Built to Scale, Designed with Care
Beverage Co-Packing & Contract Production in Cape Town
Already have a beverage?
BarCraft helps established and growing brands turn existing recipes into commercially packaged products.
Production Built Around Your Beverage
Every beverage comes with its own production, packaging and technical requirements. We work with brands to assess the product, recipe, packaging format, production volume and route to market before recommending a suitable way forward.
Have an existing product or recipe?
Explore Our Production Capabilities
- Established beverages moving into commercial production
- Brands looking for a new co-packing partner
- Products moving from pilot to larger production runs
- Existing recipes requiring production troubleshooting
- Brands introducing a new can or bottle format
- Businesses requiring packaging and retail-ready finishing
- Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage projects
- Local and export-focused products
Send us your production requirements and our team will help determine whether your project is suited to our facility.
- Established beverages moving into commercial production
- Brands looking for a new co-packing partner
- Products moving from pilot to larger production runs
- Existing recipes requiring production troubleshooting
- Brands introducing a new can or bottle format
- Businesses requiring packaging and retail-ready finishing
- Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage projects
- Local and export-focused products
Send us your production requirements and our team will help determine whether your project is suited to our facility.
Bottling
Our flexible bottling lines accommodate still and carbonated beverages across formats from 50ml to 750ml.
Bottle suitability, closure requirements and production volumes will depend on the beverage and packaging specification.
Our current canning capabilities include:
- Traditional cork
- ROPP or Stelvin caps
- Crown lids
- Ring-pull caps
Canning
We provide carbonated beverage canning across a selection of standard and slender can formats.
Please note that 200ml and 250ml cans using a 200 end are not currently facilitated on-site.
Have a different can format or packaging requirement? Contact our team so we can assess it.
Our current canning capabilities include:
- 300ml slender cans with a 202 end
- 330ml standard cans
- 440ml standard cans
- 500ml standard cans
- Carbonated beverage filling
- Shrink-sleeve application
- Adhesive labelling
- Date coding and barcoding
- Boxing and palletising
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Packaging & Finishing
We provide packaging and finishing services to help prepare products for retail, storage and distribution.
Clients currently supply their branded packaging materials, which are then applied during the production and finishing process.
If you are still finalising your labels or packaging specifications, speak to our team about what will be required before production.
Our capabilities include:
- Shrink-sleeve application
- Adhesive labelling
- Barcoding
- Date coding
- Boxing
- Palletising
- Retail-ready finishing
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Bulk Blending & Syrup Supply
BarCraft offers bulk blending, concentrate and syrup-production support for products that will be manufactured or filled at another facility.
Contact us with your formulation, intended production volume and manufacturing requirements so we can recommend a suitable approach.
Depending on the project, our team can assist with:
- Raw-material sourcing
- Syrup and concentrate production
- Product testing
- Formula integrity during production
- Technical support at external facilities
- Troubleshooting production challenges
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Kegged Cocktails
Kegged-beverage production is available for suitable venue, brand and production partnerships.
Custom event setups and tap-hire enquiries are managed through BarCraft’s dedicated partner, Keg-Hire.
Ask About Keg Filling
We provide contract keg filling for selected beverage categories, including:
- Spritzers
- Gin and tonic-style beverages
- Cocktails
- Non-alcoholic blends
Working With Your Existing Beverage
Whether you’re scaling up, changing production partners or refining an existing product, we can assess your recipe and manufacturing requirements. Our experience covers soft drinks, energy drinks, juice blends, spirit coolers, seltzers, spritzers, liqueurs, aperitifs and non-alcoholic beverages. Where needed, we can also assist with recipe troubleshooting, ingredient alternatives, stability and production suitability.
Quality & Compliance
Our facility is licensed for liquor production and HACCP/ISO 22000 accredited. We offer in-house and external testing support, including basic product testing, nutritional and microbial analysis, shelf-life testing, label compliance and export assistance. Requirements are assessed according to your product and intended market.
How It Works
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Share your requirements
Tell us about your beverage, recipe, packaging, expected volume and timeline.
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Assess and plan
We review production suitability and identify any sampling, testing or material requirements.
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Produce and finish
Once the scope is agreed, we coordinate production, filling and finishing, with storage or distribution support where required.
Ready to Discuss Your Next Production Run?
Tell us about your beverage, packaging format, expected volume and preferred timeline.
Our team will review your requirements and recommend the most suitable next step.
Some Frequently Asked Questions
What production volumes can BarCraft accommodate?
Our published sampling volumes range from approximately 5–500 litres, while commercial production runs generally range from 500–30,000 litres.
Final requirements depend on the beverage, recipe, packaging format and production process. Contact us with your expected volume for a project-specific assessment.
Does BarCraft offer beverage canning in Cape Town?
Yes. BarCraft provides carbonated beverage canning from its Cape Town facility.
Current formats include 300ml slender cans and 330ml, 440ml and 500ml standard cans.
Does BarCraft offer beverage bottling?
Yes. Our bottling capabilities accommodate selected still and carbonated beverages in formats from 50ml to 750ml
Available closures include cork, ROPP or Stelvin caps, crown lids and ring-pull caps.
Can BarCraft work with an existing beverage recipe?
BarCraft works with existing products and recipes, including products requiring scale-up or production troubleshooting.
Send us your formulation status, product type and intended production volume so that we can assess what is required.
Can BarCraft produce both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages?
Our experience covers alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage categories, and our facility is licensed for liquor production.
Every product remains subject to a technical and production assessment.
Does BarCraft provide packaging and labelling?
Yes. Our finishing capabilities include shrink-sleeving, adhesive labelling, coding, barcoding, boxing and palletising.
Clients currently supply their branded packaging materials. Contact us before ordering packaging so that we can confirm the relevant production specifications.
Can BarCraft help source ingredients?
BarCraft can assist with ingredient and raw-material sourcing for suitable projects.
The exact sourcing arrangement will depend on the recipe, production volume and agreed project scope.
Can BarCraft help if our existing recipe has production problems?
Yes. Our troubleshooting services can assist with issues such as stability, separation, fading, fermentation, deterioration and ingredient or manufacturing alternatives.
How long does beverage production take?
Production timelines depend on the product, testing requirements, ingredient availability, packaging readiness, production volume and facility schedule.
Send us your preferred production date and current project status, and our team will advise on the next available steps.
What is the minimum order for canning or bottling?
Minimum requirements can vary by beverage and packaging format.
Contact us with your product, can or bottle size and estimated volume for a project-specific assessment.
Can BarCraft help with a packaging format that is not listed?
Possibly. Send us the packaging specifications, format, size and expected production volume so our team can assess whether it can be accommodated.