FlowBridge Technology
One Platform.Total Control.
FlowBridge brings every aspect of your draught operation together in one intelligent platform. From beer quality and pour performance to inventory, waste, stock reconciliation and sales reporting, FlowBridge provides the real-time insight you need to improve customer experience, reduce costs and maximise profitability across every venue, pint by pint.
Better insight. Better decisions. Better business.
Draught beer leaks value quietly.
Yesterday's performance, in your inbox tomorrow morning.
- 6°C
is roughly where beer starts breaking CO2 out of solution. Past it you get fobbing, and fobbing is beer going down the drain.
- 12°C
is the cellar you are aiming for. Rooms drift, and a room that drifts quietly costs you all week before anyone notices.
- 24
hours a day the lines are watched, closed as well as open, so beer poured when the bar is shut is on the report either way.
What it measures
One gateway in the cellar, up to six in-line sensors, one per line. Everything below is recorded without anyone writing it down.
Revenue per line
Volume dispensed on every line, measured to the millilitre and recorded hourly, so you can see what each tap is actually returning.
Beer temperature
Taken at the tap rather than the wall, every hour, on every line. Warm beer shows up as a number before it shows up as a complaint.
Cellar temperature
Ambient cellar temperature logged daily, so you can see when a room starts to drift.
Line cleaning
A clean leaves its own signature in the flow, so FlowBridge identifies likely cleaning events and builds the record for you. A clean that was skipped is a question you can ask this week, not one you find at the next audit.
Out of hours pouring
Flags beer poured while the bar is closed, protecting your stock and the people behind it.
Tap balancing
Tap by tap usage across the estate, showing which lines earn their space and which do not.
Brew OverWatch
FlowBridge is the kit in your cellar. Brew OverWatch is the software it reports into, and most of the time it should be the one getting in touch with you.
Alerts, not admin
Set the range each line should sit in. Step outside it and the alert goes out per site, with nobody logging in to find it.
Reports that turn up
Daily, weekly or monthly. One venue, or the whole estate in a single document. Set the schedule once and leave it alone.
Five years to look back on
Consumption by venue and by brand, filterable, from yesterday back five years. Worth having when a brand review or a rent negotiation lands.
How it works
FlowBridge is designed to fit seamlessly into your existing beer dispense system. Once installed, it automatically monitors beer flow, temperatures and system performance, securely uploading the data to the Brew OverWatch portal. There is nothing for your venue teams to operate, no manual data entry and no complicated IT integration.
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We install it
A compact FlowBridge unit is installed in the cellar, with a discreet sensor fitted to each beer line, supporting up to six lines per unit. Installation is quick and non-intrusive, with no changes to your dispense equipment or the way your team serves beer.
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Actionable insights, every morning
By the start of each day, yesterday's performance is ready to view in your Brew OverWatch dashboard or your daily reports. Your data is securely stored on our server, giving you access to what you need to monitor performance, improve beer quality and make informed operational decisions. If your business requires more frequent reporting, real-time updates can be enabled.
Who it is for
For venues
Hotel groups, pub groups and managed estates. Yield by venue, cellars drifting warm, and proof a line cleaning schedule was kept.
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For brewers
Where your beer is selling and how fast, how fresh it is at the tap, and how it is being looked after in someone else's cellar.
Get in touchPartners
FlowBridge is made by i-Keg. Data on its own does not clean a line or train a cellar team, so the people who do are part of the picture.
Clear Brew- Nationwide beer line cleaning specialists since 2006, now an i-Keg partner. Where they clean your lines, their engineers verify on the ground what FlowBridge infers from flow.clearbrew.co.uk, opens in a new tab
LineClenze- Beer line cleaning powder that is pH neutral in solution, with no caustic soda or bleach going down the drain.lineclenze.com, opens in a new tab
Book a walkthrough
Tell us how many sites you run and how many lines each one carries. We will show you the portal against a real estate, not a demo deck.
“The FlowBridge has transformed how we monitor site performance, giving us clear, real-time visibility and allowing us to resolve cellar and pouring issues quickly. The Brew Overwatch portal and its reporting features are becoming an invaluable tool within our business.”
Hunton Hotels