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The Key to Brewery Worker & Customer Health: Hand Washing Hygiene

DYK that hand-washing reduces respiratory illness—like colds—by more than 20%?? During cold and flu season, hand-washing reminders could help your staff and your customers to stay healthy. (Not to mention that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, hand-washing has repeatedly been celebrated as one of the top steps you can take to maintain your health, and the health of those around you.) Read More…

Brewery Growth: Give Your Brewery a Happy New Year

It’s that time of year: across the country, craft brewers are looking back on the successes and challenges of 2022, and looking ahead to better beers (and better business) in 2023. Beall Brewery Insurance would like to suggest a few points to consider as US craft brewers make their plans for the coming 12 months. Read More…

Brewery Safety: Managing Hazardous Chemicals

Breweries don’t require large supplies or varieties of chemicals in order to function. But they do use cleaners and sanitizers to keep brewery equipment safe to operate. Those materials can cause serious injury if they come in contact with skin and are not immediately washed off. Similarly, breweries may keep some flammable liquids on hand (for instance, blends of isopropyl alcohol for sanitizing brewery equipment). Read More…

How to Stay Safe in Confined Spaces

Confined spaces pose a significant danger if not approached with care. In 2009, a welder who entered a fermentation tank to seal a crack set himself on fire when he lit his blowtorch in the space, which was oversaturated with oxygen. In 2011, a fermentation tank exploded at a Vermont brewery. (Of course, confined spaces are a risk for reasons other than air quality. In 2010 alone, close to 30 people died in grain entrapment incidents in the United States.) Read More…