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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.

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.

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

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!

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

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!

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

The 5th Ingredient, a startup launched by Pulkit K. Agrawal, S.B. ’15 (mechanical engineering), recently celebrated its second anniversary.

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.

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!

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).

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.

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.

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.

Today, the5thingredient was accepted into the CONNECT Springboard after our Intake Panel Presentation to 14 industry ndividuals! What’s the coolest? The deliberation for acceptance after we left the room was LESS THAN A MINUTE, for the new title of “fastest acceptance into Springboard in CONNECT history!

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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!

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

As 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!