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The 5th Ingredient Announces Innovative New Features and Demand Planning Module

The 5th Ingredient® announced the release of Version 10 (v10) of their Beer30® and Bucha30® Software today. The new update offers a variety of fully customizable features and represents a major milestone in the ongoing development of the software with the introduction of the “Demand Planning” Module and KPI Scorecards. 

FULL ARTICLE
brews news

The 5th Ingredient Announces Innovative New Features and Demand Planning Module

The 5th Ingredient® announced the release of Version 10 (v10) of their Beer30® and Bucha30® Software today. The new update offers a variety of fully customizable features and represents a major milestone in the ongoing development of the software with the introduction of the “Demand Planning” Module and KPI Scorecards. 

FULL ARTICLE

The 5th Ingredient Announces Innovative New Features and Demand Planning Module

The 5th Ingredient® announced the release of Version 10 (v10) of their Beer30® and Bucha30® Software today. The new update offers a variety of fully customizable features and represents a major milestone in the ongoing development of the software with the introduction of the “Demand Planning” Module and KPI Scorecards. 

FULL ARTICLE
SaaS Fuel Podcast with Beer30 founder PK Agrawal

Founder PK Agrawal on Success of Beer30

In this episode, of SaaS Fuel, PK Agrawal the founder of The 5th Ingredient shared his journey and how Beer 30 has revolutionized the craft beer industry by providing full traceability, future demand planning forecasting, and full supply chain management.

FULL ARTICLE
GP Analytics

Beer30 by The 5th Ingredient Combines VIP Depletion Through the Craft Portal by GP Analytics to Provide an Integrated Supply Chain Solution for Breweries

The 5th Ingredient® is pleased to announce our working relationship with VIP, Vermont Information Processing, Inc., and GP Analytics in the delivery of an integrated system to deliver simplicity for craft brewers and their distributors. 

FULL ARTICLE
Forbes 30 under 30

The 5th Ingredient CEO, Joins the Forbes 30 Under 30

Founder and CEO of The 5th Ingredient, Pulkit K. Agrawal, has been included on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Class of 2023. The Forbes 30 Under 30 list recognizes young leaders and entrepreneurs who are making a significant impact in their respective industries. Pulkit has been recognized in the Food and Drink category for his innovative impact on the brewing industry and his dedication to pushing the boundaries with software like Beer30 and Bucha30.

FULL ARTICLE
Brewer's journal

7 Benefits of Beer Traceability

While beer traceability is necessary to stay compliant, there are 7 additional benefits of beer traceability. Here at The 5th Ingredient we actually depict these steps as part of our “True Traceability Cycle”.

FULL ARTICLE
5 years at t5i

Cheers to 5 Years of The 5th Ingredient

Today - October 17, 2022 - marks the 5-year anniversary of The 5th Ingredient®! On this milestone, we wanted to share with you “5 Areas The 5th Ingredient Has Grown Over the Past 5 Years!”, which highlight our company vision to connect the industry with three pillars – data, community, and tools – on our company mission to help breweries use their data for proactive, predictive, process improvement. 

FULL ARTICLE
Beer Mighty Things Podcast

Great Beer & Great Data – Beer30

PK Agrawal, Founder, and CEO of The 5th Ingredient, discusses how the Beer30 and Bucha30 software systems transform your brewery's data into cost savings, with an emphasis on quality, consistency, and efficiency.

FULL ARTICLE

OFS and The 5th Ingredient Partner for US and Australian Craft Beer Expansion

Australian manufacturing performance software company, OFS, and US ‘grain-to-glass’ brewery data management company, The 5th Ingredient, have signed a first-of-its-kind craft brewing partnership to help the companies expand in each other’s home markets to help the craft beer industry become more data driven.

FULL ARTICLE
Craft Brewery Finance Podcast

Top Brewery KPIs from Beer30

On this episode of the Craft Brewery Finance podcast, Kary Shumway talks with the 5th Ingredient Founder and CEO Pulkit Agrawal. Pulkit shares how brewery management software Beer30 uses data to help you produce better beer and better business results.

FULL ARTICLE
Medium

5 Things You Need To Know To Create a Successful App or SaaS

Pulkit K Agrawal of The 5th Ingredient discusses the 5 Things You Need To Know To Create a Successful App or SaaS with Tyler Gallagher.  PK talks about how Beer30 focuses on real-time brewing data input, raw material inventory, cost of goods analysis, quality and sensory tracking, sales, and distribution and accounting integration. 

FULL ARTICLE

Avoiding Rabbit Holes! Growing from MVP to Clients.

Presentation for Startup Boost, South Florida, by Pulkit K. Agrawal:: Sharing the story of The 5th Ingredient's growth and an analysis of tips and pitfalls tied in with growth, client feedback and iteration, hiring contract coders, and looking at the big picture of market potential for a SaaS platform.

FULL ARTICLE
precision Fermentation

Precision Fermentation and The 5th Ingredient Announce Integration of BrewMonitor Real-Time Data with Beer30 Brewery Management Software

Leading-Edge Brewery Technology Collaboration Offers Enhanced End-to-End Quality Control Management Analysis and Maximum Operational Efficiency

FULL ARTICLE
brews news

Using Beer30 for brewery stocktake and inventory management

As you do your stocktake for the EOFY 2021, it’s the perfect time to start fresh with a brewery management system that will keep your books in order for the Start Of Financial Year (SOFY), on July 1st!

FULL ARTICLE
Fermly

The 5th Ingredient® and Fermly® Announce Partnership That Brings Data Management and QA/QC to Breweries on A Unified Platform

Brewery management system Beer30® will now offer customers real-time QA/QC data from Fermly®, offering enhanced consistency for brewers

FULL ARTICLE

The 5th Ingredient and the San Diego and Miami tech ecosystems

Pulkit K. Agrawal is interviewed on Miami's Community Newspapers and Robert Asencioo discussing The 5th Ingredient and the San Diego and Miami tech ecosystems!

FULL ARTICLE

Tracking Data for any sized brewery using Beer30 by The 5th Ingredient

Chris Hayton from Build Me A Brewery in Australia interview Pulkit K. Agrawal on why it's important for brewery's of all sizes (even ones just starting up!) to use a software management system to track data, rather than using paper logs, whiteboards, spreadsheets.

FULL ARTICLE

The 5th Ingredient Launches Beer30 Sales Traceability Module, to Assist Brewers Through a Product Recall

The creators of Brewery Management Software Beer30 have launched a new module which ensures full grain-to-glass traceability.

FULL ARTICLE

“You’re Capturing All This Brewery Data… Now What?” Pulkit K. Agrawal, The 5th Ingredient

Presentation from the Craft Beer Professionals Fall 2020 Virtual Conference - YouTube Video
FULL ARTICLE

Bucha30: All-in-one Kombucha Brewery Management Software

A podcast interview with Pulkit K. Agrawal, the CEO of The 5th Ingredient, on releasing Bucha30, an all-in-one software management system for kombucha brewers.

FULL ARTICLE
Craft Beer & Brewing

4 Steps to Brew Better Beer with Brewery Analytics

By following these four steps on improving the fundamentals of data analytics at your brewery, you can lead the efforts to transform your data into cost savings.

FULL ARTICLE
The 5th Ingredient

The 5th Ingredient + LEARN Academy

Learn more about The 5th Ingredient and internship opportunities through LEARN Academy!
FULL ARTICLE

40 – Pulkit Agrawal – Co-Founder & CEO of The 5th Ingredient

Pulkit Agrawal is the CEO and Co-Founder of The 5th Ingredient, a software startup that has developed a platform that breweries can use to track their data from grain to glass. Listen in to hear how Pulkit went from starting his career at Ballast Point to founding The 5th Ingredient, and get the scoop on his favorite local tacos.

FULL ARTICLE
San Diego Business Journal

Co. Elevates Its Game to Better Serve Brewers’ Needs

5th Ingredient Hopes to Gain Exposure at Upcoming Quick Pitch. Co. Elevates Its Game to Better Serve Brewers' Needs.

FULL ARTICLE
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Agrawal’s startup celebrates second anniversary

Leading-Edge Brewery Technology Collaboration Offers Enhanced End-to-End Quality Control Management Analysis and Maximum Operational Efficiency

FULL ARTICLE
Craft Brewing Business

Beer30 keeps refining its cost analysis features for craft breweries

One problem craft breweries had before these boom years was not having enough software solutions scaled to meet their specific needs. That has since changed, with a ton of solutions large and small out there to make life a bit easier. The 5th Ingredient developed one of our favorites in Beer30, a cloud-based, B2B software that empowers breweries to track and analyze over 300 data points from grain-to-glass.

FULL ARTICLE
The 5th Ingredient

October 17, 2019 is the 2-year Anniversary for The 5th Ingredient!

October 17, 2019 is the 2-year Anniversary for The 5th Ingredient! This year, we've gone from 4 breweries to 42 breweries, and are in 16 US States, Dominican Republic, and Australia. Read more below about Year 2 and what comes next!

FULL ARTICLE
San Diego Tribune

These 10 startups will compete in San Diego’s biggest annual pitch event

Over 300 local startups applied to compete in San Diego’s most popular pitch competition, but only 10 finalists will end up on stage later this month. This week, the event’s organizers have announced the chosen few. The 10 finalists include a mix of life science and tech startups, including two companies recently profiled by the Union-Tribune: sports technology app Stact and brewery software The 5th Ingredient (full list below).

FULL ARTICLE
San Diego Business Journal

Tech Coast Angels Names Quick Pitch Finalists

Tech Coast Angels picked 10 finalists for its John G. Watson Quick Pitch Competition. The annual event brings together promising San Diego startups to compete, with the top three winning a combined $75,000 in cash.

FULL ARTICLE
rockstar brewer

Rockstar Brewer Brings Beer30 To Australia

US company The 5th Ingredient is one of the trailblazers when it comes to delivering exemplary brewery data management solutions. As a way of introducing themselves to the local brewing landscape, they have selected Rockstar Brewer as their official Brand Ambassador partner throughout Australia and New Zealand. Rockstar Brewer founder Steve Henderson said: "The Beer30 brewery management system will be a real game changer for breweries of all sizes in managing their costs, consolidating consistent brewing processes and eliminating the need for whiteboards and spreadsheets in order to get things done.

FULL ARTICLE
The 5th Ingredient

Avoiding Rabbit Holes! Growing from MVP to Clients.

Presentation for San Diego Startup Week 2019, by Pulkit K. Agrawal:: Sharing the story of The 5th Ingredient's growth and an analysis of tips and pitfalls tied in with growth, client feedback and iteration, hiring contract coders, and looking at the big picture of market potential for a SaaS platform.
FULL ARTICLE
The 5th Ingredient

The 5th Ingredient Joins the CONNECT Springboard Program

Leading-Edge Brewery Technology Collaboration Offers Enhanced End-to-End Quality Control Management Analysis and Maximum Operational Efficiency

FULL ARTICLE
Nanalyze

How to Make Beer Taste Better with Smart Brew Tech

We live in extraordinary times, with some 7,000 craft beer breweries in the United States alone. But news stories over the last few years have shown that people are turning away from beer, especially the swill produced by Big Beer companies. San Diego-based startup The 5th Ingredient, founded last year, adds another ingredient to the core list of water, malt, yeast, and hops – data.
FULL ARTICLE
CB insights

Brewing Disruption: As Beer Sales Decline These 65+ Startups Could Revitalize The Industry

Brewing Tech — The brewery is also getting its tech upgrade. This category includes companies that are making it faster, cheaper, and more convenient to brew and transport beer.
FULL ARTICLE
Hatch

Barley, Water, Yeast, Hops, and Creativity

San Diego's craftiest innovations: White Labs, The 5th Ingredient, Certificate Brewing, Brewery Igniter.
FULL ARTICLE
NBC 7 San Diego

Company Adds Fifth Ingredient to Beer: Data

Software: More Than 100 Data Points Tracked In Brewing Biz Processes. Water, hops, grain, and yeast. Pulkit Agrawal became familiar with beer's four main components while working for San Diego's largest brewery, Ballast Point.
FULL ARTICLE
San Diego Business Journal

Company Adds Fifth Ingredient to Beer: Data

Software: More Than 100 Data Points Tracked In Brewing Biz Processes. Water, hops, grain and yeast. Pulkit Agrawal became familiar with beer's four main components while working for San Diego's largest brewery, Ballast Point.
FULL ARTICLE
Craft Brewing Business

Meet Beer30: A new software to track all batch data, sized for craft breweries

Brewing a bunch of beers well and doing so consistently over time can’t be done by man alone. Behind every great brewery is also some sort of software to keep everything on track
FULL ARTICLE
San Diego Tribune

Ex-Ballast Point engineer launches software startup — The 5th Ingredient — for craft breweries

A former engineer at one of San Diego’s best-known craft breweries — Ballast Point — has launched his own software company to take on one of the biggest hangups in brewing: keeping tabs on beer data.
FULL ARTICLE
The 5th Ingredient

The 5th Ingredient: 1-year Milestone!

Today, October 17, 2018, is a pretty important day for The 5th Ingredient... it's our 1-year anniversary! We just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your support throughout this past year! It is because of constructive feedback, questions, and introductions from you and other believers in our vision, that The 5th Ingredient has had a successful first year!

FULL ARTICLE
1 Million Cups

The 5th Ingredient presents to San Diego, CA, entrepreneurs

The four ingredients in beer are water, malt, hops, and yeast. The 5th Ingredient, as equally important as the other four, is data!

FULL ARTICLE
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Harvard – Celebrating Engineers Week – Pulkit K. Agrawal, SB ’15

As the founder and CEO of a startup, I love the necessity to wear numerous hats! I am no longer just working as an engineer and project manager who coordinates between numerous teams, as I am now required to actually execute and address the needs of all aspects of the business. This has forced me to develop new skills in the realm of branding and marketing, sales to potential clients, meetings and on-site visits with current clients, accounting practices, legal documents, and insurance paperwork, and finally - software development and brewery process engineering. My Google Calendar is certainly my best friend!
FULL ARTICLE

The 5th Ingredient In The Media.

brews news

The 5th Ingredient Announces Innovative New Features and Demand Planning Module

The 5th Ingredient® announced the release of Version 10 (v10) of their Beer30® and Bucha30® Software today. The new update offers a variety of fully customizable features and represents a major milestone in the ongoing development of the software with the introduction of the “Demand Planning” Module and KPI Scorecards. 

FULL ARTICLE
SaaS Fuel Podcast with Beer30 founder PK Agrawal

Founder PK Agrawal on Success of Beer30

In this episode, of SaaS Fuel, PK Agarwal the founder of The 5th Ingredient shared his journey and how Beer 30 has revolutionized the craft beer industry by providing full traceability, future demand planning forecasting, and full supply chain management.

FULL ARTICLE
GP Analytics

Beer30 by The 5th Ingredient Combines VIP Depletion Through the Craft Portal by GP Analytics to Provide an Integrated Supply Chain Solution for Breweries

The 5th Ingredient® is pleased to announce our working relationship with VIP, Vermont Information Processing, Inc., and GP Analytics in the delivery of an integrated system to deliver simplicity for craft brewers and their distributors. 

FULL ARTICLE
Forbes 30 under 30

The 5th Ingredient CEO, Joins the Forbes 30 Under 30

Founder and CEO of The 5th Ingredient, Pulkit K. Agrawal, has been included on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Class of 2023. The Forbes 30 Under 30 list recognizes young leaders and entrepreneurs who are making a significant impact in their respective industries. Pulkit has been recognized in the Food and Drink category for his innovative impact on the brewing industry and his dedication to pushing the boundaries with software like Beer30 and Bucha30.

FULL ARTICLE
Brewer's journal

7 Benefits of Beer Traceability

While beer traceability is necessary to stay compliant, there are 7 additional benefits of beer traceability. Here at The 5th Ingredient we actually depict these steps as part of our “True Traceability Cycle”.

FULL ARTICLE
5 years at t5i

Cheers to 5 Years of The 5th Ingredient

Today - October 17, 2022 - marks the 5-year anniversary of The 5th Ingredient®! On this milestone, we wanted to share with you “5 Areas The 5th Ingredient Has Grown Over the Past 5 Years!”, which highlight our company vision to connect the industry with three pillars – data, community, and tools – on our company mission to help breweries use their data for proactive, predictive, process improvement. 

FULL ARTICLE
Beer Mighty Things Podcast

Great Beer & Great Data – Beer30

PK Agrawal, Founder, and CEO of The 5th Ingredient, discusses how the Beer30 and Bucha30 software systems transform your brewery's data into cost savings, with an emphasis on quality, consistency, and efficiency.

FULL ARTICLE

OFS and The 5th Ingredient Partner for US and Australian Craft Beer Expansion

Australian manufacturing performance software company, OFS, and US ‘grain-to-glass’ brewery data management company, The 5th Ingredient, have signed a first-of-its-kind craft brewing partnership to help the companies expand in each other’s home markets to help the craft beer industry become more data driven.

FULL ARTICLE
Craft Brewery Finance Podcast

Top Brewery KPIs from Beer30

On this episode of the Craft Brewery Finance podcast, Kary Shumway talks with the 5th Ingredient Founder and CEO Pulkit Agrawal. Pulkit shares how brewery management software Beer30 uses data to help you produce better beer and better business results.

FULL ARTICLE
Medium

5 Things You Need To Know To Create a Successful App or SaaS

Pulkit K Agrawal of The 5th Ingredient discusses the 5 Things You Need To Know To Create a Successful App or SaaS with Tyler Gallagher.  PK talks about how Beer30 focuses on real-time brewing data input, raw material inventory, cost of goods analysis, quality and sensory tracking, sales, and distribution and accounting integration. 

FULL ARTICLE
The 5th Ingredient

Avoiding Rabbit Holes! Growing from MVP to Clients.

Presentation for Startup Boost, South Florida, by Pulkit K. Agrawal:: Sharing the story of The 5th Ingredient's growth and an analysis of tips and pitfalls tied in with growth, client feedback and iteration, hiring contract coders, and looking at the big picture of market potential for a SaaS platform.

FULL ARTICLE
precision Fermentation

Precision Fermentation and The 5th Ingredient Announce Integration of BrewMonitor Real-Time Data with Beer30 Brewery Management Software

Leading-Edge Brewery Technology Collaboration Offers Enhanced End-to-End Quality Control Management Analysis and Maximum Operational Efficiency

FULL ARTICLE
brews news

Using Beer30 for brewery stocktake and inventory management

As you do your stocktake for the EOFY 2021, it’s the perfect time to start fresh with a brewery management system that will keep your books in order for the Start Of Financial Year (SOFY), on July 1st!

FULL ARTICLE
Fermly

The 5th Ingredient® and Fermly® Announce Partnership That Brings Data Management and QA/QC to Breweries on A Unified Platform

Brewery management system Beer30® will now offer customers real-time QA/QC data from Fermly®, offering enhanced consistency for brewers

FULL ARTICLE

The 5th Ingredient and the San Diego and Miami tech ecosystems

Pulkit K. Agrawal is interviewed on Miami's Community Newspapers and Robert Asencioo discussing The 5th Ingredient and the San Diego and Miami tech ecosystems!

FULL ARTICLE

Tracking Data for any sized brewery using Beer30 by The 5th Ingredient

Chris Hayton from Build Me A Brewery in Australia interview Pulkit K. Agrawal on why it's important for brewery's of all sizes (even ones just starting up!) to use a software management system to track data, rather than using paper logs, whiteboards, spreadsheets.

FULL ARTICLE

The 5th Ingredient Launches Beer30 Sales Traceability Module, to Assist Brewers Through a Product Recall

The creators of Brewery Management Software Beer30 have launched a new module which ensures full grain-to-glass traceability.

FULL ARTICLE

“You’re Capturing All This Brewery Data… Now What?” Pulkit K. Agrawal, The 5th Ingredient

Presentation from the Craft Beer Professionals Fall 2020 Virtual Conference - YouTube Video
FULL ARTICLE

Bucha30: All-in-one Kombucha Brewery Management Software

A podcast interview with Pulkit K. Agrawal, the CEO of The 5th Ingredient, on releasing Bucha30, an all-in-one software management system for kombucha brewers.

FULL ARTICLE
Craft Beer & Brewing

4 Steps to Brew Better Beer with Brewery Analytics

By following these four steps on improving the fundamentals of data analytics at your brewery, you can lead the efforts to transform your data into cost savings.

FULL ARTICLE
The 5th Ingredient

The 5th Ingredient + LEARN Academy

Learn more about The 5th Ingredient and internship opportunities through LEARN Academy!
FULL ARTICLE

40 – Pulkit Agrawal – Co-Founder & CEO of The 5th Ingredient

Pulkit Agrawal is the CEO and Co-Founder of The 5th Ingredient, a software startup that has developed a platform that breweries can use to track their data from grain to glass. Listen in to hear how Pulkit went from starting his career at Ballast Point to founding The 5th Ingredient, and get the scoop on his favorite local tacos.

FULL ARTICLE
San Diego Business Journal

Co. Elevates Its Game to Better Serve Brewers’ Needs

5th Ingredient Hopes to Gain Exposure at Upcoming Quick Pitch. Co. Elevates Its Game to Better Serve Brewers' Needs.

FULL ARTICLE
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Agrawal’s startup celebrates second anniversary

Leading-Edge Brewery Technology Collaboration Offers Enhanced End-to-End Quality Control Management Analysis and Maximum Operational Efficiency

FULL ARTICLE
Craft Brewing Business

Beer30 keeps refining its cost analysis features for craft breweries

One problem craft breweries had before these boom years was not having enough software solutions scaled to meet their specific needs. That has since changed, with a ton of solutions large and small out there to make life a bit easier. The 5th Ingredient developed one of our favorites in Beer30, a cloud-based, B2B software that empowers breweries to track and analyze over 300 data points from grain-to-glass.

FULL ARTICLE
The 5th Ingredient

October 17, 2019 is the 2-year Anniversary for The 5th Ingredient!

October 17, 2019 is the 2-year Anniversary for The 5th Ingredient! This year, we've gone from 4 breweries to 42 breweries, and are in 16 US States, Dominican Republic, and Australia. Read more below about Year 2 and what comes next!

FULL ARTICLE
San Diego Tribune

These 10 startups will compete in San Diego’s biggest annual pitch event

Over 300 local startups applied to compete in San Diego’s most popular pitch competition, but only 10 finalists will end up on stage later this month. This week, the event’s organizers have announced the chosen few. The 10 finalists include a mix of life science and tech startups, including two companies recently profiled by the Union-Tribune: sports technology app Stact and brewery software The 5th Ingredient (full list below).

FULL ARTICLE
San Diego Business Journal

Tech Coast Angels Names Quick Pitch Finalists

Tech Coast Angels picked 10 finalists for its John G. Watson Quick Pitch Competition. The annual event brings together promising San Diego startups to compete, with the top three winning a combined $75,000 in cash.

FULL ARTICLE
rockstar brewer

Rockstar Brewer Brings Beer30 To Australia

US company The 5th Ingredient is one of the trailblazers when it comes to delivering exemplary brewery data management solutions. As a way of introducing themselves to the local brewing landscape, they have selected Rockstar Brewer as their official Brand Ambassador partner throughout Australia and New Zealand. Rockstar Brewer founder Steve Henderson said: "The Beer30 brewery management system will be a real game changer for breweries of all sizes in managing their costs, consolidating consistent brewing processes and eliminating the need for whiteboards and spreadsheets in order to get things done.

FULL ARTICLE
The 5th Ingredient

Avoiding Rabbit Holes! Growing from MVP to Clients.

Presentation for San Diego Startup Week 2019, by Pulkit K. Agrawal:: Sharing the story of The 5th Ingredient's growth and an analysis of tips and pitfalls tied in with growth, client feedback and iteration, hiring contract coders, and looking at the big picture of market potential for a SaaS platform.
FULL ARTICLE
The 5th Ingredient

The 5th Ingredient Joins the CONNECT Springboard Program

Leading-Edge Brewery Technology Collaboration Offers Enhanced End-to-End Quality Control Management Analysis and Maximum Operational Efficiency

FULL ARTICLE
Nanalyze

How to Make Beer Taste Better with Smart Brew Tech

We live in extraordinary times, with some 7,000 craft beer breweries in the United States alone. But news stories over the last few years have shown that people are turning away from beer, especially the swill produced by Big Beer companies. San Diego-based startup The 5th Ingredient, founded last year, adds another ingredient to the core list of water, malt, yeast, and hops – data.
FULL ARTICLE
CB insights

Brewing Disruption: As Beer Sales Decline These 65+ Startups Could Revitalize The Industry

Brewing Tech — The brewery is also getting its tech upgrade. This category includes companies that are making it faster, cheaper, and more convenient to brew and transport beer.
FULL ARTICLE
Hatch

Barley, Water, Yeast, Hops, and Creativity

San Diego's craftiest innovations: White Labs, The 5th Ingredient, Certificate Brewing, Brewery Igniter.
FULL ARTICLE
NBC 7 San Diego

Company Adds Fifth Ingredient to Beer: Data

Software: More Than 100 Data Points Tracked In Brewing Biz Processes. Water, hops, grain, and yeast. Pulkit Agrawal became familiar with beer's four main components while working for San Diego's largest brewery, Ballast Point.
FULL ARTICLE
San Diego Business Journal

Company Adds Fifth Ingredient to Beer: Data

Software: More Than 100 Data Points Tracked In Brewing Biz Processes. Water, hops, grain and yeast. Pulkit Agrawal became familiar with beer's four main components while working for San Diego's largest brewery, Ballast Point.
FULL ARTICLE
Craft Brewing Business

Meet Beer30: A new software to track all batch data, sized for craft breweries

Brewing a bunch of beers well and doing so consistently over time can’t be done by man alone. Behind every great brewery is also some sort of software to keep everything on track
FULL ARTICLE
San Diego Tribune

Ex-Ballast Point engineer launches software startup — The 5th Ingredient — for craft breweries

A former engineer at one of San Diego’s best-known craft breweries — Ballast Point — has launched his own software company to take on one of the biggest hangups in brewing: keeping tabs on beer data.
FULL ARTICLE
The 5th Ingredient

The 5th Ingredient: 1-year Milestone!

Today, October 17, 2018, is a pretty important day for The 5th Ingredient... it's our 1-year anniversary! We just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your support throughout this past year! It is because of constructive feedback, questions, and introductions from you and other believers in our vision, that The 5th Ingredient has had a successful first year!

FULL ARTICLE
1 Million Cups

The 5th Ingredient presents to San Diego, CA, entrepreneurs

The four ingredients in beer are water, malt, hops, and yeast. The 5th Ingredient, as equally important as the other four, is data!

FULL ARTICLE
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Harvard – Celebrating Engineers Week – Pulkit K. Agrawal, SB ’15

As the founder and CEO of a startup, I love the necessity to wear numerous hats! I am no longer just working as an engineer and project manager who coordinates between numerous teams, as I am now required to actually execute and address the needs of all aspects of the business. This has forced me to develop new skills in the realm of branding and marketing, sales to potential clients, meetings and on-site visits with current clients, accounting practices, legal documents, and insurance paperwork, and finally - software development and brewery process engineering. My Google Calendar is certainly my best friend!
FULL ARTICLE
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