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The latest resources from the Brewers Association and its subcommittees on things like safety, sustainability, draught quality, raw materials, and more.

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Here’s How Traditional Brewing Processes Keep Beer Safe To Drink

Here’s How Traditional Brewing Processes Keep Beer Safe To Drink

Every brewer should leverage these five things to keep beer safe from food borne pathogens, and you're probably already doing them!Read More

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Brewers Association

The Quality Subcommittee envisions a membership that consistently produces beer of high quality. Quality for this purpose has been defined as: a beer that is responsibly produced using wholesome ingredients, consistent brewing techniques and good manufacturing practices, which exhibits flavor characteristics that are consistently aligned with both the brewer’s and the beer drinker’s expectations.

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Reduce or Eliminate Brewery Waste With These 6 Tips

Reduce or Eliminate Brewery Waste With These 6 Tips

Heighten employee engagement, build a brand, and cut costs by following these 6 tips from the BA Sustainability Subcommittee!Read More

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Brewers Association

The Sustainability Subcommittee serves the Brewers Association purpose by helping current members and future generations to brew the highest quality beers in a manner that strengthens the value of our businesses, increases the resiliency of the natural environment and agricultural systems that provide brewing ingredients, and enhances the lives of our workforce and the communities we call home.

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Let’s Talk About Vaccines: How to Educate, Encourage, and Incentivize Your Staff

Let’s Talk About Vaccines: How to Educate, Encourage, and Incentivize Your Staff

Can/should you make the vaccine mandatory for your staff? This post provides insight and guidance from Craft Beer HR Professionals.Read More

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Membership Team Lead

Sarah Billiu is the Membership Team Lead at the Brewers Association. She joined the Brewers Association team after obtaining a Master of Science in Information. A Certified Cicerone and University of Michigan Alum, Sarah enjoys great beer and pretending to care about Michigan football. During football season, you will likely find her paddle boarding, dog walking, or enjoying a local brew (if there is no football involved, of course).

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BA Insider: Support for the On-Premise as it Reopens

BA Insider: Support for the On-Premise as it Reopens

Hear from on-premise retailers about their plans to rebuild after COVID-19, what they want brewers to know, and how brewers can support them.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Marketing Development Committee works to build awareness for the vitality of the craft beer segment through media and vehicles such as tradeshows, publications, sell sheets, and events. The member-run committee creates opportunities for independent brewers to meet chain buyers and distributors, provides educational and sales tools for distributors and retailers to continue to build craft, and creates initiatives to profitably and responsibly grow the share of craft in all retail classes of trade.

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Small-Scale Barrel Aging for Taproom Brewers barrel program for your brewery

Small-Scale Barrel Aging for Taproom Brewers

Barrel aged beers offer extra depth to your beer lineup. Learn the basics of what is required for success of a barrel aging program.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Taprooms Committee's main objective is to foster the sharing of resources and ideas between taproom class breweries. As taproom brewery revenue is generated mainly from onsite sales, the committee’s job is to create resources that help breweries find ways to get customers to come to the taproom, stay a while, and keep coming back.

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Beyond CO2: The Basics of Greenhouse Gas Accounting for Brewers

Beyond CO2: The Basics of Greenhouse Gas Accounting for Brewers

Learn more about greenhouse gases like CO2 and how they can be accounted for in your brewery sustainability program.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Sustainability Subcommittee serves the Brewers Association purpose by helping current members and future generations to brew the highest quality beers in a manner that strengthens the value of our businesses, increases the resiliency of the natural environment and agricultural systems that provide brewing ingredients, and enhances the lives of our workforce and the communities we call home.

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The Good Kind of “Slacking”: Communicating with Your Taproom Staff

The Good Kind of “Slacking”: Communicating with Your Taproom Staff

The BA Taprooms Committee talks about Slack, sharing some of the ways that they communicate with their teams inside and outside the taproom.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Taprooms Committee's main objective is to foster the sharing of resources and ideas between taproom class breweries. As taproom brewery revenue is generated mainly from onsite sales, the committee’s job is to create resources that help breweries find ways to get customers to come to the taproom, stay a while, and keep coming back.

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Know Before You Buy: Beer Can Specifications can specification communication

Know Before You Buy: Beer Can Specifications

Due to the current shortage, it is more important than ever to understand the specifications and performance of the cans you source. Read More

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Brewers Association

The Supply Chain Subcommittee is concerned with the ingredients and materials that are used to brew and package craft beers. By monitoring hop and barley harvest, interacting with growers and examining packaging supplies, and monitoring glass and can markets, the Supply Chain Subcommittee works to ensure a stable marketplace and provide educational resources to the brewing community on best practices for sourcing and selecting ingredients and packaging materials to suit their beers.

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