Brewers Association

Technical

Draught Beer Quality Manual Second Edition
Draught Beer Quality Manual Second Edition

Dick Cantwell
Elysian Brewing Co.

Vinnie Cilurzo
Russian River Brewing Co.

Jason Ebel
Two Brothers Brewing Co.

Tom Flores
Brewer's Alley

Jamie Floyd
Ninkasi Brewing Company

Paul Gatza
Brewers Association

Ken Grossman (Co-Chair)
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

John Harris
Full Sail Brewing Company

Laura Harter
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

Larry Horwitz
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant 

Ron Jeffries
Jolly Pumpkin Brewing Co.

Pete Johnson
Brewers Association

Jim Koch
Boston Beer Co.

Charles Kyle
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

Geoff Larson
Alaskan Brewing Company

John Mallett (Co-Chair)
Bell's Brewery, Inc.

Matthew Moberly (BIECC co-representative)
Bell's Brewery, Inc.

Travis Morrison (BIECC co-representative)
New Belgium Brewing Company

James "Otto" Ottolini
The St. Louis Brewery

Charlie Papazian
Brewers Association

Bob Pease
Brewers Association

John Pinkerton
Moon River Brewing Company

Chris Swersey
Brewers Association

Zac Triemert
Lucky Bucket Brewing Co.

Katie Wallace
New Belgium Brewing Company

Dave Wilson
Alaskan Brewing Company

Neil Witte
Boulevard Brewing Company

Shane Wood
Brewers Association

The BA Technical Committee (TC), also known as the Technology Committee, oversees Brewers Association work with the Beer Industry Electronic Commerce Coalition (BIECC), with Matthew Moberly of Bell's Brewery, Inc. and Travis Morrison of New Belgium Brewing Co as co-representatives to the coalition.

The TC has two active, standing working groups whose members are primarily committee members, but also include some non-TC participants: 

The Draught Beer Quality working group (DBQ) focuses on delivering high quality draught beer at retail. DBQ activities include publication of the printed Draught Quality Manual, the DraughtQuality.org website, presentations at the Craft Brewers Conference and at other allied trade gatherings, and Draught Quality Workshops. DBQ accomplishes its work through contributions from Anheuser Busch colleagues (Rick Leininger and Scott Seggi), Scott Beim, Brewers Association staff, Rob Gerrity, Ken Grossman, Laura Harter, Jaime Jurado, Charles Kyle, John Mallett, Matt Meadows, MillerCoors colleagues (Jeff Bell, Todd Blondis, Peter Coors and Ernie Jimenez), John Pinkerton, Jeff Schaefer, and Neil Witte.

The Keg Repatriation Working Group (Keg Repat) focuses on solutions to the expensive, frustrating problem of keg disappearance. Keg Repat activities include BA member surveying, education and communication, outreach to allied trade service vendors, outreach to scrap metal and online marketplace industries, and development of tools to facilitate keg return to BA member brewers.

More than 4,600 members - owners, CEOs, brewers, marketers, distributors and managers have made the investment.