Pizza Today - June 2017 - 22

with KEITH COFFMAN

on tap

STORAGE SPACE
Keep cooler space in mind when designing layout

I

have a small problem at my new
restaurant, High Tops. I have
50 different beers on tap. At any
given time, I'll have anywhere from
75 to 90 kegs in my cooler, including
my backup kegs. When I was designing
the layout for the restaurant, I thought
a 12-foot by 15-foot walk-in cooler was
going to be plenty big enough for the
beers that I was planning on having on
tap. Boy, was I wrong! I literally don't
have room to turn around in my cooler.
Luckily for me, there are guys like
Harold Culverson out there that have
created some keg cooler magic!
Culverson was working as a delivery driver for Budweiser in Southern
California. Harold, being in the trenches
with his customers stacking kegs, knew
firsthand how difficult it was to stack
kegs. Kegs were awkward and if you
barely touched or brushed a keg that
was stacked on top of another, you'd
have 170 pounds of beer and metal
crashing down on your legs and feet. In
1988, Harold invented a hard-plastic,
keg stacking aid that allowed the user
to be able to stack kegs. Not only did
Harold's invention keep him and his
customers from having to worry about
kegs falling on them, it also allowed his
customers to have enough space
between their kegs to be able to tap
both kegs at the same time!
One of the most difficult aspects of a
dedicated and aggressive craft beer program is inventory management. Simply
put, you have to have room to store the
goods! Keep your cooler space in mind
when you are deciding how many different kegs/bottled cases you want to offer
your customers at once. Unfortunately,
as a pizzeria owner I know your storage
footprint is limited. ■
KEITH COFFMAN is

the owner and operator
of Lost River Pizza Company.

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Commentary
Contents
Contributors
Expo Spotlight
Interact
Conversation
Man on the Street
Respecting the Craft
On Tap
Destinations
Knead to Know
Turn Down the Sound
Pizza Style Guide
Adding Sustainable Food
Caprese Across the Menu
Employee Reviews
Increasing Check Averages
Pizza Today on the Road: Harry’s Bishops Corner, West Hartford, CT
Pizza Today on the Road: The Original Vazzy’s, Bridgeport, CT
Product Showcase
Pizza Today Yellow Pages
The Marketplace
Reader’s Resource
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Pizza Today - June 2017 - Respecting the Craft
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Pizza Today - June 2017 - On Tap
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Pizza Today - June 2017 - Knead to Know
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Pizza Today - June 2017 - Turn Down the Sound
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Pizza Today - June 2017 - Adding Sustainable Food
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Pizza Today - June 2017 - Caprese Across the Menu
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