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Raise Your Lab Equipment to the Next Level
When building up your brewery’s lab, the basics are pretty obvious. A microscope and glassware are among the first purchases, but after that it becomes...
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Steps Toward a Quality Canning Operation
When SanTan picked out its current 12-ounce canning line Head Brewer Gabe Wilson said they were looking for something economical that could handle canning at...
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Outside the Box Ideas in Using 6-Row from Wicked Weed & East Brother Beer
East Brother Beer Co. wanted to brew a Pre-Prohibition Lager so Head Brewer Paul Liszewski and his team worked with Admiral Maltings in Paso Robles...
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Peak Surly?: Ansari Wrestles with Minnesota Brewery’s Future
Mere minutes after sitting down to talk for this cover story piece, Surly founder Omar Ansari was masked-up and on the packaging line along with...
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Von Ebert’s Cook Leads by Following
When the Von Ebert tasting panel team sits down to taste and discuss beer, Tom S. Cook is one of the first to give his...
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Next-Level Barrel-Aging Tips
Beer & Wood. It’s timeless. Of course, many consumers have clamored for it more and more, even though it’s pretty much an ancient art in...
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Strategies for Hop & Malt Contracts
Though malted barley has been consistently put in beer, people were drinking fermented beverages long before they started using hops in beer as far back...
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Developing Tasting Panels
Developing a good tasting panel isn’t only key for quality and consistency, but it can also be important when packaging and giving consumers the perfect...
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Asheville Ambassadors: Hi-Wire an Agent of Advertising for Hometown
Although IPAs pay the bills, the heartbeat of Hi-Wire is Lagers. The Asheville, North Carolina brewery — founded by Adam Charnack and Chris Frosaker in...
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Eliminating Risk a Key in Developing SOPs
Having the mindset of eliminating a risk in a brewhouse setting is more important than finding a solution to work around the problem. That’s how...
