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Forum Ambassador Subcommittee

Safety is paramount at every stage of the brewing process. The resources in this section will guide you through recognizing the hazards in your brewery, finding ways to prevent accidents and promote a safe workplace, training yourself and your employees in safety best practices, and complying with OSHA regulations before the inspector shows up.

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Industry Updates

Mitigating Beer Line Cleaning Risks

The chemicals used in the line cleaning process must be handled with caution. Follow all necessary safety steps to mitigate the risk of exposure. Read More

Brewers Association

The Draught Beer Quality Subcommittee's mission is to improve the quality of draught beer dispensed to customers. They seek to preserve the great flavor and aroma of beer created by the brewer, and to deliver it to the consumer at retail. Great beer must be handled conscientiously to arrive in the glass in perfect condition.

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Association News

Emergency Preparedness: Lessons from Brewers

The Safety Subcommittee has provided six anecdotal scenarios showing how breweries dealt with natural disasters and the lessons they learned from those experiences.Read More

Technical Brewing Projects Manager

Chuck joined the Brewers Association staff in 2013 after a long career as a craft brewer. He opened Tennessee’s first brewpub, Boscos, in 1992. As an owner and director of brewery operations for Boscos Brewing Company, he opened additional brewpubs in Memphis, Nashville, and Little Rock, Arkansas. In 2007, Chuck opened and operated Ghost River Brewing in Memphis. He has served as chair of the Association of Brewers Board of Advisors, chair of the Association of Brewers Board of Directors, and was a member of the first Board of Directors for the Brewers Association. In his capacity as technical brewing projects manager, Chuck works with the Technical Committee and the safety, sustainability, quality, draught beer quality, engineering, and supply chain subcommittees to encourage and facilitate best practices in all phases of Brewers Association members’ brewery operations.

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Educational Publications

Standard Operating Procedures Guidance for Brewers

Standard operating procedures provide instructions of any repeatable procedure and allow for uniformity, safety, quality, and accountability for complex but routine duties.Read More

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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Safety Bootcamp Part 3: Heat and Pressure Hazards, Confined Spaces and Lockout/Tagout, and Operating During COVID-19

CBC Online 2020 Matt Stinchfield, Andy Clearwaters, Chris Bogdanoff, Rachel Bell, Andrew Dagnan

The Brewers Association Safety Bootcamp is designed for brewers, cellar workers, packagers, managers, and owners. This bootcamp is focused on identifying and reducing hazards in the brewery. In this session, our final installment, a hand-picked team of brewing industry safety …Read More

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Safety Bootcamp Part 2: Physical and Chemical Hazards

CBC Online 2020 Matt Stinchfield, Tony McCrimmon, Chris Bogdanoff, Andrew Dagnan

The Brewers Association Safety Bootcamp is designed for brewers, cellar workers, packagers, managers, and owners. This bootcamp is focused on identifying and reducing hazards in the brewery. In this session, the second of three, a hand-picked team of brewing industry …Read More

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