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There is so much more that goes into making beer than just the ingredients. This section will introduce you to best practices for packaging materials, including kegs, cans, and glass, as well as process aids.

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Supply Chain Updates Four quadrants showing cans, hops, barley, and water.

Supply Chain Updates

This harvest estimate update includes info on the barley and hop harvests, CO2 shortages, transportation, and cardboard and aluminum prices.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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Recycling Is Broken. Craft Brewers Will Have To Help Pay for the Fix. A craft brewer recycling an aluminum can

Recycling Is Broken. Craft Brewers Will Have To Help Pay for the Fix.

Extended Producer Responsibility laws are here, and craft brewers will have to help pay to fix America's broken recycling system.Read More

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Technical Brewing Projects Director

Chuck joined the Brewers Association staff in 2013 after a long career as a craft brewer. He opened Tennessee’s first brewpub, Boscos, in 1992. As an owner and director of brewery operations for Boscos Brewing Company, he opened additional brewpubs in Memphis, Nashville, and Little Rock, Arkansas. In 2007, Chuck opened and operated Ghost River Brewing in Memphis. He has served as chair of the Association of Brewers Board of Advisors, chair of the Association of Brewers Board of Directors, and was a member of the first Board of Directors for the Brewers Association. In his capacity as technical brewing projects manager, Chuck works with the Technical Committee and the safety, sustainability, quality, draught beer quality, engineering, and supply chain subcommittees to encourage and facilitate best practices in all phases of Brewers Association members' brewery operations.

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Keg Etiquette

The Golden Rule KegReturn.com is designed to provide tools to help anyone redirect a keg towards its home brewery. Returning a keg to its owner is the right thing to do—if you lost your wallet you’d hope someone would return it …Read More

Keg Scrapping

Many Brewers Association member breweries have been contacted by their local scrap yards letting them know that someone has tried to sell one or more of their kegs for scrap value. At 30 pounds empty weight, a typical stainless steel …Read More

How to Prevent Injury in Bars and Taprooms woman pouring draught beer in taproom x

How to Prevent Injury in Bars and Taprooms

Educate your team to be aware of the safety risks and precautions when cleaning beer lines with these training resources.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Draught Beer Quality Subcommittee's mission is to improve the quality of draught beer dispensed to customers. They seek to preserve the great flavor and aroma of beer created by the brewer, and to deliver it to the consumer at retail. Great beer must be handled conscientiously to arrive in the glass in perfect condition.

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Quality and Safety Plan for Mobile Canning mobile canning hero

Quality and Safety Plan for Mobile Canning

This white paper outlines safety and quality considerations for brewers working with a mobile canning company.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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