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Operating a small production brewery presents unique challenges of scale. Whether you are trying to maximize efficiency within your brewhouse, considering distribution, or managing your approach to packaging beer, the resources in this category can help you make decisions to effectively manage your business and plan for a successful future.

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The New Brewer: Technical Brewing Issue

Continuous Improvement: Tools for Solving Problems in the Brewery

Cheryl Collins

Ninkasi Brewing has adopted a mentality of continuous improvement—also known as lean manufacturing—to help solve its operational challenges.

Bottles and Cans: Craft Beer Packaging Trends in 2018

As industry growth has slowed, can growth is now coming at the expense of bottles. Let's break down that shift in terms of drivers. Read More

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Vice President of Strategy & Chief Economist

Bart Watson, Vice President of Strategy & 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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Don’t Panic! Checklists Are Your Friend

Think back to the days of planning your brewery. Do you remember the enthusiasm you felt writing your standard operating procedures? What about the excitement you had anticipating your first visit from an FDA officer? My guess is probably not. When …Read More

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Planning for Automation

Craft Brewers Conference 2018Nashville, TennesseeSpeaker(s): Abraham Kabakoff, Nathan Schroeder

Automation is like any other large project: the more you prepare, the better your end result will be. Automating correctly makes your beer better, while doing it wrong will cause nothing but headaches. Find out what preparation is important for …Read More

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Sensory for a Song: How to DIY (and Why You Should)

Craft Brewers Conference 2018Nashville, TennesseeSpeaker(s): Liz Pratt, Jamie Floyd

Tailored for small breweries, this talk explores easy ways to empower your brewery team to build a sensory program using tools you already have. Leave with the knowledge and confidence to start now! Read More

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Small-Scale CO2 Capture Technology

Craft Brewers Conference 2018Nashville, TennesseeSpeaker(s): Amy George, Alex Veneman, Brian Peters, Josh Hare

CO2 recovery has been described in brewing white papers and literature from the 80s. Craft brewing leaders like Sierra Nevada and Alaskan Brewing have implemented large-scale engineered CO2 recovery solutions to reduce costs and greenhouse gases. Earthly Labs CEO Amy …Read More

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Building a Field Quality Program

Craft Brewers Conference 2018Nashville, TennesseeSpeaker(s): Matt Meadows, Matthew Laibson, David Munro

In a hyper-competitive marketplace, protecting the quality of your beer is more important than ever. As craft brewers distribute their products farther from their brewery, concerns with post-brewery product quality increase. A panel of field quality managers from breweries representing …Read More

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