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Use POS Data

Make every Square, Toast, or Arryved transaction earn its keep in marketing.

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Brewery Loyalty Software vs. Brewery POS Loyalty

POS loyalty from Square, Toast or Arryved, or standalone brewery loyalty software? An honest look at what each does well and when to run both together.

7 min readOperatorOutcome: Decide whether your taproom needs standalone loyalty software, the loyalty built into your POS, or both, based on the one question your current program can't answer

A manager's hands sorting a long curl of printed receipt tape into five piles, each weighted with a different bottle cap, on a worn wooden desk under a brass lamp in a brewery back office after close.

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How to Turn Brewery POS Sales Data into Marketing Campaigns

Your POS already knows who lapsed, who bought the last hazy, and who only buys cans to go. Five brewery marketing campaigns you can run from sales data alone.

7 min readOperatorOutcome: Build five campaign audiences from your POS transaction history and run the first one this week

A brewery owner's hands on a dark bar top at opening time, one holding a small streaming stick just out of its plain cardboard box beside a coiled HDMI cable and a marked-up paper tap list, with a switched-off TV above the back bar far out of focus behind.

Choose Brewery SoftwareDigital Menus & DisplaysComparison

Pourwall vs Brewlytics: A Free Beer Menu, or the Data Behind It

Pourwall is a genuinely free digital beer menu. Brewlytics is a brewery platform that also draws menus. An honest comparison of when each one is the right call.

8 min readOperatorOutcome: Know whether you need a menu tool or a customer platform, and stop paying for the wrong one

A Raspberry Pi board in a clear case on the dark wood of a brewery back bar at night, a ribbon cable trailing off it and a coiled HDMI cable and brass keg wrench beside it, with a glowing tap-list screen far out of focus behind.

Choose Brewery SoftwareDigital Menus & DisplaysComparison

RaspberryPints vs Brewlytics: From Pi Project to Taproom Platform

RaspberryPints is two things — an open-source Raspberry Pi taplist and a cloud menu product. An honest look at where each fits, and where neither one reaches.

8 min readOperatorOutcome: Decide whether a DIY taplist, a cloud menu product, or a customer platform fits your taproom — and know what each one costs you in maintenance

Barley stands at a taproom bar holding a small stack of guest cards while a large glowing regional map hangs softly out of focus on the wall behind him.

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Untappd Insights vs Brewlytics: Market Data or Your Own Guests?

Untappd Insights sells category-level market intelligence from the Untappd network. Brewlytics builds per-guest taste and spend profiles from your own POS.

8 min readOperatorOutcome: Tell the difference between market-level beer intelligence and your own guest records — and know which one answers the question you actually have

Barley the AI bartender mascot behind a taproom bar, comparing a row of tablets each showing a different brewery menu layout — evaluating the alternatives.

Choose Brewery SoftwareDigital Menus & DisplaysComparison

Untappd for Business Alternatives (2026): What Breweries Are Switching To

Untappd for Business pricing nearly doubled since 2021 ($599 → $899+). An honest roundup of what breweries switch to: BeerMenus, Evergreen, DigitalPour.

10 min readOperatorOutcome: Shortlist the right Untappd alternative for your brewery — with an honest read on which tool wins for which kind of operation

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Square vs. Toast vs. Arryved for Brewery Loyalty and Customer Data

Square, Toast, or Arryved for your brewery? Compare native loyalty depth and how easily your customer data comes back out of each POS.

7 min readOperatorOutcome: Pick between Square, Toast, and Arryved with eyes open — and know what each one can't do on its own