March/April 2023

Business Agility Issue

For the March/April 2023 The New Brewer, we present our Business Agility issue, focusing on topics such as adapting to market changes, setting up a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program at your brewery, the importance of server training, and cross-training your staff. We also provide a preview of the Craft Brewers Conference in Nashville.

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Business Agility Issue

Business Agility

The maxim “survival of the fittest” applies to the business world as much as to the jungle. But what is meant by “fittest” when it comes to craft breweries?

Business Agility Issue

Featured Stories

Comfort Not Guaranteed

Jill Scanlon and Andrew Magaña

An important component of the approach to equity and inclusion work is setting realistic expectations for teams and keeping aspirations in check. But how does the journey begin?

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.

Building Team Players

Gary Nicholas

In this excerpt from Crafting Brewery Culture, the author discusses the benefits of cross-training your staff to improve operational efficiency and stay adaptable.

Brew-sic City

Chris Chamberlain and June Joseph

If you attended the Craft Brewers Conference in Nashville back in 2018, a lot has changed in the local craft brew scene, substantially for the better.

A Note From the Editor

Jill Redding, Editor-in-Chief

This issue also includes our usual informative departments, plus brewery-generated news about the craft brewing community in the Brewery Updates and Beer Releases sections; and new products and services from the allied trade in Industry Supplier News. In our back-page interview, we highlight Bailey Spaulding, CEO and founder of Jackalope Brewing in Nashville, Tennessee.

Cheers, and we hope you enjoy this issue of The New Brewer.

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