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Ambassador & Trainers Subcommittee

Breweries should strive to improve their processes and expand the scope of their quality program as production increases. The best quality programs have robust preventive maintenance plans. Scheduled maintenance will result in higher quality processes and reduced down-time. Maintenance will also help prevent some potential food safety hazards.

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Shelf Life
The New Brewer: Adapting to Change Issue

Shelf Life

Pat Fahey

In this excerpt from Building a Sensory Program: A Brewer’s Guide to Beer Evaluation, the author discusses ongoing quality control for beer that has already entered the market.

Hop Evaluation Guidelines for Brewers Hop Selection Update 2021
Industry Updates

Hop Evaluation Guidelines for Brewers

The Brewers Association Supply Chain Subcommittee shares helpful tips and best practices for evaluating hops at selection.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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The New Brewer: Brewpubs Issue

Getting Quality-Conscious in the Brewpub

Dick Cantwell

Not all brewers are conscientious and competent stewards of our collective brand of craft beer, but brewpubs can be incubators for the quality-conscious phenomenon.

The New Brewer: Technical Brewing Issue

Quality Management in the Brewpub

Larry Horwitz

Brewpubs must have a diverse list of high quality beers on tap to satisfy fans, but those same fans are less tolerant than ever of beer that isn’t at its peak freshness or has flaws.

Packaging Off Flavors
Packaging Off Flavors
The New Brewer: Packaging Issue

Attention to Detail

Lindsay Barr

Monitoring and controlling packaging operations is one of the biggest challenges to beer quality, and it often distinguishes good brewers from great brewers.

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