Michigan Brewers Guild and MBAA-District Michigan Annual Conference & Trade Show

Starts:  Jan 11, 2017 09:00 (ET)
Ends:  Jan 13, 2017 16:00 (ET)
Associated with  District Michigan

2017 Conference Schedule:

Wednesday, Jan. 11

  • 9am:  Registration desk opens; guests can pick up badges on the Lobby level, by Arcadia Ballroom
  • 11am - 12:30pm:  Sensory Evaluation Workshop - Kevin Payne
  • 12:30 - 2pm:  Lunch at large in Kalamazoo (vouchers will be provided for local breweries)
  • 2 - 3:15pm:  Keynote Address, day 1 - Dick Cantwell (BA Quality Ambassador)
  • 3:30 - 4:30pm:  State of the Industry overview - Bart Watson (BA Economist)
  • 4:30 - 6pm: Brewers Guild Annual Meeting & Election
  • 4:30 - 7:30pm: Trade Show open
  • 7:30 - 10pm:  Dinner on own
  • 10pm - 1am:  Garryoke! (Burdick's)

Thursday, Jan. 12

  • 9 - 10am:  Breakfast
  • 10 - 10:45am:  MBAA District Michigan meeting
  • 11am - 12pm:  "Beer Quality" - Alastair Pringle (Maryville Univ.)
  • 12 - 3pm:  Trade Show open
  • 1 - 1:45pm:  Lunch (in Trade Show)
  • 1:45 - 2:45pm:  (Session A) "Human Resources Issues & Concerns in your Brewery/Brewpub" - speaker TBA
  • 1:45 - 2:45pm:  (Session B) "Overview of Brewery Education Programs in Michigan" - panel TBA
  • 3 - 4pm:  Keynote Address, day 2 - speaker TBA
  • 4:15 - 5:15pm:  (Session A) "Training for Brewpubs: How, When, and Why to Implement Your Training Program" - Laura Lodge & Ginger Johnson
  • 4:15 - 5:15pm:  (Session B) "Draft Beer Quality in your Pub and on the Street" - speaker TBA
  • 5:30 - 6:30pm:  (Session A) "Rules & Regulations Related to Microbreweries" - Teri Quimby (MLCC)
  • 5:30 - 6:30pm:  (Session B) "Michigan Hops & Malt: Developing Quality, Part 1" - Alec Mull, Jason Salas, Derek Stepanski, John Mallet
  • 6:30 - 7:30pm:  (Session A) "Do's & Don't's for Brewery Representatives" - Spencer Nevins (MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assoc.)
  • 6:30 - 7:30pm:  (Session B) "Michigan Hops & Malt: Developing Quality, Part 2" - same panelists as Part 1
  • 7:30 - 10:30pm:  Great Beer State Dinner
  • 11pm - 1am:  Live Music & Social Time - The Concussions @ Arcadia Ales

Friday, Jan. 13

  • 10 - 11am: Keynote Address, day 3 - topic & speaker TBA
  • 11:15am - 12:15pm: (Session A) "Beer & Sex: Marketing Beer to Women" - Ginger Johnson
  • 11:15 - 12:15pm:  (Session B) "Wastewater: Why is it Relevant to You?" - panel TBA
  • 12:15 - 1:15pm:  Lunch
  • 1:30 - 3pm:  Government Relations Update & Panel
  • 3pm - ?:  Beertails & Departure

Speaker Information

Garry Boyd - BarFly Ventures Ringleader, MBG Board Member, and karaoke extraordinaire 

Dick Cantwell - Brewers Association Quality Ambassador, Author, & Co-Founder of Elysian Brewing Co.

Ginger Johnson - Founder, Women Enjoying Beer LLC & Ginger Johnson Marketing

Laura Lodge - Owner/Consultant, Customized Craft Beer Programs

John Mallet - Director of Operations, Bell's Brewery Inc.; Author

Alec Mull - Vice President of Brewing Operations, Founders Brewing Co.

Spencer Nevins - President, Michigan Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association 

Alastair Pringle - Industrial Microbiologist & Educator; Asst. Professor at Maryville University

Terri Quimby - Commissioner, Michigan Liquor Control Commission

Jason Salas - Head Brewer, New Holland Brewing Co.

Derek Stepanski - Quality Assurance Manager, Bell's Brewery Inc.

Bart Watson - Brewers Association Chief Economist

Location

Kalamazoo Radisson Plaza Hotel
100 W. Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo, MI 49007