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How a Brewery Cut Water Use by 40 Percent with Operations
Episode 131 of The Operations Podcast. Lucas and Luna dive into how a California craft brewery slashed water usage by 40 percent using a combination of dry-hopping innovations, closed-loop cleaning systems, and real-time flow monitoring. The episode centers on Stone Brewing's Escondido facility, which went from 7 barrels of water per barrel of beer to 4.2. Lucas explains the specific operational changes—counterflow heat exchangers, CIP optimization, and automated valve sequencing—that made the difference without affecting beer quality. Luna pushes back on whether small breweries can…
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