Guests mostly care about the beer’s taste.
However, the restaurant owner has many more important questions about their beer.
Do you want to know the answers?
With access from anywhere in the world, you can get a detailed look at everything that is happening with your beer. We integrate data from the POS system, flowmeter and added dials to provide you with comprehensive information about your operations. With our cloud solution, you will have all the information you need at your fingertips, wherever you are. Increase the efficiency of your business and optimise your beer management with our modern dashboard.
The Kegtron flowmeter is tailored to the specifics of the Czech style of tapping and sanitation. With the option to connect external data, you get a unique look at every decilitre of the beer you serve. Kegtron provides you with precise beer flow information, allowing you to optimise your operation and improve the quality of the beverages at your establishment. Use Kegtron to enhance your management and enjoy the perfect taste of beer.
Before having the technology installed, I was dealing with losses of 3 to 6%, which amounted to CZK 200,000 per year in my restaurant. When your staff say they have to throw away the first few beers from a keg or that the beer foams too much, etc., you don’t have much of an answer for that. After the installation I did just that, I installed a tablet for the barkeeper to see each and every beer that goes through the tap, and as if by magic, it happened that I have losses close to zero, exactly 0.2%, which is a loss of CZK 8,400. So the investment pays for itself in two to three months.
We were building a restaurant with next to no experience in the restaurant business and everyone told me, “This is just how it works, you’ll have to get used to it”. I was determined that my restaurant wouldn’t be like that. Pubs usually carry out a specific type of stocktaking. With beer, this is done by weighing the keg, subtracting the weight of the packaging and the difference is the loss, which converted into money is then paid to the owner. But in that case, the only thing the owner knows about their beer is that the staff did not steal it – possibly.
I was thinking that someone must have invented something more modern: after all, a bartender cannot be lifting kegs, usually heavier than themselves, every day to get to a result that can be changed in bad faith anyway.
We were building a restaurant with next to no experience in the restaurant business and everyone told me, “This is just how it works, you’ll have to get used to it”. I was determined that my restaurant wouldn’t be like that. Pubs usually carry out a specific type of stocktaking. With beer, this is done by weighing the keg, subtracting the weight of the packaging and the difference is the loss, which converted into money is then paid to the owner. But in that case, the only thing the owner knows about their beer is that the staff did not steal it – possibly.
I was thinking that someone must have invented something more modern: after all, a bartender cannot be lifting kegs, usually heavier than themselves, every day to get to a result that can be changed in bad faith anyway.
Well, long story short, no one’s ever invented it. I worked out that if I had a flowmeter connected to the cloud this would solve it, but no one was making such equipment. They suggested that I put a computer on my cooling box and that they would connect the probes with a wire ☺ That’s when I realised the horrible state of innovation in the Czech restaurant business.
So I started looking around the world, and after a long time and a few misses, I got together with Steve Keck from LA, who was a Silicon Valley HW engineer and came up with exactly the thing I needed, Kegtron: a flowmeter that sends data to the cloud and allows access via an API. I bought one Kegtron, installed it at my restaurant U Mikeše and started testing. Steve and I agreed to set up Kegtron representation in Europe and over a year of development and testing, we made a few tweaks and adjustments to Kegtron itself to make it usable in European conditions. The flowmeter data are now linked to the POS data and other data were added, for example from various dials. On top of all that, we built a robust analytics solution. The results provided by the system are beyond all expectations.
Now I know exactly what is going on with my beer:
We have prepared a short FAQ based on our customers’ questions.
If you do not find your answer here, simply write or call us.
Yes, it can be connected wherever there is an accessible beer line, electrical wiring and Wi-Fi signal.
It reduces the losses on draught beer to almost zero.
Yes, we provide service throughout the Czech Republic.
Connecting the flowmeter takes only a few minutes and can be done by the average technically gifted person. Alternatively, our technician will carry out the installation.
