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Cans are huge in craft beer packaging today, with more consumers interested in taking their beer to places where bottles can’t go. In this section, learn more about the trends in canning, the impact of cans on brewery sustainability, selecting the canning line that is best for you, and much more.

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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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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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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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Alternative Can Label Recycling Challenges stacks of blank aluminum cans x

Alternative Can Label Recycling Challenges

Plastic shrink wraps and PSLs provide brewers several benefits however, they can have adverse impacts to costs, safety, and the environment. 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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Increasing Beer To-Go Sales through COVID-19 and Beyond! man leaving with to go beer 1200x628 1

Increasing Beer To-Go Sales through COVID-19 and Beyond!

As the industry continues to navigate the pandemic and beyond, consider these ideas to increase and maximize beer to-go sales at your brewpub.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Brewpubs Committee is a diverse group of brewers that share a passion for elevating the craft beer culture of all members and serve to help promote the vision of the Brewers Association. The Brewpubs Committee serves the BA vision by: developing and disseminating solutions that drive the greatest business value for our membership; sharing best practices, tools, and resources that are applicable to brewpubs of all sizes; and fostering a collaborative environment among brewpub owners, operators, and brewers, and ultimately, our guests.

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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.

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Know Before You Buy: Beer Can Specifications can specificaiton communicaiton hero

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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How Creative Brewery Partnerships Help the Recycling Conundrum sustainability recycling hero

How Creative Brewery Partnerships Help the Recycling Conundrum

This post includes a crash course in recycling, creative ideas for achieving your own recycling goals, and brewery specific case studies.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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Facts About Draught Beer To-Go Cans beer to go cans educational publication

Facts About Draught Beer To-Go Cans

This resource gives brewers and retailers high level guidance for using draught beer to-go cans such as Crowler® cans.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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