This PowerPoint presentation discusses flow meter systems for measuring draft beer and beverage dispensers. It explains that flow meters can help bar and restaurant owners track how much beer is being poured from kegs to identify losses from overpouring, waste, or theft. The presentation outlines a simple method to monitor beer usage by measuring glass sizes, tracking sales records, and reconciling the numbers with keg purchases. It then describes various flow meter models that can interface with software to monitor dispenser usage automatically and generate reports to improve portion control and profits.

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Flow meter systems
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2. More and more savvy bar
owners are adding a small
device to their draught beer
and soft drink dispensers.
This device is a flow meter.
It has been in use in many
industries for decades to
measure water, chemicals, gas
and a countless number of
other liquids.

3. People use it to count how much draught beer
and other beverages on tap have been
dispensed by their staff each day.
Why would you want to
count the draught beer
and soft drinks served
by your bartenders?

4. You should answer three questions first:
1. What percentage of the beer kegs that
you buy weekly do you actually sell?
2. If don’t sell 100 %, then where is the beer
going?
3. How much money are we talking about?

5. Every second counts…
• Draught beer is served at
approximately 2 oz per second.
• It takes 1/2 second to waste or
over pour 1 ounce (30ml).
• It is easy to imagine how fast
you loose 15 % of your beer
kegs.
• Your bartenders work for tips.
• The best tippers are their best
customers.
• The best tippers expect more
from bartenders.
Facts

6. If you buy 5 kegs per week (260 kegs/year) and lost 15 % of
your beer, 6447 12-oz glasses filled to the rim are lost yearly
(39 kegs). Check the numbers!
When asked about their percentage of lost beer,
most bar owners say 15 % or more!

7. Draught beer that is lost to you may not
be lost for everyone!
Five things that can happen to your lost beer:
• Over poured; involuntarily or for better tips
• Carelessly poured down the drain generating
senseless and costly waste
• Given away as unauthorized comps to friends
or for better tips
• Inadvertently forgotten by your staff ending
up as unregistered sales
• Bartenders intentionally pocket a percentage
of your sales

8. How much money are we talking about?
If you pay $ 75 for a 58 litre keg (1984 oz), a 12 oz glass of
beer costs you 45.4 cents.
If you buy 10 kegs per week on average and lost 15 % of
your kegs, the content of 12,893 glasses would be lost yearly
for a total cost of $ 5848.
Since the beer is not exclusively lost to the drainer or
involuntarily over poured, a percentage of the lost beer
represents lost income. The question is how much?
If because of the control system, 1/2 of the glasses lost had
been sold and the revenues collected, at $ 2.25/glass for
example, you would make an additional $14,504.
That is $ 20,352 a year (over $ 100K in 5 years) !

9. 1. Our method is simple yet most effective.
2. All your results can be verified.
3. Everything is based on common sense
and a graduated cylinder.

10. Step 1
Know your real glass size

11. Everyone knows that good portion
control translates into higher profits.
With draught beer, your portion
control is achieved with the glass
size and shape. Most people tend
to estimate their glass sizes instead
of measuring them.
Ask your bartenders to pour several
glasses and measure their content
using a graduated cylinder. The
more glasses you sample the more
accurate your figure will be.
Average the measured values to
know how much beer you expect
bartenders to serve per glass sold.
Tips: A tall and narrow glass will provide
a more accurate portion control.
Check your glass sizes regularly.
Portion control

12. Step 2: Reconcile sales with usage
Multiply the number of glasses registered from your
cash register report and multiply by the quantity you
expect bartenders to pour per glass.
Repeat for each glass size.
Compare your results with the real amount of beer
dispensed.
You can do it monthly or annually by comparing the
number of kegs purchased and the number of glasses
sold but that will only give you numbers!
If however, you did it daily, for every shift, you would be
able to know when, where and who is responsible for
the discrepancy. You would get results!

13. This is how our flow meters can help prevent
your losses?

14. 1. Prevention is the key to stopping your profits from going
down the drain or into someone else’s pockets!
2. If you don’t measure it, you can’t tell where, when, how
much or who is doing what with your draught.
3. From the time your staff knows the beer is being
measured, it is usually enough to practically stop all
irregularities and restore maximum profitability.
4. Regular spot checks should suffice after a few weeks of
active supervision.
5. Our systems are non-obtrusive and invisible to your
customers.
6. Everything is done in just a few minutes per week. You
can do the calculations manually, use a spreadsheet
program or our Draft Manager software to reconcile sales
with the POS files.
Time is money! And the clock is ticking….
From the time you start thinking about it until the time you buy this
system, it would most likely have paid for itself already!

16. In the carbonated water line for post-mix dispensers (total count per dispenser).
In the syrup lines if you want a count for each flavour.
Where do we install the flow meters?
Above the kegs inside the cooler for draft beer.

17. Flow meters can be installed after
empty keg detectors (FOBs) on long
beer runs.
These devices will shut off the beer
flow when gas rushes in instead of
beer leaving the beer line fully
charged.
They prevent gas from entering the
empty line causing excessive
foaming when tapping a fresh keg.

18. • Display counters in ounces, litres or any unit of your choice
• Read counters from display only
• Optional reset key module available
• Powered by two AAA batteries (Duracell- Energizer)
2FM
One or two flow meters
Golf courses, portable keg
units, cruise ships,
banquets halls etc…

19. • Display counters in ounces, litres or any unit of your choice
• Read counters from display
• Built-in reset key to clear counters.
• Interface to computer with Draft Manager software available
4FM
1 to 4 flow meters
Can be connected with the
Harpagon system to the same
Draft Manager software
• Optional LED pour size indicators

20. • Display counters in ounces, litres or any unit of your choice
• Read counters from display
• Built-in reset key to clear counters.
• Interface to computer with Draft Manager software included
Harpagon
1 to 16 flow meters
Up to 100 Harpagon
systems connected to the
same computer.

21. • Display counters in ounces, litres or any unit of your choice
• Read counters from display
• Built-in reset key to clear counters
• “Autoshift” and “Autoprint” modes (3 different shifts)
• Print usage reports on a serial printers
Harpagon SRP 160
1 to 16 flow meters

22. Draft Manager 2004 software
• Read and save all your beverage
counters (max 1600) automatically up
to 7 times a day.
• Reports the amount of beverage
served by brand, bar, category and
store room.
• Inventory monitor tells you how
much beer is left in your kegs.
• Pos recipe and POS reconciliation
program compares the amount of
product sold with the amount
dispensed to generate a discrepancy
report in seconds.
• Use the Internet to control your
beverage sales and inventory from
anywhere in the world.

23. Draft Manager 2004 software

24. Thank you for your attention.
Information on these products is available
at www.auper.com.
Tel: 1 (450) 663-1993
Toll free: 1-800-861-1620
Fax: 1 (450) 663-0636
e-mail: auper@bar-controls.com