership perspective ensures our recommendations prioritize profitability, operational efficiency, and long-term sustainability over purely theoretical planning perfection.
Delivered project outcomes
Representative projects demonstrating our complete-scope consulting across breweries, wineries, distilleries, and RTD beverage manufacturers.
Old Gregg Brewing Company — Texas
Complete new brewery development project as prime manufacturing consultant in Pflugerville. Delivered business planning, facility design, equipment procurement coordination, installation oversight, commissioning management, staff training, and launch operations support for this 5,500-square-foot production brewery and taproom facility.
International brewery commissioning — Europe
Managed thousand+ hectoliter brewery commissioning project abroad as lead consultant. Coordinated local contractors for infrastructure build-out, supervised equipment assembly and installation, directed commissioning protocols, delivered recipe development, implemented staff training programs, and established ongoing process optimization systems.
Regional winery optimization — Texas
Comprehensive glycol system redesign project addressing temperature control instability as a technical consultant. Redesigned piping infrastructure, improved insulation systems, implemented redundancy protocols, and optimized energy efficiency for cellar environmental control at established Texas winery operation.
RTD manufacturer scale-up — United States
Designed and installed production-ready glycol cooling infrastructure supporting commercial RTD beverage manufacturing transition. Implemented process control upgrades, validated production protocols, and delivered operational training enabling consistent quality at commercial production volumes.
Explore our complete portfolio of beverage manufacturing project case studies including additional brewery, winery, distillery, and RTD production projects across the United States and international markets.
WISDOM & decision support tools
Strategic intelligence articles and interactive planning tools helping beverage entrepreneurs make better business decisions.
WISDOM: Strategic Intelligence
In-depth strategic articles covering equipment procurement, operations longevity, growth planning, and financial decision-making for beverage manufacturing businesses.
Interactive Planning Tools
Professional-grade calculators and analyzers helping beverage entrepreneurs validate business assumptions and optimize key decisions.
Client perspectives
“Solon Consulting saved us with expert installation services and knowledge that went beyond any of our previous consulting partners. They understood our complete business needs, not just the technical requirements.”
Wagon Wills, Operations Manager
Read additional client testimonials and project outcomes on our testimonials page and case studies portfolio.
Cross-Industry Process Manufacturing Expertise
While our project portfolio prominently features craft beverage operations (breweries, wineries, and distilleries), the technical expertise and regulatory frameworks we have mastered translate directly across process manufacturing industries. The same GMP compliance protocols we implement for beverage facilities apply equally to pharmaceutical manufacturing. Our batch processing controls, automated systems, and FDA regulatory navigation serve food processing operations. The PLC programming, SCADA integration, thermal management systems, and utility infrastructure design we deliver for breweries work identically for nutraceutical production, cosmetics manufacturing, dairy processing, and chemical process facilities. Whether you are launching a craft brewery or scaling a pharmaceutical production line, our combination of business strategy, process engineering, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence provides the complete partnership other consultants cannot match.
Let’s build your beverage manufacturing success together
Partner with Solon Consulting for complete beverage manufacturing business support—from initial market strategy and business planning through facility development, operations optimization, regulatory compliance, and profitable growth. Whatever aspect of your beverage business needs attention, we’re your single accountable partner.
Or call (814) 386-0413 • Austin, Texas • Serving the United States and international accounts