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Draught Beer Quality Manual Second Edition
Draught Beer Quality Manual Second Edition

Tom Flores
Brewer's Alley

Jamie Floyd
Ninkasi Brewing Company

Paul Gatza
Brewers Association

Ken Grossman (Chair Person)
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

John Harris
Full Sail Brewing Company

Laura Harter
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

Larry Horwitz
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant 

Pete Johnson
Brewers Association

Charles Kyle
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

Geoff Larson
Alaskan Brewing Company

John Mallett (Vice-Chair)
Bell's Brewery, Inc.

James "Otto" Ottolini
The St. Louis Brewery

Charlie Papazian
Brewers Association

Bob Pease
Brewers Association

John Pinkerton
Moon River Brewing Company

Tim Sloan
Brewers Association

Chris Swersey
Brewers Association

Katie Wallace
New Belgium Brewing Company

Neil Witte
Boulevard Brewing Company

The BA Technical Committee (TC), also known as the Technology Committee, oversees Brewers Association work with the Beer Industry Electronic Commerce Coalition (BIECC), with Jay Richardson of New Belgium Brewing Co as the representative to the coalition.

The TC has two active, standing working groups whose members are primarily committee members, but also include some non-TC participants: 

The Draught Beer Quality working group (DBQ) focuses on delivering high quality draught beer at retail. DBQ activities include publication of the Draught Quality Manual in printed and online wiki formats, presentations at the Craft Brewers Conference and at other allied trade gatherings, and Draught Quality Workshops. The DBQ accomplishes its work through contributions from Anheuser-Busch, Inc colleagues (Cian Hickey and Tim Raw), Scott Beim, Brewers Association staff, Rob Gerrity, Ken Grossman, Laura Harter, Jaime Jurado, Charles Kyle, John Mallett, Matt Meadows, MillerCoors colleagues (Jeff Bell, Todd Blondis, Peter Coors and Ernie Jimenez), John Pinkerton, Jeff Schaefer, and Neil Witte.

The Keg Repatriation Working Group (Keg Repat) focuses on solutions to the expensive, frustrating problem of keg disappearance. Keg Repat activities include BA member surveying, education and communication, outreach to allied trade service vendors, outreach to scrap metal and online marketplace industries, and development of tools to facilitate keg return to BA member brewers.

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