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BrewBama, those are just the things (some of them at least) that have made me wary. But the BA to their credit are separate from the AHA and Zymurgy (which since taking on Gordon Strong as technical editor we may hope will be more reliable.) The DBQM was prepared with the help of a body of commercial brewers and other industry partners to ensure best practices in the beverage trade. I assume that the BA is generally a reliable source of technical support to the brewing industry. But I should note that the rote perpetuation of misinformation happens even on the professional level, probably in every field. No excuse, but. I recall that I was floored a few months back by a study promulgated by the MBAA showing that iodophor was basically useless. Then someone here on the forum pointed out that the whole study depended on fundamentally flawed methodology, a real schoolboy mistake. We can be appalled, but we can also serve as a corrective.