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Keeping good records of your brewery data can help you make better beer, sell your beer effectively, keep your employees safe, and even protect you from potential litigation or legal penalties. Learn the basics of brewery record keeping with these resources, from brewing process records and safety and sustainability procedures, all the way to strategies that will help you run a better business.

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New OSHA Reporting Regulations

OSHA now requires certain employers to submit their occupational injury and illness data. Find deadlines and helpful links here.Read More

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Technical Brewing Projects Administrative Specialist

Adriana Terron is the Technical Brewing Projects Administrative Specialist for the Brewers Association (BA). Prior to this role she was a lab technician at Oskar Blues Brewery, a brewer at LUKI Brewery, and a beertender at Resolute Tap & Cellar. Passionate about all things craft beer, she’s a graduate of the BA’s inaugural Mentorship Program (2021), a Certified Cicerone, and a Certified BJCP Judge. When not judging local homebrew competitions, she enjoys reading, watching movies, travelling, and pairing food and drink with all the above whenever possible.

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Establishing and Expanding Brewery Food Safety Programs

One stop shop for finding the resources a brewery needs for developing and maintaining a food safety program.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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Demystifying the Elusive “Standard Operating Procedure”: The SOPs that Saved Our Breweries and What You’ll Want to Know About Them

Craft Brewers Conference 2021Denver, ColoradoSpeaker(s): John Bryce, Gary Nicholas, Riley Seitz

Anyone who has been part of opening a brewery will tell you that that the actual opening was the easy part. Maintaining positive momentum during an ever-changing set of market conditions and operational challenges is where the real difficulties are …Read More

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Brewery Traceability: Why, What, and How to Get Started

Having a robust tracking program established within the brewery will make any recall process much easier and safer for future beer lovers!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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Establishing and Ensuring Beer Shelf Life

This resource will help brewers to define and maintain the keeping quality of their beer brands. Both easy to implement suggestions as well as long term considerations for improving beer shelf life are discussed.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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Standard Operating Procedures Guidance for Brewers

Standard operating procedures provide instructions of any repeatable procedure and allow for uniformity, safety, quality, and accountability for complex but routine duties.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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Writing it Down! SOPs: The Foundation of Any Brewery Quality Program

Craft Brewers Conference 2019Denver, ColoradoSpeaker(s): Ben Parsons, Campbell Morrissy, Jamie Floyd, Merritt Waldron

Join Jamie Floyd and four smaller brewers for a panel discussion about what SOPs are, their importance in quality programs, and where they fit in the BA Quality Pyramid. We will talk about who writes SOPs, the importance of templates, …Read More

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