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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.
Despite significant improvement over the last 20 years, water consumption and wastewater disposal remain environmental and economic hurdles that directly affect breweries and the brewing process. In this seminar a panel of experts will provide information on wastewater solutions for …Read More
This seminar will cover ideas for connecting with your community on local issues and communicating your sustainability practices to consumers. Read More
The BA sustainability subcommittee initiated the benchmarking of key performance indicators for utility usage and cost, and the initial results were presented at CBC 2014. This seminar presents the results of an expanded benchmarking dataset that includes a larger number …Read More
Understanding the state of the hop market and the implications of growing and sourcing sustainably produced hops is an important part of sustainability for breweries. A panel of experts will discuss these issues. Read More
Learn how brewers can use sustainability benchmarking data to lower costs, drive new revenue, reduce business risk, and enhance their brand reputation.Read More
The BA Sustainability Manual and Tools were introduced at CBC 2013. This year’s sustainability manual seminars aim to provide details of how breweries can leverage these resources. This session covers a pilot completed with six craft brewers in the Pacific …Read More
Large and small breweries are initiating renewable energy projects to offset the rising cost of traditional energy and to demonstrate their commitment to natural resource preservation. Representatives from Anderson Valley Brewing Co., Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and Dave’s BrewFarm discuss …Read More
When building a brewery in a brewpub, there are a lot of decisions to be made and pitfalls to avoid. Brian walks you through the design, purchase and installation of a production-ready brewpub brewery with a $250,000 budget. Read More
Learn just how dirty you can get, how much fun you can have, and most importantly, how much money you can save by conducting a solid waste audit. Hear real studies from real breweries using the Brewers Association Solid Waste …Read More
Karen Hobbs of the Natural Resources Defense Council discusses water quality issues and the importance of protecting one of brewers’ most valuable resources: water. Read More
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