Join us for another fun-filled weekend in beautiful Hood River, OR. This year's program will be centered around Raw Materials and QA/QC.
Speakers + Topics
Brian Faivre, Deschutes > Rapsberry Pi Update
Nick Munson-Phelps, OR Bev. Recycling Co-op > Bottle Recycling
Robert Fullwiler, Fremont > Lab Set Up
Shane Dale, BSG Hops > Hops: Field to Brewery
Cassie Poirier, Briess > Malt Teas
David Logsdon, Logsdon Farmhouse Ales > Yeast Counting
Briana Francisco, Deschutes > What the Numbers on a Malt Analysis Mean
Meeting location will be the ever popular Best Western Inn located at 1108 E Marina Way. Our room block is under the group name Master Brewers Association of the Americas. Please call 1-800-828-7873 to reserve your room. Cut off date for booking is April 17th, but please book soon as rooms go quickly!
Room rates are: $121 Standard Single Queen, $131 Standard Single King, $136 Standard Double Queen, $156 Riverview Single King, $176 Riverview Double Queen. There are some Executive Level King rooms ranging from $136-176 as well.
An "Introduction to Microscopy" workshop plus Brewery Tours will be offered on Friday morning courtesy of Full Sail, Imperial Organic Yeast, and Columbia Gorge Community College.
This workshop will give you the knowledge and hands on skills to count and assess viability of your yeast. Much of the course will be hands on with microscopes conducting cell counts by hemocytometer, and assessing cell viability using methylene blue staining.
Microscopes will be provided for you to use. However, if you’d like to bring your own scope or purchase one to bring along (recommended entry level scope at $299: http://amersci.com/store/microscopes/html/lieder_mc112s.html ) we’d be happy to get you set up and running if you can show up a little early (~8:30am). Hemocytometers and methylene blue will be provided as well, and you can take them home with you as part of the cost of the class.
Please arrive on time so you don’t miss key information that the rest of the skills in the workshop will build on.
Instructors: Kevin McCabe, PhD, Lab Manager and Geri Neill, Lead Lab Tech, Full Sail Brewing; Jess Caudill, Yeast Guru, Imperial Organic Yeast/Everybody’s Brewing; Emilie Miller, PhD, Biology Professor, Columbia Gorge Community College
Cost: $25
Limit: 20 participants
Location: CGCC Hood River – Indian Creek Campus 1730 College Way, Hood River, OR 97031-7502, (541) 308-8211 Free campus parking. Room 101
PLEASE REGISTER FOR WORKSHOP via our online registration OPEN NOW.
The Friday night social gathering is kindly being hosted by our friends at pFriem Family Brewers this year!