Brewing Efficiency in the Post-COVID Era

Speakers: Tom Britz, Jerry Siote

Can you still be innovative while cutting costs and increasing efficiency? In a word, Yes. In this sponsored BA Collab Hour, Glacier Hops Ranch examines several case studies:

Brewers challenged with squeezing more revenue out of every batch of hop-forward beers, by reducing yield losses
A brewer who credits one efficiency factor with surviving COVID-19
Eliminating hop creep and how efficiency solutions can remove hop creep altogether
How faster throughput can cut days off dry hopping a batch

So go ahead…put a “WOW” in your beer, while making your bean counters really happy.

Tom Britz, CEO

Glacier Hops Ranch, Inc

Tom Britz's career background has spanned decades in both marketing and new business development, the latter of which led to him being the visionary behind what is now Glacier Hops Ranch. His diverse background in multiple industries led him to question everything about hops and brewing, occasionally leading to unexpected answers.

In 2015, Tom was elected the first-ever National At-Large Director of the Hop Growers of America (HGA). He was subsequently appointed as National Chairman of the HGA's Small Grower Council, which oversaw the development of enterprise cost studies and best practices for small hop growers during his tenure.

Jerry Siote, Director of Brewing Operations

Lone Tree Brewing Company

Jerry Siote joined Lone Tree in 2014 after leaving the investment banking world and is happily serving as the Director of Brewing Operations and Co-Owner. Lone Tree opened its doors in 2011 near Park Meadows Mall as the first brewery in Lone Tree, Colorado and has taken home GABF medals in 2015 and 2017. Lone Tree's neighborhood-focused, family-friendly brewery and tasting room regularly hosts community events that gather around a stylistically diverse lineup of flagship, seasonal, and limited release beers.