Ohio Craft Brewers Conference 2020 – Day 1

Dayton Convention Center, 22 E. Fifth St., Dayton, OH 45402

7:30 – 9 a.m.: Breakfast and registration/badge pickup in the main lobby

8 – 11 a.m.: Breakfast Beverage Bar at the Country Malt Group booth (100-101) in the trade show hall (Exhibit Hall 102)

8 a.m. – 6 p.m.:  Trade show hours (Exhibit Hall 102)

10 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Ohio Division of Liquor Control available for questions at booth #90

9 – 10 a.m.:

Main Room (103): Welcome address with Mary MacDonald, OCBA Executive Director and Collin Castore, Seventh Son Brewing, OCBA Board President
Keynote Speaker: US Craft: Trends and Trajectories with Christopher Shepard, Senior Editor, Craft Brew News, Beer Marketer’s INSIGHTS

10 – 10:45 a.m.:

Main Room (103): Yeast Management – It’s All About the Fermentation with Victor Pool, Columbus Brewing Company

Fundamentals Room (302-303): Creating a Brand Building Merchandise Program with Tracey Ireland, Rhinegeist Brewery

Business of Beer Room (306): Taxes for Breweries 101 with Judy Sees and Kayla Emanuelson, Schroedel, Scullin & Bestic CPAs and Adam Keck, Modern Methods Brewing Company

11 – 11:45 a.m.:

Main Room (103): What Your Brewery Can Learn from Disney with Carla Gesell-Streeter, Cincinnati State Tech & Community College

Fundamentals Room (302-303): The State and Federal TTB Permit Process: What to Know Before You Brew with James Niekamp, Graydon Law

Business of Beer Room (306): Design and Branding for the Modern Craft Brewery with Greg Althoff, Rhinegeist Brewery

12 – 2 p.m.: TRADE SHOW TIME (Exhibit Hall 102)

12:45 – 2 p.m.: Lunch in Exhibit Hall 102

2 – 2:45 p.m.:

Main Room (103): Get Noticed! Media Relations for the Brewing Industry Panel moderated by Justin Hemminger, OCBA with Rick Armon, Ohio Beer Blog, Jess Baker, CraftBeer.com, Nick Bowman, Warped Wing Brewing Company and Kevin Moreland, Fretboard Brewing

Fundamentals Room (302-303): Creating a Respectful and Psychologically Safe Workplace with Sam Lillard and Mat Parker, Fisher Phillips

Business of Beer Room (306): Building and Running a Successful Private Events Program with Chelsy Kokenge, Rhinegeist Brewery

3 – 3:45 p.m.:

Main Room (103): Practical Applications in Sustainability with Janae Chaney, Rhinegeist Brewery

Fundamentals Room (302-303): Risk and Safety Awareness in the Brewing Industry with George Shaw, Wandering Griffin Brewpub

Business of Beer Room (306): A Bottom’s Up Approach to Digital Marketing with Devon Hoffman, Site-Seeker

4 – 6 p.m.: Trade Show Time and Happy Hour in Exhibit Hall 102

6:30 – 11 p.m.: Trade Show tear down time

Evening Activities
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Official Conference Reception, Warped Wing Brewing Company, 26 Wyandot St., Dayton, OH 45402. Sponsored by 3-hab, Amoretti, BSG Craft Brewing, ChemStation, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP and Hopsteiner.

4 – 11 p.m.: All badge holders receive half off two Fifth Street Brewpub beers. At 4 p.m. we will tap Viscous Commodities, our collaboration barleywine aged one year in 23 year bourbon barrels. 1600 E. Fifth St., Dayton 45403

8 – 10 p.m. Oak Lagered Microcastle Pilsner tapping at Branch & Bone. Stop out and try our Microcastle Pilsner that was lagered in an oak barrel for 6 weeks. Beer taps at 4 p.m. 905 Wayne Ave., Dayton, 45410

8 – ?? p.m. Brewer’s Karaoke Party at Blind Bob’s presented by Branch & Bone and Origin Malt present in the Historic Oregon District. 5 Beers on tap brewed with Origin Malt from Branch & Bone, Wooly Pig, Missing Mountain and Nocterra. 430 E. Fifth St., Dayton 45420

9 p.m. BMI presents Sam James (Songland/The Voice) live at Toxic Brew Company, 431 E. Fifth St., Dayton, OH 45402. Conference badge holders will receive one free beer compliments of BMI.

Ohio Craft Brewers Conference 2020 – Day 2

Dayton Convention Center, 22 E. Fifth St., Dayton, OH 45402

7:30 – 9 a.m.: Breakfast and registration/badge pickup in the main lobby

9 – 9:45 a.m.:

Main Room (103): Keynote Speaker: Quality: A Complete Picture with Neil Witte, Quality Ambassador, Brewers Association

10 – 10:45 a.m.:

Main Room (103): Taproom Management Panel moderated by Bob Szuter, Wolf’s Ridge Brewing with Jason Brewer, Listermann Brewing, Mike Byrne, Lineage Brewing, Allison Pryce, Great Lakes Brewing Company and Chris Stokley, MadTree Brewing

Fundamentals Room (302-303): What I Wish I Knew Before Opening a Brewery with Brian Grafton, FMD Architects and Michael Chisnell and Megan Slater, Ignite Brewing Company

Business of Beer Room (306): We Love Our Distributor with Max Fram and Bobby Slattery, Fifty West Brewing Company and Chris Cianciolo, Stagnaro Distributing

Fermentation Room (305): A Modern Approach to Microbiology QC with Lance Shaner, Omega Yeast

11 – 11:45 a.m.:

Main Room (103): Craft Beer Consumer Education: Communicating Supply Chain and Process to Consumers; the Why, When and How – Panel moderated by Sara Hagerty, Origin Malt with Chris Shields, Rhinegeist Brewery, Trevor Self, Madtree Brewing and Lori Duncan, Nocterra Brewing Company

Fundamentals Room (302-303): Methods and Mechanisms for Successful Brewery Sanitation with Rudy Othmer and/or Gary Macmann, Enerco Corporation

Business of Beer Room (306): Finding the Sweet Spot: Growing Your Brewery and Understanding How and Where to Invest Your Profits with Audra Gaiziunas, CEO, Bhramari Brewing Company

Fermentation Room (305): Doing It All – Barrel Aging at Wolf’s Ridge Brewing with Chris Davison, Wolf’s Ridge Brewing

12 – 12:45 p.m.:

Main Room (103): Should I Start Selling My Beer with a Wholesaler or Self-Distribute? with Sara Cleary, Fat Head’s Brewery and Eric Butler and Adam Hickernell, Wolf’s Ridge Brewing

Fundamentals Room (302-303): Crafting a Destination Brewery with Brian Grafton, FMD Architects, John Haggerty, Warped Wing Brewing Company and Ronald Shea, R.Shea Brewing

Business of Beer Room (306): How to Win Sales in a Crowded Self-Distribution Marketplace with Jay Levinson, Urban Artifact

Fermentation Room (305): Avoiding Malt Off-Flavors and Optimizing Shelf Stability in Beer with Tyler Schoales, Great Western Malting and Kevin Ely, Wooly Pig Farm Brewery

12:45 – 2 p.m.: Lunch in Exhibit Hall 102

2 – 2:45 p.m.:

Main Room (103): 2020 Hop Industry Update with Roy Johnson, John I. Haas, Inc.

Fundamentals Room (302-303): OSHA Alliance with the Ohio Craft Brewers – Lessons Learned with Keith Bullock, Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation

Business of Beer Room (306): Time to Hire a Sales Person? Building Your Team 101 with Sara Cleary, Fat Head’s Brewery

Fermentation Room (305): Fruit and Fermentation: First Hand Observations in Steel and Oak with Joshua Elliott, Urban Artifact

Evening Activities

4 – 11 p.m.: All badge holders receive half off two Fifth Street Brewpub beers. 1600 E. Fifth St., Dayton 45403