The Eastern Technical Conference is being held on Friday, March 24th and Saturday, March 25th (Mark Those Calendars!!) at the The Atlantic Sands Hotel & Conference Center located at 1 Baltimore Ave, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971.
The Eastern Technical Conference is an amazing weekend filled with technical presentations and industry networking!
Technical Presentations will include three (3) talks on Friday, and six (6) talks on Saturday, covering a wide array of topics, such as, packaging inspection, USDA hop breeding, N/A beer, CO2 recovery, and a panel on lager beer. Our Keynote Presentation will be presented by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Founder and CEO, Sam Calagione.
Eastern Technical Conference networking events include a Friday night social at Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, DE (transportation is provided), a leisurely lunch, and a post conference happy hour at the hotel.
Additionally, a workshop on hop selection will preclude the conference on Friday morning before the official start of the Eastern Technical Conference.
Don't forget to register before it's too late!!!
Registration Pricing....
***Refunds will not be offered for this event***
Early Bird Registration pricing...
Available from February 1st - February 10th
$150 members / $170 non-members
Regular Registration pricing...
Available from February 11th - March 3rd
$170 members / $190 non-members
Procrastinator Registration pricing...
Available from March 4th - March 17th
$200 members / $220 non-members
Hop Selection Workshop Registration pricing...
**in addition to ETC registration**
$50 members / $70 non-members
Sam Calagione
Dr. Kayla Altendorf
- From: USDA
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Topic: Hop Breeding
Jeff Devoy
- From: Heuft
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Topic: Packaging Inspection
Jason Oliver, Dr. Urs Wellhoener & Tom Dargen
- Topic: Brewers Panel on Lagers
Dr. Urs Wellhoener
Oliver Meinhold
Julia Broaddus
Mike Gale and Anthony Castelli
Crystal Fraley
Patrick Chavanelle (Hop Quality Group - Allagash Brewing Company) & Ben Bailey (Hop Quality Group - Troegs Independent Brewing)
- Pre-Conference Course: From Bine to Beer - The Fundamentals for Ensuring Hop Quality
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Synopsis: An introduction to the quality controls during harvesting, processing, and the selection of hops. There will be a hands-on hop sensory evaluation with a discussion of techniques and approaches to the selection process. Brewers will leave with a better understanding for how the brewer/grower relationship has evolved, the importance of handling hops from a food safety perspective, and tools to utilize during hop selection and analysis.
Friday March 24th
- From Bine to Beer - The Fundamentals for Ensuring Hop Quality - Workshop:
An introduction to the quality controls during harvesting, processing, and the selection of hops. There will be a hands-on hop sensory evaluation with a discussion of techniques and approaches to the selection process. Brewers will leave with a better understanding for how the brewer/grower relationship has evolved, the importance of handling hops from a food safety perspective, and tools to utilize during hop selection and analysis.
**this workshop is offered at an additional cost and requires added registration on top of the ETC registration
- Technical presentations
- Friday night social at Dogfish Head in Milton, DE - transportation will be provided
Saturday, March 25th
- Breakfast & Lunch - included with registration
- Keynote speaker - Sam Calagione
- Technical presentations
- Leisurely lunch - included with registration
- Post conference happy hour
Post conference happy hour
Don't live close by and need a room?
UPDATED HOTEL INFORMATION - PLEASE READ!!
A block of rooms has been reserved for attendees of the conference.
To book a room - call (302) 227.2511
Book Under - Block #10753
There are still rooms available, but PLEASE DO NOT WAIT TO CALL as space is filling up quickly.
***If you would like to sponsor the Eastern Technical Conference, and have questions, please reach out to our Vice President Ben Bailey at bbailey@troegs.com***
We send a HUGE THANK YOU to our sponsors. Without your support, we wouldn't be able to bring in so many great speakers!
Gold Sponsors: Thank you to... The Country Malt Group, HAAS, Hopsteiner, Jasper Yeast, Omega Yeast, Pentair, Prairie Malt, Zee Loffler
Bronze Sponsors: Thank you to... Saint Joseph's University
