The New Brewer January February 2025
January/February 2025

Brewing & Climate Change

For the January/February 2025 The New Brewer, we present our Brewing & Climate Change issue. Informative features include part one of a brewing and climate change series focusing on raw materials, and a look at how sustainability is good for the planet and the bottom line. We also highlight the winners of the Great American Beer Festival® Pro-Am competition that brings professional brewers and homebrewers together.

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Brewing & Climate Change

Jan Feb The New Brewer Climate Change

Brewing & Climate Change, Part 1

Changes in long-established weather patterns around the globe are occurring faster than the vast majority of crops—including hops and barley—can adapt.

Brewing & Climate Change

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Jan Feb The New Brewer Sustainability
The New Brewer: Brewing & Climate Change

Investing in Sustainability

Greg Kitsock

In an age of rising costs and tighter margins, what’s best for the planet is not just an altruistic venture: it also helps the bottom line for many companies, including breweries.

Jan Feb The New Brewer Resiliency Planning
The New Brewer: Brewing & Climate Change

Trouble Brewing

Matt Gacioch

In the face of a changing climate and with more large-scale disasters to contend with, the companies that build resiliency into their systems will be the best able to survive.

Jan Feb The New Brewer Spunding
The New Brewer: Brewing & Climate Change

Spunding

Gabe Toth

For all of the research and technology available to brewers in the modern age, a few practices remain shrouded in conjecture and analyzed via anecdote, including spunding.

Jan Feb The New Brewer Climate-Smart Barley
The New Brewer: Brewing & Climate Change

Climate-Smart Barley

Zach Gaines

Barley can represent up to 30% of the carbon footprint of a pint of craft beer, and regenerative agriculture practices are providing quantifiable sustainability results.

Jan Feb The New Brewer Pro Am
The New Brewer: Brewing & Climate Change

Partnering Up

Adriana Terron

Now in its 18th year, the Great American Beer Festival® Pro-Am competition offers commercial brewers and homebrewers a chance to partner up and compete for the highest distinctions.

This issue also includes our usual informative departments, plus brewery-generated news about the craft brewing community in the Brewery Updates and New Releases sections; and new products and services from the allied trade in Industry Supplier News. In our back-page interview, we highlight Todd DiMatteo of Good Word Brewing in Duluth, Ga.

Cheers, and we hope you enjoy this issue of The New Brewer.

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