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Forum Ambassador & Mentor Subcommittee

Environmental stewardship is a top priority for both craft brewers and craft beer enthusiasts. Maintaining a healthy balance between stewardship, social enrichment, and economic vitality is important to the future success of craft brewing. Through the benchmarking work and sustainability manuals, the Brewers Association and its sustainability subcommittee encourages conscientious brewing practices that will ensure the long-term success of the craft beer industry.

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Save on Your Water Bill with Smart Wastewater Deductions Water running from spigot in brewery

Save on Your Water Bill with Smart Wastewater Deductions

Breweries pay for both incoming water and wastewater treatment — and the latter often costs more. Brewers can negotiate deductions for water that never reaches the drain (evaporation, spent grain, finished beer), saving thousands annually.Read More

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Technical Brewing Projects Director

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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Squeezing More Value from Your Mash Tun Squeezing-More-Value-from-Your-Mash-Tun

Squeezing More Value from Your Mash Tun

A 10% increase in extract efficiency could mean one less bag of malt per batch. Here's how to establish a baseline, track your savings, and start reducing ingredient costs today.Read More

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Technical Brewing Projects Director

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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A New Take on Brewery Wastewater Management

Craft Brewers Conference 2025Indianapolis, IndianaSpeaker(s): Luke Truman

Learn how breweries can reduce costs, unlock value in wastewater, and collaborate with communities through smart strategies under Industrial Pretreatment Programs (IPP).Read More

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B-ing the Change You Want to See

Craft Brewers Conference 2025Indianapolis, IndianaSpeaker(s): Adeline Druart, Max Hayes, Jason Perkins, Jason Spaulding

Explore how B Corp craft breweries drive social and environmental impact, with real-world insights, values, and certification guidance from industry leaders.Read More

Squeezing More Value from Your Mash Tun July August The New Brewer

Technical Brewing

For the July/August 2025 The New Brewer, we present our annual Technical Brewing issue. The issue includes topics such as transforming capacity into capability with co-packing partners; a regulatory guide to craft distilling; breweries that are embracing the Czech lager culture; and the history of Alsatian Pilsner. Read More

This issue is brought to you by Country Malt Group

Is Your Brewery Using CO2 Efficiently? CO2 gauge at top of tank

Is Your Brewery Using CO2 Efficiently?

Ensure your brewery is getting the most value per pound of CO2 by using our calculator and comparing your use to your peers.Read More

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Brewers Association

The mission of the Maintenance and Engineering Subcommittee is to develop and enhance the craft brewing community's preparedness related to equipment and other technical aspects of building and maintaining a brewery.

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