Built For Beer
A Breakthrough In Beverage Packaging
Patented Bag-In-Box Design
At Craft Crate, we are transforming the beverage industry with our innovative packaging solutions. Our bag-in-box design offers unmatched efficiency compared to traditional methods, and paves the way for bringing groundbreaking and high-quality beverages to market with ease.
Our mission at Craft Crate is to share the best beer around the world by empowering craft breweries to package and distribute their product at a cost, scale, and quality previously unimaginable. With our innovative packaging, we aim to bring a diverse range of exceptional beverages to consumers worldwide.
Craft Crate brings state-of-the-art solutions to the beverage industry:
- Works with carbonated and non-carbonated drinks
- Holds the equivalent of ~2 6-packs
- Dependable, lightweight, and easy to handle
- Saves space, reduces waste
- Provides value and user-friendliness to producer and consumer
- Brings predictably-profitable scalability to craft beer, sparkling wine, and more
Join us in shaping the future of beverage packaging and distribution with Craft Crate – where innovation meets convenience.
DELIVER DRAFT-QUALITY BEER AT SCALE
Why Craft Crate?
Craft Crate offers breweries a low-cost, low-risk entry to a beverage market thirsty for craft-quality beer, anytime, anywhere.
VALUE
- Nearly 99% liquid to package volume (traditionally 66% with cans)
- Holds the equivalent of 2 6-packs
- Less wasted space at the facility and on shelves
- Less wasted product while filling
- Less labor to fill
- Less equipment to fill
- Lightweight and more durable than aluminum
- Less packaging, more product
- Ship direct-to-consumer (DTC) safely and efficiently without extra boxing
- Reseals and won’t lose carbonation (i.e., consume at your pace, not all at once)
- Less wasted product once opened
- More product for the price (~2.5 six-packs for the size of 2)
- No extra, at-home equipment required to use
- More surface area for branding and marketing
- Less labor to fill
- Same space as two stacked six-packs, but holds more product
- Better margins per oz of liquid
- Any size liquid producer can use this
- Carbonation, nitrogenation, or still product can be packaged
- Can carbonate as high as you want/need
- Product is shelf-stable for as long as any other packaging
- Storage before use is a fraction of cans/bottles
SCALABILITY
The Craft Crate system provides brewers a low-risk and low-cost pathway to scale their distribution quickly and affordably. We help brewers break through the “aluminum ceiling” by eliminating the need for the expensive equipment and materials of traditional aluminum can operations.
Craft Crate provides results at scale immediately:
- Brewers can buy the exact number of containers that they need, becoming profitable from the first box
- Whether it’s their flagship brew or an experimental one-time-only run, brewers can easily take advantage of the Craft Crate system
- Increased packaging size promotes the brewery’s brand
QUALITY
- Product will remain at manufacturing facility quality, even after the first serving
- Enabling access to the best beverages from anywhere in the country (not limited to what’s local)
- Product dispenses at any quantity until it’s gone, without losing quality
- Compared to traditional beverage packaging, Craft Crate will keep the product quality for the same shelf life
Active Investment Opportunity: Optimizing Margins and Scalability in a Massive Industry
Craft beer sales currently make up ~25% of the $117 billion U.S. beer market – a number that would be much greater if not for the roadblocks that prevent breweries from taking their operations nationwide, most notably the high costs for equipment, storage, and materials.
Craft Crate’s solutions are positioned to disrupt the industry by scaling the brewery one profitable crate at a time. Producers avoid the distraction of mass-producing one or two beers and hoping for sell-through, all while diluting the brewery’s brand and eroding margins. With investment, our 12-month phased blueprint will onboard 50 breweries (including the founder’s own, to start) and achieve product-market fit.
Join us in bringing Craft Crate to beverage distribution operations by sending a note below to receive more details. May the best beer (finally) win!
Source: The Brewers Association
