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Barley is the most common starch used in brewing beer today. The resources in this section are all about barley, beginning with the farmers who grow it and ending with the brewers who select and use it.

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2023 Midyear Supply Chain Update Addendum Four quadrants showing cans, hops, barley, and water.

2023 Midyear Supply Chain Update Addendum

Due to changing circumstances around the supply chain of barley, hops, and cans, the BA is adding this addendum to its midyear update.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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2023 Midyear Supply Chain Update Four quadrants showing cans, hops, barley, and water.

2023 Midyear Supply Chain Update

The Brewers Association Supply Chain Subcommittee shares 2023 mid-year industry updates on brewing supply chain updates and issues.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
Gluten-Free Brewing
The New Brewer: Beer & Beyond Issue

Gluten-Free Brewing

ROBERT KEIFER

A look at available substitutes for barley malt, as detailed in this excerpt from Gluten-Free Brewing: Techniques, Processes, and Ingredients for Crafting Flavorful Beer.

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Craft Brewers Conference 2022Minneapolis, MinnesotaSpeaker(s): Kayla Altendorf, Colleen Brents, Glen Fox, Darla Goeres, Campbell Morrissy, Hannah Turner

Hear brief presentations from researchers doing work relevant to the craft beer industry, including work funded by BA research grants.Read More

2022 Year-End Supply Chain Updates sept supply chain update hero

2022 Year-End Supply Chain Updates

The Brewers Association Supply Chain Subcommittee shares 2022 year-end industry updates on brewing supply chain issues and activities.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
The New Brewer World Barley and Hop Harvests
The New Brewer: Raw Materials Issue

2022 World Barley and Hops Harvests

Maggie Elliot, Thomas Raiser, Bart Watson, Horst Dornbuch & Walter König

A comprehensive look at the 2022 hops and barley harvests. Hop acreage declined slightly in the U.S., while the European harvest was the worst in decades.

The New Brewer Regenerative Barley
The New Brewer: Raw Materials Issue

Regenerative Barley

Susan Welch

Regenerative agricultural practices such as reduced tilling, cover cropping, and enhanced water management can remove significant amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere.

The New Brewer German Hops and Barley Inovations
The New Brewer: Raw Materials Issue

Bred for a Harsh New World

Thomas Kraus-Weyermann, Walter König & Horst Dornbusch

New hop and barley varieties must be able to cope with greater temperature extremes, less precipitation, less fertilizer, and fewer phytosanitary measures.

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