About Briess: Mission
Statement, Quality,
Certifications & Memberships
>Briess Mission Statement: "Your partner for success -- providing
all-natural, value-added ingredients, solutions and service."Briess employs a company-wide Total Quality Management System that encompasses all areas of operations: Security, Food Safety and Quality Control. Audits, inspections and certifications include:
>ASI "Excellent" Rating
>NFPA Certified (National Food Processors Association)
>USDA Certified Organic: All Briess Industries manufacturing have been certified to produce organic ingredients since 1990. Our organic certifying agency is Oregon Tilth. Briess organic ingredients are USDA Certified Organic, which means they meet all of the requirements set forth by the USDA National Organic Program. Briess is a member of the Organic Trade Association. We make a standard line of certified organic malts and ingredients. In addition, any Briess malt or ingredient can be made as a certified organic product to help assure a clean label. Minimum order and lead time required for custom orders. Organic products are segregated and palletized separately from the non-organic malts. Click on the link for a printable pdf file of the Briess Organic Certificate:
Briess Organic Certificate
>Kosher Certified: All ingredients made at Briess Industries manufacturing plants and contracted plants are kosher certified. Briess Industries certifying agency is United Mehadrin Kosher (UMK). The agency certifies that all Briess manufacturing plants are kosher, and we purchase only certified kosher raw materials.
>Non-GMO: All Briess Industries malts and ingredients are made from non-GMO sourced raw materials.
>Certified as a Woman-Owned Business by the Business Educational Consortium Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Click on the link for a printable pdf file of the Certificate.
Woman-Owned Business Certificate
>Halal: Briess ingredients are naturally processed without additives and can be used by Halal Certified manufacturers.
Memberships:
>Brewers Association
>American Association of Cereal Chemists
>American Malting Barley Association
>American Society of Brewing Chemists
>Beer Institute
>Home Wine and Beer Trade Association
>Institute of Food Technologists
>Master Brewers Association of the Americas
>Organic Trade Association
>State Brewers Guilds
Raw Materials Procurement:
Only AMBA/BMBRI recommended barleys are selected and purchased from prime suppliers. For every lot of grain we purchase, a pre-shipment sample of barley is tested and frequently pilot malted and pilot brewed to determine how it will perform in the brewery. Samples are taken again at the time we receive the raw material.Throughout the malting process, the green malt is regularly checked physically, organoleptically and chemically by the maltster and quality control. Adjustments are made throughout the malting process to optimize the finished malt quality.
When malting is complete, daily productions are stored in individual holding bins until the laboratory completes its evaluation of the finished product. In addition to chemical and physical evaluations, the malt and wort produced from it are taste tested by trained individuals to assure the flavor and aroma profiles are consistent with the malt type. The malt is then transferred to an aging silo containing malt of similar specifications.
When a shipment of malt is prepared, a sample is taken by the lab and tested again. The shipment is held until the lab releases it.Malt destined for the extraction process is treated by the Extraction Plant Lab in the same manner that barley destined for the malting process is treated by the Malthouse Lab. A "pre-shipment" sample is tested, and the testing process continues throughout the extraction, packaging and shipping process.
Production and shipping samples are retained for at least six months. From time to time, samples are randomly selected and evaluated to verify prior results.Briess subscribes to the ASBC Malt Check Service which provides quarterly samples for analyses. Briess laboratory results are compared to 61 other laboratories giving quality control the opportunity to check the accuracy of their results, calibrate equipment. etc. pictures, etc.
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