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The Brewers Association creates several educational publications to be used as best practices by breweries, retailers, distributors, and beer lovers. These include manuals, guides, worksheets, templates, online training videos, and more.

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Employer’s Guide to Effective and Legal Interviews woman conducting interview with employee's guide resource cover

Employer’s Guide to Effective and Legal Interviews

Interviewing is a key part of making the right hire, but there's more to it than you might think! This guide will aid you in developing your interview process.Read More

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Human Resources Partner

Holly Haslam recently joined the Brewers Association as the Human Resources (HR) Partner. Originally from the Great Beer State of Michigan, she moved to Colorado in 2019 with her husband and dog. With a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Substance Abuse Prevention, Education, and Treatment from Central Michigan University, she went on to pursue her Master's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Human Resource Management at the University of Northern Colorado. Additionally, Holly volunteers her time with the Boulder Area HR Association (BAHRA) as their Vice President of Programming. With experience introducing HR functions, employee engagement initiatives, and training and advancement programs to companies, she specializes in helping small organizations build systems that aid in employee professional development and retention. Holly utilizes the insight and experience she has gained working within small organizations to equip breweries with the knowledge and resources needed to take care of their most valuable assets—their people!

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Beer Freshness Control in the Cellar beer freshness series cellar title over tall fermenters

Beer Freshness Control in the Cellar

Learn the main factors affecting beer freshness in the cellar and download a checklist to audit processes and control points.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Quality Subcommittee envisions a membership that consistently produces beer of high quality. Quality for this purpose has been defined as: a beer that is responsibly produced using wholesome ingredients, consistent brewing techniques and good manufacturing practices, which exhibits flavor characteristics that are consistently aligned with both the brewer’s and the beer drinker’s expectations.

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Navigating Workforce Transitions illustration of people walking on an arrow with cover of workplace transition guides

Navigating Workforce Transitions

Manage workforce changes while emphasizing respectful, legally compliant strategies and supportive communication to maintain morale.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Brewers Association Human Resources (HR) Committee seeks to provide our members with the tools needed to develop compliant HR strategies while building and maintaining stronger relationships with the teams they serve. Additionally, it is the goal of the HR Committee to bridge the gap between HR representatives, organizations, and the brewing community to promote open and honest communication leading to employee and organizational well-being.

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Pasteurization Deep Dive: Food Safety and Quality Control Plans pasteurization deep dives food safety text over beer cans in packaging line

Pasteurization Deep Dive: Food Safety and Quality Control Plans

Discover how to successfully incorporate pasteurization processes into your food safety and quality control plans.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Quality Subcommittee envisions a membership that consistently produces beer of high quality. Quality for this purpose has been defined as: a beer that is responsibly produced using wholesome ingredients, consistent brewing techniques and good manufacturing practices, which exhibits flavor characteristics that are consistently aligned with both the brewer’s and the beer drinker’s expectations.

See Quality Subcommittee's Articles

How To Manage Off Flavors in Beer: Onion/Garlic onion garlic icon with pilsner style beer

How To Manage Off Flavors in Beer: Onion/Garlic

Learn how to prevent this oniony beer off flavor that comes from volatile organosulfur compounds found in hops.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Quality Subcommittee envisions a membership that consistently produces beer of high quality. Quality for this purpose has been defined as: a beer that is responsibly produced using wholesome ingredients, consistent brewing techniques and good manufacturing practices, which exhibits flavor characteristics that are consistently aligned with both the brewer’s and the beer drinker’s expectations.

See Quality Subcommittee's Articles

How To Manage Off Flavors in Beer: Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) hydrogen sulfide icon and formula with a pilsner glass

How To Manage Off Flavors in Beer: Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S)

H2S's rotten egg aroma is avoidable through yeast strain selection and health, wort composition, and fermentation control.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Quality Subcommittee envisions a membership that consistently produces beer of high quality. Quality for this purpose has been defined as: a beer that is responsibly produced using wholesome ingredients, consistent brewing techniques and good manufacturing practices, which exhibits flavor characteristics that are consistently aligned with both the brewer’s and the beer drinker’s expectations.

See Quality Subcommittee's Articles

Maintenance and Engineering White Paper: Kettle Boilover Protection hops pouring into brew kettle with kettle boilover protection resource cover

Maintenance and Engineering White Paper: Kettle Boilover Protection

Learn steps brewers can take to lower the risks associated with boilovers, primarily by creating a boilover sensor control system.Read More

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Brewers Association

The mission of the Maintenance and Engineering Subcommittee is to develop and enhance the craft brewing community's preparedness related to equipment and other technical aspects of building and maintaining a brewery.

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How To Manage Off Flavors in Beer: Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS) Glass of beer next to brown icon featuring a cob of corn, label of

How To Manage Off Flavors in Beer: Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS)

Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) is commonly associated with a creamed corn aroma and originates from a barley precursor.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Quality Subcommittee envisions a membership that consistently produces beer of high quality. Quality for this purpose has been defined as: a beer that is responsibly produced using wholesome ingredients, consistent brewing techniques and good manufacturing practices, which exhibits flavor characteristics that are consistently aligned with both the brewer’s and the beer drinker’s expectations.

See Quality Subcommittee's Articles

Navigating Known Hazards: A People Leaders’ Summary Guide brewery staff serving beer

Navigating Known Hazards: A People Leaders’ Summary Guide

A summary of hazards for people leaders based on insights from a Collab Hour event with HR and mental health professionals.Read More

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Brewers Association

The Brewers Association Human Resources (HR) Committee seeks to provide our members with the tools needed to develop compliant HR strategies while building and maintaining stronger relationships with the teams they serve. Additionally, it is the goal of the HR Committee to bridge the gap between HR representatives, organizations, and the brewing community to promote open and honest communication leading to employee and organizational well-being.

See HR Committee's Articles
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