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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.
Craft brewers are seeking out organic malt, malts produced with fewer water and fertilizer inputs, locally produced malts and those with distinctive flavors. Speakers describe the basics of barley growing practices and variety development past, present and future, along with …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
Jeff and Steve will share some of the successful projects that they have helped develop at Boulevard Brewing Co. The seminar will look at how employee development, an entirely new company and throwing away its dumpster improved the regional brewerÕs …Read More
CraftBeer.com – Spent grain, the leftover malt and adjuncts after the mash has extracted most of the sugars, proteins, and nutrients, can constitute as much as 85 percent of a brewery’s total by-product. Author Kay Witkiewicz uncovers craft breweries all …Read More
Despite significant improvement over the last 20 years, water consumption and wastewater disposal remain environmental and economic hurdles. Learn about effective water and wastewater management solutions in the craft brewers segment, regardless of location, operational size or current initiatives.Read More
Learn best practices for energy efficiency and conservation that can easily be incorporated into daily brewery operations, as well as solutions that reach beyond greehouse gas reduction and lead to operating cost reductions, additional sources of income and new community initiatives.Read More
New facilities for breweries such as Sierra Nevada and New Belgium provide the opportunity to start from the ground up and fully implement sustainable practices.
The six cutting-edge craft brewery/restaurants featured here are taking care of the environment, their communities, and their employees. The difference is palpable.
For the March/April 2013 The New Brewer, we present our Craft Brewers Conference issue. For this issue, we preview the 2013 Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America in Washington, D.C. The issue also has an emphasis on sustainability, discussing what breweries are doing to take care of the environment as well as their communities and employees. Read More
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Profitability, reputation, legislation, and conscience all conspire to bring sustainable practices to the top of every company’s agenda, especially craft breweries.
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