Design & Installation
Leaders Beverage is to the draft industry what craft beer is to light lager—more thought, higher quality, better craft. Our installation process adds value in three significant ways: experience, design, and materials.
Experience
Leaders’ installation team has an extensive background working directly in the service industry. This experience gives us deeper insight into your daily challenges and, combined with specialized draft and beverage knowledge, results in the most efficient draft system designs.
Design & Planning
Efficient designs reduce both product and labor losses across all phases of the system’s life, including installation, daily operations, ongoing maintenance, and extended life. A comprehensive design plan also helps cut surprise costs during build-out.
Quality Materials
Beyond smart planning, all projects are also built using only high-quality materials. These may not be the cheapest up front, but their longevity means fewer replacement costs down the line. Quality materials also result in better product output and less product loss over the life of the system.
Comprehensive Planning
The earlier we’re brought on board, the more effective we can be. We consider every aspect of your system before starting, from which products you pour to your daily operations, ongoing maintenance, and system longevity. With start-to-finish planning, our design process helps avoid expensive surprises down the road and empowers customers to make the most of their own systems.
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Build
When planning an installation, we consider your specific product mix, existing infrastructure, and labor considerations to make the most appropriate equipment and layout choices that balance up-front costs with ongoing expenses.
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Daily Operation
Considerations for daily operations include improving pours with less foam and better flavor. We also enable your staff to troubleshoot and make minor changes to the system with fewer service calls. So pour the beer your brewers intended, and handle more tasks in-house.
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Regular Maintenance
Draft beer lines require bi-weekly cleaning. Because this means emptying the lines each time, our designs consider reducing the product lost in this process. We also design to allow for circulation cleaning, which is 80x more effective than static cleaning.
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System Life
You’ve made a large investment starting your bar, and we work to extend the life of that investment. Systems that save money up front with cheaper materials will break down within a few years, requiring costly repairs or updates. Our systems are designed and built to last.
Only High-Quality Materials
Only High-Quality Materials
Cutting costs with less expensive hardware and materials can seem appealing. But investing in quality now extends the life of your system, saves replacement costs, and improves the products you sell. We only use the best equipment available
Stainless steel hardware makes the biggest difference in the longevity of your system. Chrome-plated hardware is a popular cost-savings option, but chrome will chip away within a few years, leaving beer exposed to pitted brass. This exposure leads to turbulence and foam, product loss, and off-flavors.
Consulting Expertise
We are experts in draft systems, but that doesn’t just mean beer at large bars and restaurants. Our experienced team is happy to consult on unique systems and alternative beverages.
Beyond Beer
Many customers have found value in keeping a house specialty on draft – whether that’s a popular cocktail or the base for your world-renowned sangria. Draft coffee is also on the rise in coffee shops and restaurants alike. Let us help you plan to optimize your beverage service, saving both time and money.
Experimental + R&D
Try something new – you dream it, we’ll help you build it! Our warehouse in Portage Park is set up for small-scale R&D, so we can tweak techniques and recipes in-house before going large scale. Swing by and let’s see what we can create together!
Alternative Systems
From kegerators to jockey boxes, events and locations large and small — draft technology is more than just what you see on top of the bar.
If you’re looking to install or use something unique but aren’t sure where to start, the Leaders team can help consult and get you started.
Contact Us
4038 N. Nashville Ave
Chicago, IL 60634
312.497.5602
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Leaders Beverage Consulting
Our mission is to raise awareness of draft technology and improve the overall industry standard by being the absolute LEADERS in quality and service. We are promoters of the Food & BEVERAGE industry. Our cornerstones are education, professionalism, communication, service, quality, friendliness, and fun.
Quality will always come first in our decision-making process because our reputation is our strength.
In our goal to support and promote education and a raising of industry standards we proudly support the Cicerone Certification Program®, the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP), and the Brewers Association Draught Beer Quality Manual. We are not affiliated with any of these programs.
