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Your Research Featured with MBAA |
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MBAA Conventions are filled with industry tips, trends, and RESEARCH! Make sure your research is presented at the 2010 MBAA Convention in Providence, RI, June 18–20. Submit your abstracts December 15, 2009 – January 22, 2010, to be considered. Interested in getting a head start?
Instructions are now available online.
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Welcome Mike Adler |
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Thanks to Ruth Martin for her service on the ASBC/MBAA
Steering Committee. As Ruth starts transitioning
into her duties on the MBAA Finance Committee, we welcome Mike Adler of F X Matt Brewing Co. as the new ASBC/MBAA Steering Committee member-at-large. The committee was established in 1996 to create and ratify a cooperative agreement between ASBC and MBAA. It is now charged with working together to identify collaborative opportunities between the associations. More information can be found on the
ASBC/MBAA Steering Committee webpage.
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New
Technical Quarterly Paper Published |
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"Carbon Footprints in Breweries,” by C. W. Bamforth, has been published in the MBAA
Technical Quarterly.
Abstract
The carbon footprint forms part of the ecological footprint (which also embraces the energy and water footprints). As a group, these footprints focus attention on the importance of reducing use of the earth's resources, which will otherwise be exhausted. The carbon footprint emphasizes the risks to the climate of excessive production of greenhouse gases. This footprint logically relates closely to the use of energy. Studies have been performed that highlight the relative importance of diverse stages in the continuum from raw material production to beer storage by the consumer as contributors to the carbon footprint. Approaches, some radical, to minimizing the carbon footprint may be needed.
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District Mid-South Holds 2009 Technical Conference and Elects 2010–2011 Officers |
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On November 13–14, members of MBAA
District Mid-South held a technical conference in Gatlinburg, TN, at the Calhoun's Conference Center. Friday’s schedule included a Hop Evaluation workshop and cask ale celebration. Technical sessions were held on Saturday.
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District Milwaukee Elects Officers |
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MBAA
District Milwaukee elected officers and chairs for 2010-2011 at their meeting on November 19, 2009. For a listing of officers, visit the
District Milwaukee website.
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District Northwest Shatters Attendance Record at Fall Meeting |
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 MBAA
District Northwest held its fall meeting in Bend, OR, on October 23 and 24. More than 220 people
were in attendance, setting a new record for a District Northwest meeting. Friday's technical session focused on barrel-aged beer. During the evening, attendees enjoyed a barbeque and live bluegrass music. Saturday included strong technical talks, several outdoor activities, and a dinner paired with seven locally brewed beers. You can find the meeting recap on the
District
Northwest website.
—Brian Faivre
District Publicity Chair
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District Philadelphia Meets at Pennsylvania's First Craft Brewery |
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 On Friday, November 6, 2009, members and friends of MBAA
District Philadelphia met at Stoudts' brewery in Adamstown. Stoudts, Pennsylvania's first craft brewery, was established in 1987. The plant tour conducted by Lead Brewer Brett Kintzer provided an overview of the evolution of the plant complex, which through a series of additions and expansions has brought the capacity of the plant to well over 10,000 bbl.
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District St. Louis Holds Brewing Lab and Develops Home Brewing Course |
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 On Thursday, November 19, the MBAA
District St. Louis meeting held at the Morgan St. Brewery became our first ever
"Brewing Lab," titled "Brewing...in About an Hour" and led by District Vice President Marc Gottfried, during which each of the eight dinner tables performed rudimentary brewing operations, from mashing to yeast pitching. Each table brew was contained in a growler for fermentation. A taste test to determine the winning brew will take place at our Holiday Party on Friday, December 4, at Harry's Restaurant & Bar in downtown St. Louis.
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District Western New York Holds Meeting at Ithaca Brewing Co. |
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 MBAA
District Western New York met on Thursday, November 19, at the Ithaca Brewing Co. in Ithaca, NY. The meeting featured a tour of the brewery, followed by a business meeting. Matt Lettki (Canada Malt) presented an update on this year's malt projections—a very timely subject. Mark Larson (Buhler) provided a technical presentation on
"Best Practices of Malt Handling/Pneumatic Conveying Focus,"
which covered both small and large facilities and
was very well received.
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6th Canadian Barley Symposium |
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The 6th CBS local organizing committee (LOC) is issuing a call for titles for posters and a limited number of volunteered oral presentations. Proposed titles and preliminary abstracts of approximately 200 words should be sent by e-mail to Peter Eckstein at
mailto:peter.eckstein@usask.ca by Friday, January 23, 2010. Please indicate preference for poster or oral presentation. Acceptance as a poster or oral presentation will be determined by the LOC. Presenters will be advised ASAP and not later than March 27, 2010, of this decision. For more information about the symposium, visit
http://www.canbar6.usask.ca.
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