The Operations Podcast with Fexingo · 2026-07-23 · 7 min
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 replicate the results, leading to a discussion of payback periods and minimum scale thresholds. The show also touches on how water scarcity is reshaping brewery location decisions in the western US. A concrete case with numbers any listener could cite. #StoneBrewing #WaterConservation #CraftBrewery #BreweryOperations #CleanInPlace #HeatExchanger #DryHopping #Sustainability #CaliforniaWater #BrewingEfficiency #ClosedLoop #FlowMonitoring #Operations #Business #Manufacturing #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #OperationsPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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