The right Square hardware for breweries, installed and tested

Square describes Square Register as a way to "run your entire business right out of the box with a fully integrated, two-screen solution," and Square Handheld as "the powerful, feature-packed POS that fits in your pocket." Registers at the bar and Handhelds for the patio cover most taprooms. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for breweries.
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Payment solutions for breweries & taprooms

How each solution supports breweries & taprooms

See what each option adds to the way your business takes and tracks payments.

Square for Restaurants

For breweries & taprooms: Organize tasting-room sales, bottles and merchandise with menu modifiers, kitchen routing and front-of-house checks in one restaurant workflow. Square describes its restaurant POS as "a business technology solution built for single- and multi-location full-service restaurants, quick-service restaurants, fast-casual restaurants, bars, breweries, and multi-concept restaurants." Square lists breweries among the businesses its restaurant POS is built for, with tabs and flights handled as modifiers. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for breweries.
  • Recommend the Square plan and device mix that fits your service style
  • Build menus, modifiers, taxes, service charges and tip settings before opening day
  • Configure floor plans, printer and KDS routing, and team permissions
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Square Hardware Setup

For breweries & taprooms: Choose and configure Square checkout equipment for tasting-room sales, bottles and merchandise, including counter, mobile and staff workflows. Square describes Square Register as a way to "run your entire business right out of the box with a fully integrated, two-screen solution," and Square Handheld as "the powerful, feature-packed POS that fits in your pocket." Registers at the bar and Handhelds for the patio cover most taprooms. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for breweries.
  • Recommend a device mix for your layout; you purchase directly from Square
  • Plan network, power and mounting before install day
  • Configure devices, printer profiles and device codes

Square for Retail

For breweries & taprooms: Connect bottles, cans and tasting-room merchandise to a retail catalog, stock tracking and customer purchase history. Square describes Square Retail POS as "the all-in-one system built to manage inventory, sales, and customer data." Crowlers, four-packs and merch are tracked as retail SKUs. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for breweries.
  • Import and clean up your catalog, including variants and barcodes
  • Set up vendors, reorder points and purchase orders
  • Connect in-store and online stock so you don't oversell
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Square Inventory

For breweries & taprooms: Track bottles, cans and tasting-room merchandise with item-level stock records and replenishment workflows. Square describes inventory tracking as a way to "track stock, costs, and product availability." Stock counts keep limited releases from overselling. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for breweries.
  • Decide which items to track by count and which to track by ingredient
  • Load unit costs and vendors, and set reorder points
  • Set up auto 86 so sold-out items disappear from every channel
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Square Loyalty

For breweries & taprooms: Create a rewards program around tasting-room sales, bottles and merchandise, with earning rules tied to how customers shop. Square describes its loyalty tools as a way to "build a loyalty program with custom points and rewards" and "run one-time or recurring promotions offering bonus points." Rewards keep regulars coming back between releases. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for breweries.
  • Design a reward structure that fits your margins and visit frequency
  • Set up enrollment prompts at the POS, kiosk and online checkout
  • Pair loyalty with automated marketing campaigns
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Square Marketing

For breweries & taprooms: Build opt-in campaigns for tasting-room sales, bottles and merchandise, from new offerings to reminders for returning customers. Square says you can "send unlimited one-time and automatic email campaigns with prebuilt, customizable campaigns" and send one-time and automatic text message campaigns. Release-day texts and emails drive pre-orders and turnout. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it for breweries.
  • Segment your customer list and set up the core automated campaigns
  • Write campaign copy and offers for your seasonal calendar
  • Set up consent capture for text marketing at checkout
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Recurring Billing

For breweries & taprooms: Schedule and manage payments for wine clubs and beverage memberships, including renewals and customer account balances. Roots sets up recurring billing so memberships, clubs and subscriptions charge on schedule, with tokenized cards and automatic retries. Mug club memberships renew automatically with benefits tracked by member.
  • Design plans, billing dates and cancellation terms
  • Write clear sign-up disclosures to cut disputes
  • Set up retries and failed-payment notices
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Square Hardware Setup questions

Questions brewery owners ask us before switching.
Customers purchase hardware directly from Square. Roots recommends the devices and accessories for your workflow and helps configure them.
We plan the checkout stations, device settings, staff access and test transactions, then train your team on the agreed setup.
Bring your checkout stations, devices, peripherals and staff workflow. Roots uses these details to plan the workflow for breweries & taprooms and prepare a clear setup scope.
See Square’s official pages for current software, hardware and processing prices. Request a quote for your Roots setup or custom project. Consultations and payment reviews are free.

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