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Ambassador & Trainers Subcommittee

Breweries should strive to improve their processes and expand the scope of their quality program as production increases. The best quality programs have robust preventive maintenance plans. Scheduled maintenance will result in higher quality processes and reduced down-time. Maintenance will also help prevent some potential food safety hazards.

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Remote Hop Selection Guidelines for Brewers hands holding hops

Remote Hop Selection Guidelines for Brewers

Learn if performing hop selection remotely rather than in person makes sense for you, and know all the do's and don'ts for success.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Supply Chain Subcommittee is concerned with the ingredients and materials that are used to brew and package craft beers. By monitoring hop and barley harvest, interacting with growers and examining packaging supplies, and monitoring glass and can markets, the Supply Chain Subcommittee works to ensure a stable marketplace and provide educational resources to the brewing community on best practices for sourcing and selecting ingredients and packaging materials to suit their beers.

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Understand Malt COAs: A Guide for Small Breweries Focused on Efficiency malt sieve

Understand Malt COAs: A Guide for Small Breweries Focused on Efficiency

When it comes to improving brewhouse efficiency, taking a simple initial approach to the malt Certificate of Analysis (COA) is helpful. Read More

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Technical Brewing Projects Manager

Katie Fromuth is the Technical Brewing Projects Manager for the Brewers Association. Prior to this role she held the position of Quality Lab Director with the Fermentation Science and Technology program at Colorado State University and as Quality Lab Manager at Oskar Blues Brewery, Longmont. She received her Bachelors of Science in Environmental Health (2012) and Masters of Science in Horticulture concentrating in agricultural chemistry (2022) studying the impacts of package type on beer chemical stability. She holds a General Certificate in Brewing from the Institute of Brewing and Distilling, completed the Advanced Class in Craft Malt Production, and served as an instructor for the American Society of Brewing Chemists (ASBC) Deep Dive into Quality course. From her love of this industry she’s been involved with both the ASBC Technical Committee and Master Brewers Association of the Americas Rocky Mountain District board for almost a decade. She's passionate about communicating the science and art of brewing and fermentation to spark in others curiosity and joy towards the fantastic world of fermentation.

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How To Manage Off Flavors in Beer: Ethyl Acetate ethyl acetate icon and formula with crisp beer

How To Manage Off Flavors in Beer: Ethyl Acetate

Download this cheat sheet on detecting and managing ethyl acetate, written by the Brewers Association Quality Subcommittee.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Quality Subcommittee envisions a membership that consistently produces beer of high quality. Quality for this purpose has been defined as: a beer that is responsibly produced using wholesome ingredients, consistent brewing techniques and good manufacturing practices, which exhibits flavor characteristics that are consistently aligned with both the brewer’s and the beer drinker’s expectations.

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How To Manage Off Flavors in Beer: Metallic metallic icon with pilsner beer

How To Manage Off Flavors in Beer: Metallic

Metallic off-flavors in beer arise from metal ions that can come from several sources, including brewery equipment and some raw materials.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Quality Subcommittee envisions a membership that consistently produces beer of high quality. Quality for this purpose has been defined as: a beer that is responsibly produced using wholesome ingredients, consistent brewing techniques and good manufacturing practices, which exhibits flavor characteristics that are consistently aligned with both the brewer’s and the beer drinker’s expectations.

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Beer Freshness Control in Packaging Operations blank aluminum cans with Beer Freshness Series: Packaging text overlaid

Beer Freshness Control in Packaging Operations

Learn about the main factors impacting beer freshness during packaging and how to monitor and improve beer freshness with a quality control checklist.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Quality Subcommittee envisions a membership that consistently produces beer of high quality. Quality for this purpose has been defined as: a beer that is responsibly produced using wholesome ingredients, consistent brewing techniques and good manufacturing practices, which exhibits flavor characteristics that are consistently aligned with both the brewer’s and the beer drinker’s expectations.

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How To Manage Off Flavors in Beer: Lactic Acid lactic acid icon with pilsner glass

How To Manage Off Flavors in Beer: Lactic Acid

Download this cheat sheet on detecting and managing lactic acid, by the Brewers Association Quality Subcommittee.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Quality Subcommittee envisions a membership that consistently produces beer of high quality. Quality for this purpose has been defined as: a beer that is responsibly produced using wholesome ingredients, consistent brewing techniques and good manufacturing practices, which exhibits flavor characteristics that are consistently aligned with both the brewer’s and the beer drinker’s expectations.

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mobile playlist icon Off Flavor Management Glass of beer with off flavor icons around it

Off Flavor Management

The fact sheets in this series describe common beer off flavors and how they can be prevented through proactive measures.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Quality Subcommittee envisions a membership that consistently produces beer of high quality. Quality for this purpose has been defined as: a beer that is responsibly produced using wholesome ingredients, consistent brewing techniques and good manufacturing practices, which exhibits flavor characteristics that are consistently aligned with both the brewer’s and the beer drinker’s expectations.

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Foundations of Pasteurization for Regular and Non-Alcohol Beers

Craft Brewers Conference 2024Las Vegas, NevadaSpeaker(s): Alex Speers

This seminar addresses concerns about bacterial survival in low- or non-alcohol and low-hopped beers during pasteurization. Learn about the basics of microbial death through heating and the impact of pasteurization on beers, including those with reduced alcohol and hops.Read More

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Exploring Hop Picking Windows and Their Impact on Aroma and Flavor

Craft Brewers Conference 2024Las Vegas, NevadaSpeaker(s): Jeff Dailey, Claire Desmarais, Tom Nielsen, Alexandra Nowell

This seminar explores the impact of harvest dates on hop aromas and beer flavors. Learn about in-field sensory techniques and testing to gauge harvest readiness for optimal aroma. Discover collaborations between brewers and growers to extend harvest windows, enabling a broader range of hop aromas and unique flavor profiles in beers.Read More

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