Program and Events
Preliminary Schedule
Schedule is subject to change.
Friday, June 2
| 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | Pre-Meeting Course: Sensory (Day 1) |
Saturday, June 3
| 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. | Pre-Meeting Course: Sensory (Day 2) |
| 7:00–7:30 p.m. | First-Timers Mixer |
| 7:30–9:00 p.m. | Brains & Beer Trivia Night |
Sunday, June 4
| 7:30–8:30 a.m. | Speaker Breakfast |
| 8:30–10:00 a.m. | Opening Session and Keynote: What's Brewing in Yeast Genetics |
| 10:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Technical Session 1: Omics |
| 10:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Workshop: Cross-Brewing Quality Assurance |
| 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. | Exhibitor Set-up |
| 1:30–2:30 p.m. | Innovative Methods Session |
| 2:45–4:00 p.m. | Workshop: Craft Distilling I - Technical Discussion |
| 2:45–4:00 p.m. | Workshop: Back to Basics: How to set up a Brewing Quality Lab |
| 2:45–4:00 p.m. | Technical Session 2: Hops I |
| 4:00–6:00 p.m. | Exhibits and Posters Opening Happy Hour |
Monday, June 5
| 8:30–10:15 a.m. | Workshop: New Frontiers in Microbiology |
| 8:30–10:15 a.m. | Technical Session 3: Analytical Flavors |
| 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Workshop: The U.S. Malt Scene: Hot Topics and Hip Approaches |
| 12:30–2:30 p.m. | Exhibits, Posters, and Lunch |
| 2:30–3:30 p.m. | Beer Time Tales |
| 3:30–4:45 p.m. | Technical Session 4: Yeast |
| 3:30–4:45 p.m. | Workshop: Craft Distilling II - Tasting |
| 3:30–4:45 p.m. |
Workshop: Hops I - Sensory Evaluation of Hops |
Tuesday, June 6
| 8:30–10:15 a.m. | Workshop: Hops II - Interfacing with the Hop Industry |
| 8:30–10:30 a.m. | Workshop: Technical Barrel Aging |
| 9:20–10:15 a.m. | Technical Session 5: Stability |
| 10:30–11:30 a.m. | Guest Speaker Session: Studying the Yeasts of Yesterday to Generate the Beer Yeasts of Tomorrow |
| 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. | Exhibits, Posters, and Lunch |
| 1:30–4:00 p.m. | Exhibitor Move-Out |
| 1:45–3:30 p.m. | Workshop: Application of Chromatography to Brewing Analysis |
| 1:45–3:30 p.m. | Building a Research Program for Craft Breweries |
| 1:45–3:30 p.m. | Technical Session 6: Sensory |
| 3:45–4:30 p.m. | Beer Abby |
| 7:00–9:30 p.m. | Suds & Sand Beach Party |
Wednesday, June 7
| 8:15–10:00 a.m. | Technical Session 7: In-Process QA | |
| 8:15–10:00 a.m. | Technical Session 8: Microbiology | |
| 9:00–11:00 a.m. | Workshop: Executing and Understanding Sensory Thresholds in Beer | |
| 10:15–11:30 a.m. | Technical Session 9: Hops II | |
| 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. | Beer-lympics | |