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Brewery Website Development
Websites That Sell Your Beer Before the First Sip

Custom brewery websites built for taproom traffic, online ordering, and brand loyalty. Fast, mobile-first, and designed to convert.

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3s
Avg Load Time Cut
From 8s to under 3s
40%
More Taproom Visits
From local search
97+
Lighthouse Score
Performance target
24hr
Beer Menu Updates
Self-serve CMS
What Is Brewery Website Development?

Brewery website development covers the design and engineering of custom websites for craft breweries, microbreweries, and brewpubs. These sites bring together taproom finders, real-time beer menus, online ordering, event calendars, and age-gate verification into a fast, mobile-first experience that drives foot traffic and direct-to-consumer sales.

Your Current Site May Be a Liability

Common gaps we find in nearly every audit.

Your beer menu is a static PDF that nobody downloads
Risk: Visitors leave before seeing what's on tap — you lose walk-ins to the brewery down the street.
Template sites make every brewery look the same
Risk: Your brand identity disappears into generic layouts and stock photography.
Online ordering is clunky or nonexistent
Risk: You're leaving direct-to-consumer revenue on the table while distributors take their margins.
The site loads slowly on mobile at the taproom
Risk: Customers googling your hours bounce before the page renders — and Google ranks you lower for it.
Event and release announcements require a developer to update
Risk: Limited drops and taproom events go unpromoted because updating the site is a bottleneck.
No age verification or compliance handling
Risk: You risk regulatory issues and platform bans from alcohol advertising rules.

How We Build This Right

Every safeguard, built in from Day 1.

Age Gate Verification

Legally required age verification modals that don't wreck your UX. Cookie-based persistence so returning visitors aren't prompted every session.

Real-Time Tap List

CMS-driven beer menus your staff can update from a phone. Display ABV, IBU, style, and availability without touching code.

Online Ordering Integration

Shopify Storefront API or a custom cart for crowlers, merch, and gift cards. Stripe-powered checkout with shipping zone rules for alcohol.

Taproom & Location Finder

Google Maps integration with hours, directions, and real-time wait estimates. Multi-location support for brewery groups expanding across regions.

Event & Release Calendar

Self-serve event management for tap takeovers, live music, and limited releases. Automatic social sharing and email notification triggers.

Alcohol Advertising Compliance

Built-in safeguards for TTB and state-level advertising regulations. Meta tags and structured data that keep your ads and listings within platform policies.

What We Build

Purpose-built features for your industry.

Headless CMS Beer Management

Add, edit, and retire beers from a visual dashboard — no developer needed for seasonal rotations.

Mobile-First Taproom UX

Designed for the person standing in your parking lot trying to find your hours and what's on tap.

DTC E-Commerce

Sell beer, merch, and memberships directly with an integrated cart, age verification, and shipping compliance.

Local SEO Architecture

Schema markup, Google Business Profile optimization, and location pages that rank for "brewery near me" searches.

Mug Club & Loyalty Portals

Member dashboards for loyalty programs, beer club subscriptions, and exclusive release access.

Performance-First Build

Static generation and edge caching deliver sub-second loads even on brewery WiFi.

Built on a Modern, Secure Stack

Next.jsSanityVercelShopify Storefront APIGoogle Maps APIStripe

Our Development Process

From discovery to launch. Quality at every step.

01

Brand & Beer Audit

Week 1

We study your brand, beer lineup, taproom flow, and competitive landscape. You walk us through what makes your brewery different — we figure out how to translate that into pixels.

02

Design & Prototype

Weeks 2-3

High-fidelity designs for the homepage, tap list, location pages, and e-commerce. You see real layouts with your actual beer photography, not wireframes.

03

Build & Integrate

Weeks 4-6

Next.js frontend, headless CMS for content, e-commerce integration, and third-party connections for POS, email, and reservation systems.

04

Launch & Optimize

Week 7

We deploy to edge, configure analytics, submit sitemaps, and run Lighthouse audits. Your team gets CMS training so you're self-sufficient from day one.

05

Growth Support

Week 8+

30 days of post-launch support, plus an optional retainer for seasonal updates, new beer pages, and conversion optimization.

Brewery Websites from $8,000

Fixed-fee. 30-day post-launch support included. See all packages →

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Frequently Asked Questions

Most brewery websites we build run between $8,000 and $20,000 depending on scope. A taproom site with a beer menu and location pages sits at the lower end. Add e-commerce, mug club portals, and multi-location support and you're in the $15K–$20K range. Every project gets a fixed-fee quote upfront.
Absolutely. We build every brewery site on a headless CMS like Sanity. Your bartender or taproom manager can add new beers, mark kegs as kicked, update ABV and tasting notes, and reorder the tap list from their phone. No developer involvement required for day-to-day changes.
Yes. We implement age gate modals that meet TTB and state-level requirements without destroying the user experience. Returning visitors are remembered via cookies so they aren't re-prompted. We also configure meta tags and ad platform settings for alcohol advertising compliance.
We've integrated with Square, Toast, Arryved, and other brewery POS systems. If your POS has an API, we can pull tap list data automatically so your website stays in sync with what's actually pouring. We'll assess your specific setup during the discovery phase.
Most brewery sites launch within 6–8 weeks of kickoff. Simpler taproom sites can ship in 4–5 weeks. Complex builds with e-commerce, loyalty portals, and multi-location features take 8–10 weeks. We give you a specific timeline in the proposal — not a vague range.
Local SEO is built into every project. We implement LocalBusiness and Brewery schema markup, optimize your Google Business Profile, build location-specific pages, and make sure your NAP data stays consistent. Most clients see measurable ranking improvements within 60–90 days of launch.

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