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Consistently producing beer that is free of off flavors and true-to-brand is of paramount importance to the success of any brewery. A trained human palate is a powerful tool and a sensory panel is an essential, fundamental element of any beer quality program. The resources in this section will empower breweries of all sizes to build sensory programs to help them produce the highest quality beers.

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Brewing CO2: Supply Chains, Sensory, and Quality

Webinar 2021Speaker(s): Jacob Fuentes, John Mallett, Walker Modic, Becca Ransohoff, Andrew Reyes, Lauren Torres

In this webinar, a collaborative effort by the MBAA​, ASBC and BA, learn about the CO2 supply chain, plus sensory and quality considerations.Read More

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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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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: 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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Establishing and Ensuring Beer Shelf Life

This resource will help brewers to define and maintain the keeping quality of their beer brands. Both easy to implement suggestions as well as long term considerations for improving beer shelf life are discussed.Read More

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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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Understanding and Ensuring CO2 Supply Quality for Brewery Use

As with any beer ingredient, CO2 quality is essential to finished beer quality, contributing to sensory outcomes, beer foam, mouthfeel, and shelf stability. 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.

See Supply Chain Subcommittee's Articles
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The New Brewer: Technical Brewing Issue

Building a Sensory Program

Nicole Garneau and Lindsay Barr

Objectively measuring quality is a three-legged stool with microbiology, chemistry, and sensory forming the platform. Of the three, sensory can be the most approachable.

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The Effect of Malt Quality and the Malting Process on Beer Flavor Stability

Craft Brewers Conference 2019Denver, ColoradoSpeaker(s): Pattie Aron, PhD, Xiang Yin

Key staling compounds in beer, e.g., ketones and aldehydes, initiate from precursors and enzymes present in malt. Staling mechanisms include lipoxygenase (LOX) mediated oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids, aldehydes originating from process thermal load, and Strecker degradation of amino acids. …Read More

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Hidden Secrets of the New England IPA

Craft Brewers Conference 2019Denver, ColoradoSpeaker(s): John Maye

Join Dr. John Paul Maye, Technical Director at Hopsteiner, as he shares his amazing research into New England IPAs, a.k.a. Hazy IPAs. He will describe the basic brewing process of this new beer style and explain why these beers are …Read More

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