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There is a lot of work that goes into brewing your beer. From cleaning and sanitation, to brewhouse operations, fermentation, cellaring, filtration, and finally packaging your beer, these resources will help you make the best beer at every step of the production process.

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Craft Beer Packaging Trends Recap – 2022 purple beer cans condensation x

Craft Beer Packaging Trends Recap – 2022

What happened with craft packaging in 2022? Dig into pack counts, sizes and formats for craft beer in 2022.Read More

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Economist

Bart Watson, 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 Twitter @BrewersStats.

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Dry Hopping Hazards and Control Strategies

Read this resource from the Safety Subcommittee to understand the hazards of dry hopping and simple strategies to control risk.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Safety Subcommittee increases safety awareness of Brewers Association members with the goals of minimizing risk and preventing harm to people, products, and facilities.

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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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Don’t Let the Heat Stress You Out: Tips for Keeping Employees Safe safety subcommittee heat stress heroA

Don’t Let the Heat Stress You Out: Tips for Keeping Employees Safe

Trying to beat the heat at your brewery? Check out these helpful tips from the Brewers Association Safety Subcommittee on preventing and responding to heat stress.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Safety Subcommittee increases safety awareness of Brewers Association members with the goals of minimizing risk and preventing harm to people, products, and facilities.

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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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TTB Publishes Next Round of Labeling Modernization Rulemaking

TTB has now published phase two of its rulemaking on modernizing labeling and advertising regulations for malt beverages and distilled spirits.Read More

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General Counsel

Marc Sorini, General Counsel for the Brewers Association, is a beer lover and homebrewer who has served as a counsel for small and independent craft brewers for more than two decades.

Marc holds a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center and when he’s not contemplating beverage alcohol law, he's homebrewing with his adult kids.

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Draught Beer and Beer To-Go

Although serving draught beer and sending customers home with growlers and cans may seem like a simple enough task, there is always room for review and improvement. The resources in this playlist will help you look harder at this fundamental part of your business.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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Craft Beer Packaging Trends Recap, 2021

This year's annual packaging recap is a mix of the traditional recap looking at scan data with some broader thoughts about the packaging market and supply chain.Read More

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Economist

Bart Watson, 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 Twitter @BrewersStats.

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Legal, Quality, and Packaging Tips for Shipping Beer Direct-to-Consumer

Are you set up to ship beer direct-to-consumer? Check out this playlist for best practices from the BA Quality Subcommittee.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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