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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.
Understanding tradition in modern lager production is crucial. While tradition may be dismissed as a marketing tactic, it holds valuable insights for brewers. Techniques like decoction and natural carbonation, rooted in centuries-old methods, contribute to characterful lager. Appreciating these origins aids in crafting superior lager beers.Read More
This panel features innovation experts from diverse breweries discussing their unique perspectives on innovation, its processes, benefits for brewers, and impact on brewery profitability. With over 70 years of combined brewing experience, panelists represent breweries of various sizes, offering insights into innovation strategies across different scales of operation.Read More
This seminar offers essential refrigeration knowledge and empowers brewers to discern misleading claims from equipment suppliers and technicians to avoid costly mistakes.Read More
Jan Biering presents on CO2's role in beer carbonation, covering methods from traditional to modern. Learn about achieving perfect carbonation while minimizing CO2 consumption through sustainable practices.Read More
This seminar explores the challenges and strategies for crafting non- and low-alcohol malt beverages amidst their surging popularity in the American craft beer scene.Read More
This seminar explores the expanding cider market and strategies for breweries to tap into it. Panelists discuss business models like in-house cider production, partnering with a cidery, or sharing production space. Topics include market trends, tax implications, and collaboration considerations, offering insights for breweries looking to diversify their offerings.Read More
This seminar addresses concerns about bacterial survival in low- or non-alcohol and low-hopped beers during pasteurization. Learn about the basics of microbial death through heating and the impact of pasteurization on beers, including those with reduced alcohol and hops.Read More
Many craft breweries have added distillation systems to their existing breweries. For those interested in pursuing this related industry, this seminar will serve to familiarize craft beer brewers with the basics of the distillation of alcohol from fermented substrates, including beer.Read More
Colin Schilling and Mark Kornei share the growth journey of Schilling Cider, highlighting key drivers in six categories. From a startup to the nation's largest fresh-pressed hard cider producer, they offer insights into successes and failures, providing valuable ideas and tools for craft producers aiming to scale up in a dynamic market.Read More
Dry hopping is a common practice in the brewing world. When something is so routine, it is easy to turn a blind eye to hazards and unsafe practices. In this session we discuss varying hazards that are associated with dry hopping, the benefits and considerations of different dry hopping techniques, and how to avoid one of the most common dry hopping blunders, the hop volcano.Read More
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