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Taproom breweries face different challenges than brewpubs and production-oriented breweries. These taproom resources help you face those challenges, from planning and hosting events to defining your role in the local community, to training and retaining your taproom staff.

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Diving Into POS Data and Trends With Arryved group of young people enjoying beer outdoors

Diving Into POS Data and Trends With Arryved

Chief Economist Bart Watson dives into 300 million transactions from Arryved POS data to pull out the latest trends and insights.Read More

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Economist

Bart Watson, Chief Economist for the Brewers Association, is a stats geek, beer lover, and Certified Cicerone®. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where in addition to his dissertation, he completed a comprehensive survey of Bay Area brewpubs one pint at a time. You can follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @BrewersStats.

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The New Brewer Sept Oct 2023 Creative Spaces
The New Brewer: Sales & Marketing Issue

Creative Spaces

Cyrena Nouzille

Beer and art go hand in hand, but your brewery's space might not necessarily reflect that. Have you ever wondered how you can find the time to make your brewery more "artsy?"

May June 2023 The New Brewer Taprooms
The New Brewer: Industry Review Issue

Taprooms

Stephanie Grant

Taprooms—breweries that sell over 25% of their beer onsite and don't offer significant food services—were up 9% by volume in 2022 over the previous year.

The New Brewer Server Training
The New Brewer: Business Agility Issue

The Value of a Beer-Educated Staff

Jeremy Storton

Back in the day, all you had to do to make the customer happy was to hire a smiling local to offer flavorful beer. But more breweries are discovering the value of an educated staff.

The Taprooms Committee Discusses “January Problems” or TGIF! (Thank Goodness It’s FeBREWary!) women enjoying beers in winter taproom space x

The Taprooms Committee Discusses “January Problems” or TGIF! (Thank Goodness It’s FeBREWary!)

Members of the BA Taprooms Committee reflect on their January, and share their thoughts as we all roll into FeBREWary together!Read More

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Brewers Association

The Taprooms Committee's main objective is to foster the sharing of resources and ideas between taproom class breweries. As taproom brewery revenue is generated mainly from onsite sales, the committee’s job is to create resources that help breweries find ways to get customers to come to the taproom, stay a while, and keep coming back.

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Keg Handling Tips for Beer Service Staff man hooking up kegs x

Keg Handling Tips for Beer Service Staff

Follow these four tips to prevent injury when handling kegs and find additional safety training resources for your beer service staff.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Draught Beer Quality Subcommittee's mission is to improve the quality of draught beer dispensed to customers. They seek to preserve the great flavor and aroma of beer created by the brewer, and to deliver it to the consumer at retail. Great beer must be handled conscientiously to arrive in the glass in perfect condition.

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Carbon Dioxide at Draught: Safe Handling and Staff Training hooking up beer kegs x

Carbon Dioxide at Draught: Safe Handling and Staff Training

Carbonation is essential to draught beer service, yet it poses unique safety risks. Protect yourself and others by reviewing these tips on safely handling CO2 at draught.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Draught Beer Quality Subcommittee's mission is to improve the quality of draught beer dispensed to customers. They seek to preserve the great flavor and aroma of beer created by the brewer, and to deliver it to the consumer at retail. Great beer must be handled conscientiously to arrive in the glass in perfect condition.

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Draught Safety at Retail: Five Safety Moments to Have with Your Staff meeting at a brewery

Draught Safety at Retail: Five Safety Moments to Have with Your Staff

No matter your role with draught service and operations, there is an opportunity for everyone to prevent mishaps. Start by sharing these five safety moments with your retail staff.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Draught Beer Quality Subcommittee's mission is to improve the quality of draught beer dispensed to customers. They seek to preserve the great flavor and aroma of beer created by the brewer, and to deliver it to the consumer at retail. Great beer must be handled conscientiously to arrive in the glass in perfect condition.

See Draught Beer Quality Subcommittee's Articles
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Flip the Script on Tipping and Employee Benefits

Craft Brewers Conference 2022Minneapolis, MinnesotaSpeaker(s): Kurtis Cummings, Dan DiNovis, Gay Gilmore, Kiley Memmott

This seminar is a panel of trailblazers who have adopted unique solutions to combat the effect the pandemic has had on the labor industry.Read More

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