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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.
Over the past four years, beer brewed from reclaimed water has started conversations about the reusable nature of all water. Craft brewers, homebrewers, and wastewater utilities will discuss water reuse in brewing. Read More
A panel of innovative brewers discuss simple and affordable improvements that have increased efficiency and reduced costs in their breweries.Read More
Learn how brewers can use sustainability benchmarking tools to reduce the cost of utilities and waste disposal by tracking their resource consumption.Read More
The Glass Recycling Coalition discusses how packaging breweries of all sizes can make a significant impact on the success of glass recycling.Read More
The first Brewers Association sustainability benchmarking report and on-line sustainability benchmarking tools were released in late 2016. This seminar presents case studies from several brewers that are using the on-line tools to reduce costs and lower their environmental impact. Each …Read More
Did you know containers like glass bottles and aluminum cans contribute to roughly 40% of the greenhouse gas emissions throughout the lifecycle of a packaged beer? And that the recycled content of our containers is typically less than half of …Read More
From farm to kettle, best practices programs provide a framework to ensure consistent standards and traceability to deliver reliable, premium quality hops to brewers. Excellent third-party audited programs are available to growers in the Pacific Northwest, but expansion of hop …Read More
In 2016, the Brewers Association provided $280,000 in competitive grant support for 13 barley- and hop-related research projects. Several of these researchers will present their findings during the Craft Brewers Conference. Learn about cutting-edge discoveries that will benefit your business …Read More
Confused about wastewater from your brewery and what to do with it? This talk will describe the situation from a municipal, environmental, and business owner perspective. The presentation will also cover design, equipment, layout, and forecasting methods for brewers who …Read More
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