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Starting a craft brewery is a big job. These resources will help you in both the planning process and the early stages of your brewery’s operations. Learn about everything from creating a financial plan and outlining your business goals, to selecting your equipment, designing your taproom, and brewing quality beer.

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Contract Brewing: Production Best Practices

The Quality Subcommittee created a playlist of resources to highlight technical brewing aspects to consider when navigating contract brewing.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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Surrounding Community

It is important to understand the community you intend to serve. This Taproom Resource Guide playlist guides you through some things to consider in your surrounding community.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Taprooms Committee's main objective is to foster the sharing of resources and ideas between taproom class breweries. As taproom brewery revenue is generated mainly from onsite sales, the committee’s job is to create resources that help breweries find ways to get customers to come to the taproom, stay a while, and keep coming back.

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Business Strategy and Mission

This section of the Taproom Resource Guide helps guide you in writing a mission statement and establishing a strategy to drive success at your brewery.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Taprooms Committee's main objective is to foster the sharing of resources and ideas between taproom class breweries. As taproom brewery revenue is generated mainly from onsite sales, the committee’s job is to create resources that help breweries find ways to get customers to come to the taproom, stay a while, and keep coming back.

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New Hires and The Hiring Process

To find, hire, and retain the best people for positions, recruitment must be done in an efficient, prompt, and professional manner.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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How Many Breweries In Planning Are There Really?

Learn how Brewers Association chief economist Bart Watson estimates the number of breweries in planning and what that number really looks like today. Read More

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Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist

Bart Watson, Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist 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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Don’t Panic! Checklists Are Your Friend

Think back to the days of planning your brewery. Do you remember the enthusiasm you felt writing your standard operating procedures? What about the excitement you had anticipating your first visit from an FDA officer? My guess is probably not. When …Read More

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