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Premiumization, Prices, and Positioning

The beer business is currently experiencing what is often referred to as a “premiumization” trend, or a period where beer lovers trade up across the beer aisle. This isn’t the first premiumization trend beer has seen, as the dominant brands …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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Brewers Association Staff Continue Menu Labeling Discussions with FDA

Through the fall, Brewers Association Technical Brewing Projects Manager Chuck Skypeck and I have discussed FDA’s goals and methods in regards to compliance with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) menu labeling for restaurants and similar retail food establishments. First what …Read More

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Senior Vice President of Professional Brewing Division

Paul Gatza is the Senior Vice President of Professional Brewing Division at the Brewers Association. Paul’s origin in the beer community started when he took up homebrewing in 1990. He worked on the bottling line at Boulder Beer and would sneak over to the brewhouse when opportunity allowed. He owned a pair of homebrew supply shops in Boulder and Longmont, Colorado from 1994 to 1998. He served as director of the American Homebrewers Association for seven years and is in his 23rd year as Brewers Association director. Paul is ranked as a National Beer Judge by the Beer Judge Certification Program. Paul is also a former judge director of both the Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup, before moving to the judge panels for these elite competitions.

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Brewers Association Announces Best Practices Guidance for Managing Malting Barley

Brewers Association (BA) technical committee has published best practice guidance Managing Malting Barley and Grains Supply Chain Quality, intended to increase understanding, scrutiny and accountability at all levels of the North American malting barley, wheat and grains supply chain. The technical …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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Register Now for the 2017 Craft Brewers Conference registerfeaturecbc

Register Now for the 2017 Craft Brewers Conference

Registration for the 2016 Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) & BrewExpo America® is now open. The conference will take place April 10-13 in Washington, D.C. The Craft Brewers Conference is the only industry event that serves both brewpubs and packaging breweries. Register Now Learn New Things For professional brewers, …Read More

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Media Advisory: Nation’s Capital to Host 34th Annual Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America® cbc feature ba 1

Media Advisory: Nation’s Capital to Host 34th Annual Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America®

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Craft Beer Hoppiness WHAT: The 34th edition of the Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America® (CBC) will return to the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. from April 10-13. CBC, presented annually by the Brewers Association, is the …Read More

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