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Corporate Transparency Act: Ownership Information Filing Requirements man doing paperwork in warehouse office

Corporate Transparency Act: Ownership Information Filing Requirements

The Corporate Transparency Act is a new law that requires certain companies formed or operating in the U.S. to report information about their beneficial owners to the Department of the Treasury.Read More

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State & Regulatory Affairs Manager

Pete Johnson serves as the State & Regulatory Affairs Manager for the Brewers Association (BA). He joined the BA at its inception in 2005, having previously worked as Programs Director for the Brewers Association of America. Before coming to the small brewing industry in 2001, Pete worked for 14 years with both state and federal elected officials in Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.

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Brewers Association Educates Lawmakers on the Chemistry of Beer

The Brewers Association and the American Chemistry Society joined the Chemistry and Brewing Caucuses to host "The Chemistry of Beer" in Washington, D.C.  Read More

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Senior Director of Federal Affairs

Katie Marisic is the senior director of federal affairs at the Brewers Association. Based in Washington, D.C. she plans and executes legislative, regulatory, and political strategies to drive the association's federal affairs presence on Capitol Hill. Prior to working for the BA, Katie was vice president of political affairs at the National Association of Federal Credit Unions. She got her start in politics working on congressional campaigns during the 2006 and 2008 elections. A Pennsylvania native, Katie is a long time craft brewing supporter. In 2013 she helped to open Atlas Brew Works in Washington, D.C. When she is not advocating for the craft brewing community on Capitol Hill you can sometimes find her pouring beers at a local tasting room.

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Possible Government Shutdown: How Breweries Could Be Impacted

A day late and a dollar short? Congress has once again been flirting with a government shutdown, but are now expected to avoid it.Read More

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Senior Director of Federal Affairs

Katie Marisic is the senior director of federal affairs at the Brewers Association. Based in Washington, D.C. she plans and executes legislative, regulatory, and political strategies to drive the association's federal affairs presence on Capitol Hill. Prior to working for the BA, Katie was vice president of political affairs at the National Association of Federal Credit Unions. She got her start in politics working on congressional campaigns during the 2006 and 2008 elections. A Pennsylvania native, Katie is a long time craft brewing supporter. In 2013 she helped to open Atlas Brew Works in Washington, D.C. When she is not advocating for the craft brewing community on Capitol Hill you can sometimes find her pouring beers at a local tasting room.

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Brewery Financial Benchmarking Data Release man writing on clipboard in brewery

Brewery Financial Benchmarking Data Release

After a five-year hiatus, the Brewers Associationb is pleased to release the results of its most recent Brewery Financial Benchmarking Survey. Comprised of aggregated and anonymized 2023 data from respondents of all sizes, brewery types, and geographic locations, this dataset provides many cuts of the financial realities facing small and independent brewers.Read More

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Staff Economist

Matt Gacioch (he/him), staff economist for the Brewers Association, helps members make sense of the data that enable their businesses to thrive. He brings experience from market analytics, brewery operations, and consulting, along with an MBA, MS, and BS from the University of Michigan. Follow him on Instagram @craft_econ

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CBC 2024 Quality & Sensory Seminars

Quality management is critical for continued success in the ever-crowded craft beverage industry. Seminars in this track help you build your own sensory and quality programs, maintain quality products in the taproom, as well as source, analyze, and properly use …Read More

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Education Program Manager

MacKenzie Staples is the education program manager for the Brewers Association. In addition to managing the resources and articles on BrewersAssociation.org, she organizes the seminars for the Craft Brewers Conference® (CBC), curates the webinars in the BA Collab Hour series, and serves as the staff liaison for the CBC Seminar Subcommittee. She is originally from Texas where she fell in love with craft beer, and is proud to say that she has visited over 800 U.S. small and independent craft breweries.

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Beyond Cell Counts: Off-Flavor Sensory for Aspiring Yeast Whisperers

Craft Brewers Conference 2024Las Vegas, NevadaSpeaker(s): Jackie Beardstrom

This seminar emphasizes the importance of understanding yeast health beyond traditional metrics. It explores leveraging sensory data to assess yeast well-being, identifying off-flavors associated with fermentation issues, their causes, and how to optimize recipe design for yeast health.Read More

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Tasting and Creating: Messages from the Science

Craft Brewers Conference 2024Las Vegas, NevadaSpeaker(s): Randy Mosher

Randy Mosher delves into recent scientific research on tasting. He explores topics from biophysics of receptors to neural processing, emotion, and memory, offering valuable insights for brewers and flavor creation from these new discoveries.Read More

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The Quality Glow Up: Keeping Receipts and Making Consistently Great Beer

Craft Brewers Conference 2024Las Vegas, NevadaSpeaker(s): Paige Martin, Mara Young

Learn to establish a quality program and lab for your brewery. Discover how to start, budget, and prioritize quality control points using existing space and equipment. Explore lab testing, cell counting, data interpretation, and troubleshooting bad quality. Leave with an elementary program plan to enhance processes and beer quality immediately.Read More

OSHA Proposes Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Rule Brewery scene with OSHA logo overlayed

OSHA Proposes Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Rule

A new federal rule has been proposed that would require businesses, including breweries, to control heat hazards in the workplace.Read More

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State & Regulatory Affairs Manager

Pete Johnson serves as the State & Regulatory Affairs Manager for the Brewers Association (BA). He joined the BA at its inception in 2005, having previously worked as Programs Director for the Brewers Association of America. Before coming to the small brewing industry in 2001, Pete worked for 14 years with both state and federal elected officials in Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.

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