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The 5th Ingredient announced the integration of Beer30, its brewery management software, with NetSuite on May 5, 2026. This integration allows breweries to use industry-specific tools for brewing and operations alongside NetSuite’s financial and CRM capabilities. Kona Brewing Hawaii was a partner in this integration, having previously used Orchestrated Beer and later outgrew QuickBooks Online.
The 5th Ingredient’s new Beer30‑NetSuite integration gives breweries a practical way to combine brewing science with back‑office work. It connects Beer30’s production engine—covering inventory, quality, MRP and demand planning—with NetSuite’s payroll, P&L and cash‑flow modules.
Released on May 5 2026, the integration streams Beer30 data directly into NetSuite, eliminating manual data entry and improving accuracy. Kona Brewing Hawaii said the move reduced manual entry time by a measurable margin.
A recent industry report finds that 57 percent of craft‑brewery operating time is spent on non‑brewing tasks such as data entry, inventory tracking and compliance paperwork. Beer30’s real‑time sync tackles that leakage.
Beer30 Lite starts at $30 per month; the Lite version was launched in April 2026. A typical ERP implementation for a midsize brewer costs between $150 000 and $500 000. For operators who cannot justify that upfront spend, the Beer30‑NetSuite bridge delivers enterprise visibility without breaking their budget.
The integration offers distributors a single source of truth for production and financial data, streamlining inventory reconciliation and providing unified visibility from raw material to close.
Retail buyers should note that Beer30 serves more than 450 customers in over 20 countries. That widespread use means new brewing protocols or quality controls will appear promptly in NetSuite’s financial reports; if a supplier adopts the Beer30‑NetSuite link, its inventory and cost data will sync with the supplier’s ERP, potentially easing reconciliation.
Breweries no longer need to pick between a brewing‑specific tool and an enterprise‑grade finance platform. They can obtain both for a fraction of the cost, plus instant support and dashboards. Operators still on spreadsheets or basic accounting can use the integration to cut 57 percent of their non‑brewing work while keeping finances tight.
The 5th Ingredient’s new link marks the first deep integration between a purpose‑built brewery platform and NetSuite, giving breweries a unified operational and financial view that reduces manual effort and improves accuracy.
Original Press Release
The 5th Ingredient Launches Beer30 and NetSuite Integration, Bringing Purpose-Built Brewing Tools to Enterprise ERP
May 5, 2026 — The 5th Ingredient is proud to announce the launch of a new integration between Beer30, its industry-leading brewery management software, and NetSuite, the enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform trusted by growing and mature businesses across the world. This first-of-its-kind integration delivers a powerful, cost-effective way for breweries to combine deep, industry-specific tools for brewing and operations with best-in-class financials and CRM capabilities.
Breweries have long faced a unique challenge as they have scaled: no general ERP is designed to handle the realities of brewing and beverage production, while standalone brewery software often falls short with respect to the finance and resource management needs of larger companies. The Beer30 + NetSuite integration closes that gap, allowing breweries to manage production, inventory, quality, and demand planning with tools purpose-built for brewing—while leveraging NetSuite’s robust accounting, reporting, and sales management capabilities.
“We have been working with Kona Brewing Hawaii since their transition from Orchestrated Beer more than four years ago,” explained Pulkit K. Agrawal, Founder & CEO of The 5th Ingredient. “Last year, they approached us to indicate that they had outgrown QuickBooks Online and needed a more robust financial management system. The industry has long needed a better integration with NetSuite, and the results speak for themselves. With our new Beer30 and NetSuite dual-sync integration, breweries will get the industry-leading power of Beer30 for production, quality, inventory usage, MRP, and demand planning, while having items like payroll, financial P&Ls, and cash flow planning live in NetSuite’s award-winning ERP software.”
The integration enables seamless data flow between Beer30 and NetSuite, eliminating double handling and manual entry, improving data accuracy, and giving brewery leadership clearer visibility across operations and finance. From raw materials through finished goods, and from production floor to financial close, teams can operate with confidence and speed in a way that no other software solution can offer.
While other brewing software overlays have long existed for NetSuite, they have always been limited by the infrastructure of NetSuite itself. Beer30’s status as the independent gold standard for production software lets it provide far more powerful functionality and features for brewers, at a fraction of the cost of competitors.
Jennifer Busch, VP of Finance for Kona Brewing Hawaii, said, “Because Beer30 is built around the brewing process, our brewers have embraced the software. We finally have real-time, information-rich brewing data available in one place (and that place is not a clipboard). We are excited about continued process improvements and data analysis as we partner with Beer30 moving forward!”
The integration is available now, and comes with the same dedicated real-time support, executive dashboards, and unlimited users that Beer30 customers have come to expect.
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Source: BevNET