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We all know the basic ingredients in brewing beer: barley, hops, water, and yeast. Learn all about these ingredients, including where and how to get them, what equipment to use to store and handle them in your brewery, and how to maintain and analyze their quality to make the best beer possible.
Over the past four years, beer brewed from reclaimed water has started conversations about the reusable nature of all water. Craft brewers, homebrewers, and wastewater utilities will discuss water reuse in brewing. Read More
In this Power Hour, BA Supply Chain Specialist Chris Swersey provides an update on the hop market and how craft brewers relate to it.Read More
Ian Ward of BSG presents the latest information about the barley crop in 2017, covering yield volume and quality of the current year's crop.Read More
Outside of salaries, brewhouse materials are the most expensive cost associated with making beer. Recognizing the cost drivers in the brewhouse is important to having a complete understanding of your brewery’s profitability. This presentation will provide in-depth insight into budgeting …Read More
Originally identified by New Carlsberg brewery in 1904 as “necessary for bringing English stock beers into proper condition, Brettanomyces yeasts are today best known for their devastating effects on wine quality. Recent growth in the production of American craft saisons …Read More
In the ever-growing craft brewing world, quality is on everyone’s mind. This seminar will focus on the basics of a lab and quality program for start-up breweries. Learn how to start the journey to quality beer with the right tools …Read More
During every beer fermentation, a countless array of flavor byproducts is produced. Most of these compounds add to the character and complexity of the beer, but some can be considered off-flavors. One of these offenders is the buttered popcorn quality …Read More
Breweries are constantly fighting against microbial threats. This talk will focus on Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. diastaticus, an over-attenuating yeast. This organism makes use of sugars that are left over after fermentation and can wreak havoc, from out-of-ABV-compliance beer to bottle …Read More
In 2016, the Brewers Association provided $280,000 in competitive grant support for 13 barley- and hop-related research projects. Several of these researchers will present their findings during the Craft Brewers Conference. Learn about cutting-edge discoveries that will benefit your business …Read More
From farm to kettle, best practices programs provide a framework to ensure consistent standards and traceability to deliver reliable, premium quality hops to brewers. Excellent third-party audited programs are available to growers in the Pacific Northwest, but expansion of hop …Read More
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