Engagement with Beer
Tips for engaging customers in a meaningful sensory experience with your beers through staff training, events, and knowledge sharing.Read More
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Recruiting, hiring, training, and maintaining a strong workforce is important in a craft brewery. The best practices in this section are intended to help you find the right people for your business, train them to be the best employees they can be, and keep them for the long run.
Tips for engaging customers in a meaningful sensory experience with your beers through staff training, events, and knowledge sharing.Read More
Guidance on building a taproom staff and brewery experience to engage customers and keep them coming back for more.Read More
Despite the continued prevalence of cultural discrimination in the workforce, there are other types of bias that may contribute to the lack of diversity in craft brewing.
This Brewers Association Draught Line Safety Course addresses how to control safety and health risks associated with draught beer handling.
Guidance on taproom staff training, knowledge, and expectations to best represent your business and brand.Read More
Implementing a systematic hiring process to find the right team members is a critical aspect of running a successful brewery.Read More
Discover five lesser-known types of hiring bias that can limit diversity and learn inclusive and equitable strategies for combatting them.Read More
For the September/October 2021 The New Brewer, we present our Workforce Challenges issue. In November 2021, 4.5 million employees quit their jobs, and the Great Resignation has had reverberating effects on the craft brewing industry in the form of labor shortages and other challenges.Read More
This issue is brought to you by Craft Brewers Conference® & Brew Expo America®
Between April and June 2021, 11.5 million workers quit their jobs, the U.S. Department of Labor reported. Craft breweries were not immune to the Great Resignation.