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Safety is paramount at every stage of the brewing process. The resources in this section will guide you through recognizing the hazards in your brewery, finding ways to prevent accidents and promote a safe workplace, training yourself and your employees in safety best practices, and complying with OSHA regulations before the inspector shows up.

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Keg Maintenance, Safety, and Quality

This aggregated playlist of resources will help breweries ensure keg safety and draught quality are met at their facilities and beyond.Read More

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Technical Brewing Projects Director

Chuck joined the Brewers Association staff in 2013 after a long career as a craft brewer. He opened Tennessee’s first brewpub, Boscos, in 1992. As an owner and director of brewery operations for Boscos Brewing Company, he opened additional brewpubs in Memphis, Nashville, and Little Rock, Arkansas. In 2007, Chuck opened and operated Ghost River Brewing in Memphis. He has served as chair of the Association of Brewers Board of Advisors, chair of the Association of Brewers Board of Directors, and was a member of the first Board of Directors for the Brewers Association. In his capacity as technical brewing projects manager, Chuck works with the Technical Committee and the safety, sustainability, quality, draught beer quality, engineering, and supply chain subcommittees to encourage and facilitate best practices in all phases of Brewers Association members' brewery operations.

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How to Conduct an Interview with Your Beer Line Cleaning Service Provider cleaning draught lines and taps x

How to Conduct an Interview with Your Beer Line Cleaning Service Provider

Use this template to interview a beer line cleaning service or technician, and see if they are a good fit for your business.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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Caustic Line Cleaners: Chemical Application, Effectiveness, and Safety wall of beer taps

Caustic Line Cleaners: Chemical Application, Effectiveness, and Safety

Dig into draught line quality and safety through this six-part series by Bridget Gauntner of the Draught Beer Quality Subcommittee.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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Dry Hopping Hazards and Control Strategies pouring hops x

Dry Hopping Hazards and Control Strategies

Read this resource from the Safety Subcommittee to understand the hazards of dry hopping and simple strategies to control risk.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Safety Subcommittee increases safety awareness of Brewers Association members with the goals of minimizing risk and preventing harm to people, products, and facilities.

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How to Prevent Injury in Bars and Taprooms woman pouring draught beer in taproom x

How to Prevent Injury in Bars and Taprooms

Educate your team to be aware of the safety risks and precautions when cleaning beer lines with these training resources.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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Navigating CO2 Supply Shortages

This playlist consolidates resources on carbon dioxide supply, alternatives, quality, and safety to help members navigate supply challenges.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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Employee Health and Safety

In this section of the Taproom Resource Guide, you'll find resources to help you keep your servers and other brewery staff safe and healthy at work.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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Don’t Let the Heat Stress You Out: Tips for Keeping Employees Safe safety subcommittee heat stress heroA

Don’t Let the Heat Stress You Out: Tips for Keeping Employees Safe

Trying to beat the heat at your brewery? Check out these helpful tips from the Brewers Association Safety Subcommittee on preventing and responding to heat stress.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Safety Subcommittee increases safety awareness of Brewers Association members with the goals of minimizing risk and preventing harm to people, products, and facilities.

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Staff Engagement and Retention

Resources and best practices for breweries to engage employees, build healthy company culture, set managers up for success, and retain staff.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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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.

See Katie Fromuth's Articles
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