Beverage stock control
Count kegs, bottles and open spirits accurately, with partial-bottle weighing handled properly rather than guessed.
Core Partner
Hops
Drinks-first stock control: real pour cost, real variance, and a wet GP figure you can trust.
Hops is a beverage-focused inventory and cost control platform. It is built around how a bar and cellar actually work: kegs, cases, open spirits weighed rather than guessed, transfers from cellar to bar, wastage and line cleaning, and cocktail specs costed by measure.
Because counts are quick, they get done — and once counts are reliable, the gap between what the till sold and what the cellar used stops being a mystery. Over-pouring, unrecorded comps and shrinkage turn into numbers a bar manager can act on.
Fully Baked is a Hops Core Partner. We set up your drinks data and bottle weights, run the first counts with your team, and review wet GP with you until the figure is one you believe.
What Hops does
Pour cost and variance
Compare what the till sold against what the cellar used, so shrinkage, over-pouring and unrecorded comps show up as numbers.
Drinks recipes and costing
Cocktail specs costed by measure, so a change in spirit price or a heavy hand behind the bar is visible in margin.
Ordering and suppliers
Order guides and purchase orders for drinks suppliers, built from par levels and actual depletion.
Cellar and bar workflows
Transfers between cellar and bar, wastage recording and line-cleaning allowances that reflect how a real venue operates.
Reporting for bar managers
Simple weekly reporting a bar manager will actually open, covering GP, variance and top movers.
Where it stands out
- Built specifically around drinks, which is where generic food-first inventory systems fall down
- Handles open bottles, kegs and measures with the precision bar GP requires
- Makes pour cost and shrinkage visible without turning the bar team into data entry clerks
- Quick to count, which means counts actually get done every week
- Pairs well with a food-focused system when a venue needs both
Our honest view
Hops is our answer to a problem we see constantly: the food side is under control and the bar is a black hole. Wet GP is where money leaks quietly, and a drinks-first system finds it far faster than bolting drinks onto a food platform.
For pubs, bars and venues with a serious wet trade, we will often run Hops alongside a food-focused Core Partner rather than force one system to do both jobs badly.
Hops questions we get asked
What is Hops used for?
Beverage inventory and cost control: stock counts for kegs, bottles and spirits, pour cost and variance against till sales, cocktail costing, ordering and cellar workflows.
Do we still need a food inventory system?
Often yes. Hops is drinks-first, so for venues with a significant food offer we usually pair it with one of our food-focused Core Partners and make sure the reporting lines up.
How accurate is counting open bottles?
Open spirits are handled by weight rather than eye, which is what makes the variance figure believable. We set the method and the bottle data up with your bar team during implementation.
How quickly can we see our real wet GP?
Usually within the first two or three count cycles, once a clean opening count and accurate sales data are in place. We review those first cycles with your bar manager.
Next step
Thinking about Hops for your sites?
We’ll tell you honestly whether it fits your menu, your suppliers and the way your team actually works — and what it would take to get it live.