July/August 2019

Technical Brewing/Brewery Operations Issue

For the July/August 2019 The New Brewer, we present our annual Technical Brewing/Brewery Operations issue. Themed “Attention to Detail,” this issue examines ways to improve various aspects of the brewing process and brewery operations. We also include photos from two recent events in Washington, D.C.: the Brewers Association’s annual Hill Climb and SAVOR.

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Technical Brewing/Brewery Operations Issue

The Numbers Game: Understanding Financial Strategy for Your Brewery

Brewing is a capital-intensive industry, so it’s imperative to follow a path that brings the greatest return while conserving or boosting cash. Cash is the key to survival.

Technical Brewing/Brewery Operations Issue

Featured Stories

Going Back in Time: What I Wish I Had Known When I Started My Brewery

Tom Hennessy

What keeps new brewery owners and even veteran brewery owners up at night? Floors. Music licensing. Cash flow. The list of worries is endless.

Of Brett and Brevis: Brewing a Traditional Berliner Weisse

Ulrike Genz and Benedikt Koch

Traditional Berliner weisse is undergoing a resurgence. Pale, refreshing, and low in alcohol, this German wheat beer has a clean, lactic sourness and high carbonation.

Tracing Dissolved Oxygen through the Packaging Process

Andy Tveekrem

Selling oxidized, stale beer is an easy way to lose customers. With the increasing level of competition for retail space, brewers need every advantage to keep their beer at its best.

Attention to Detail: Improving CIP Efficiency

Matt Gilliland

As brewers, we meticulously follow recipes and procedures. So why do otherwise careful brewers often set up CIPs by eyeball, wildly varying contact time and concentration?

Draught System Maintenance and Cleaning

Technical Committee of the Brewers Association

A well-designed and diligently executed maintenance plan ensures a trouble-free draught system operation and fresh, flavorful beer. Learn how to test your system for cleanliness.

A Note From the Editor

Jill Redding, Editor-in-Chief

This issue also includes all of our usual informative departments, plus brewery-generated news about the craft brewing community in the Brewery Updates, Distribution News, and Beer Releases sections; and new products and services from the allied trade in Industry Supplier News. In our back-page interview, we highlight Leah Wong Ashburn, family owner and president of Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, N.C., which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.

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

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