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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.
Wired contributing editor and Slate and New York Times columnist Brendan Koerner moderates a debate between beer can and glass bottle suppliers as they discuss the benefits of each package type and are challenged on perceived drawbacks. Read More
Dan and a panel of farmers and brewers will discuss farm economics and the farm planning cycle. When do farmers decide on growing decisions, GMOs, quality and the impact on pricing from potential loss of support in the farm bill? …Read More
Local” and “sustainable” are no longer trendsÑthey are societal shifts. Beer plays an increasingly important role in this evolution. This team will discuss these agents of change Read More
Speakers will outline the work of New Belgium Brewing employess to develop a cross-functional, team-oriented approach to manage day-to-day consumption of natural resources. Learn tips and ideas to create your own Natural Resource Management team. Read More
Brewery planning offers opportunities to explore prospective decisions in equipping the brewery. Using tools such as ROI and Life Cycle Cost Analyses to evaluate options, viable options are compared and choices are supported. Clarity can be brought to possibilities that …Read More
This presentation highlights efforts by some beverage companies and nonprofits to increase recycling of consumer packaging using a market-based and industry-driven model. Read More
This seminar focuses on the anaerobic fluidized bed digester system recently installed in The Matt Brewing Co.’s Utica brewery. The seminar discusses the technology selection process, system benefits, pertinent design factors, as well as the construction planning, installation, startup and …Read More
The Hop Quality Group presents some of the recent findings and provides an on-the-ground update on the changes occurring with hops for craft brewers. Read More
This seminar covers eight key elements to lean manufacturing specifically for craft brewers. Read More
Chris Swersey moderates a panel of sustainability experts who will discuss key points from the sustainability manuals published by the Brewers Association in 2013. Read More
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