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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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Integrating Used and New Equipment in Brewery Design

Craft Brewers Conference 2025Indianapolis, IndianaSpeaker(s): Mike Gerhart, Andy Joynt, Tim Wolf

Big Grove’s case study demonstrates integrating used and new brewing equipment effectively through strategic planning, modernization, and engineering to build a cohesive, sustainable production system.Read More

How To Manage Off Flavors in Beer: Metallic metallic icon with pilsner beer

How To Manage Off Flavors in Beer: Metallic

Metallic off-flavors in beer arise from metal ions that can come from several sources, including brewery equipment and some raw materials.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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A Good Time To Be Single: 2024 Packaging Trends single beer can on blue background

A Good Time To Be Single: 2024 Packaging Trends

Explore what happened in packaged craft beer in the last year, from the evolution of package types to trends by channel to pricing.Read More

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Staff Economist

Matt Gacioch (he/him), staff economist for the Brewers Association, helps members make sense of the data that enable their businesses to thrive. He brings experience from market analytics, brewery operations, and consulting, along with an MBA, MS, and BS from the University of Michigan. Follow him on Instagram @craft_econ

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What Does the Fed’s Rate Cut Mean for Your Brewery? patrons enjoying brewery patio with US Federal Reserve System logo

What Does the Fed’s Rate Cut Mean for Your Brewery?

For those Brewers Association (BA) members who do not spend their day mired in macroeconomics, this quick post provides context on what the cut in the Federal Funds Rate on 9/18/24 could mean for the craft beer industry, both directly and indirectly. Read More

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Staff Economist

Matt Gacioch (he/him), staff economist for the Brewers Association, helps members make sense of the data that enable their businesses to thrive. He brings experience from market analytics, brewery operations, and consulting, along with an MBA, MS, and BS from the University of Michigan. Follow him on Instagram @craft_econ

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mobile playlist icon Understanding the Complex World of Can Liners overhead view of empty cans

Understanding the Complex World of Can Liners

Understanding a liner's composition and performing validation and quality checks are key actions to safeguard against corrosion and negative flavor impacts. Learn the basics of the many aspects of can coatings in this playlist.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

Recap of 2023 Craft Beer Packaging Trends close up of canned beers packaged in yellow 15-pack

Recap of 2023 Craft Beer Packaging Trends

Take a deep dive into craft packaging in 2023 using scan data from both Circana and NIQ to understand the current facts and trends.Read More

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President & CEO

Bart Watson, president and chief executive officer for the Brewers Association, is a stats geek, beer lover, and Certified Cicerone. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where in addition to his dissertation, he completed a comprehensive survey of Bay Area brewpubs one pint at a time. You can follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @BrewersStats.

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Pasteurization: Getting Started With the Basics Man operating canning line

Pasteurization: Getting Started With the Basics

Understand the pasteurization unit (PU) calculation, equipment used, validation points, factors affecting PUs, and safety considerations.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.

See Quality Subcommittee's Articles

Recycling-Focused Legislation Impacting Breweries aluminum cans and glass beer bottles

Recycling-Focused Legislation Impacting Breweries

Recent activity in state and federal recycling-focused legislation has the potential to impact small craft brewers.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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