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Educational Publications

The Brewers Association creates several educational publications to be used as best practices by breweries, retailers, distributors, and beer lovers. These include manuals, guides, worksheets, templates, online training videos, and more.

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Remote Hop Selection Guidelines for Brewers hands holding hops

Remote Hop Selection Guidelines for Brewers

Learn if performing hop selection remotely rather than in person makes sense for you, and know all the do's and don'ts for success.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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Hop Selection Guidelines for Brewers

Hop Selection Guidelines for Brewers

Learn the objectives, logistics, and things to expect during hop selection, as well as what to do if you cannot select this year.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.

See Supply Chain Subcommittee's Articles

Hop Evaluation Guidelines for Brewers

Hop Evaluation Guidelines for Brewers

The Brewers Association Supply Chain Subcommittee shares helpful tips and best practices for evaluating hops at selection.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.

See Supply Chain Subcommittee's Articles

Contracting for Brewers: Insights and Best Practices stack of brewer contracts hop and malt x

Contracting for Brewers: Insights and Best Practices

The Brewers Association produced best practice guidance documents for contracting key supply chain materials and ingredients.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.

See Supply Chain Subcommittee's Articles

How To Manage Off Flavors in Beer: Hop Smoke Taint Pilsner glass with beer next to words

How To Manage Off Flavors in Beer: Hop Smoke Taint

Download this cheat sheet on detecting and managing hop smoke taint by the Brewers Association Quality Subcommittee.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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Toolkit for Brewers: A Resource for Navigating Today’s Conversations Craft Beers on a Table

Toolkit for Brewers: A Resource for Navigating Today’s Conversations

This kit is designed to provide tools to help breweries navigate difficult or sensitive media questions about alcohol, health, and consumption trends with clarity, consistency, and confidence. Read More

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Vice President of Marketing & Communications

Ann Obenchain is the Vice President of Marketing & Communications for the Brewers Association. Ann develops and leads the strategic direction of the association's marketing and communications activities, and serves as spokesperson with the media for events, including the Great American Beer Festival, Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America, World Beer Cup, and Homebrew Con.

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