About Master Brewers
Master Brewers Association of the Americas was formed in 1887 with the purpose of promoting, advancing, and improving the professional interest of brew and malt house production and technical personnel. Today, Master Brewers is a dynamic, global community working to advance the brewing, fermentation, and allied industries by:
- advocating the exchange of knowledge
- creating, assembling, interpreting, and disseminating credible and beneficial information
- developing world-class education offerings
- providing valuable personal and professional development opportunities.
Master Brewers is a non-profit 501(c)(3) professional, scientific organization dedicated to advance, support, and encourage scientific research into brewing malt beverages and related industries and to make that research available to the public through conferences, discussion groups, journals, publications and seminars.
We have over 4,000 members in 28 districts from more than 50 countries throughout the world.
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Our Mission
Master Brewers aims to be the recognized leader in brewing education and technical information by leveraging the collective resources of the brewing community, thereby offering continuous improvement to the processes and products of our members. We will accomplish this through well-structured, Master Brewers supported volunteerism and engagement from members of the brewing industry at large.
Our Core Values
- Share knowledge
- The bridge between science, innovation, and operations
- Include everyone interested in brewing beer from any type of brewing setting
Our Vision: United We BrewTM
Every person in the brewing industry has the scientific, technical and operational knowledge to brew and share the highest quality beer.
Strategic Goals
- CONNECT: Members build knowledge and share experience through vibrant and adaptable connections.
- BUILDING KNOWLEDGE: Consolidate fundamental information necessary for a successful brewing operation.
- KNOWLEDGE BRIDGE: Members access the knowledge consolidated by Master Brewers to improve the brewing industry.
Our Commitment
Master Brewers unique strength is imbedded in our vision of United We Brew. For that reason, and at this moment in our industry’s evolution, Master Brewers states its commitment to diversity of thought and practice, while cherishing the element that unifies us – the vocation of brewing great beers and putting them safely in the hands of eager customers.
We are an organization of brewers, not breweries. As such, we make no distinction between craft, non-craft, big or small, domestic or global, because our members are individuals who are professionals involved in the business of beer.
Master Brewers honors the range of challenges that exist within a dynamic and global industry such as ours, in which brewing entities differ dramatically in terms of ownership, size, location, life cycle maturity, business model, beer styles, packaging types and so on. In doing so, we also hope to protect the right for all people and organizations in our great industry to share their opinions and to defend their point of view, while at the same time respecting each other’s place in the fabric of the whole.
