Schedule Released for Ohio Craft Brewers Conference

Ohio Craft Brewers Conference Presented by Ohio Beer Counsel 

The second Ohio Craft Brewers Conference will take place February 3-4, 2016 at the Dayton Convention Center. Registration is $200 per person. Discounted registration is available for OCBA brewery and allied members for $150 per person ($125 per person for groups of 3 or more from the same organization). Registration includes breakfast and lunch both days, a flash drive containing the conference presentations, a trade show with allied industry members and optional post-conference activities. Registration is available at this link: http://www.beerfesttickets.com/conference2016

The Ohio Craft Brewers Conference Presented by Ohio Beer Counsel is supported by Brewers Professional Alliance, Frantz WardHunter Consulting Company, Sahm Inc, Craft ConnectionReminger Co., LPA, Dayton Convention & Visitors Bureau, RSM USBriess Malt & Ingredients Co and Malteurop North America.

The Crowne Plaza adjacent to the Dayton Convention Center is the official hotel of the Ohio Craft Brewers Conference. Reservations can be made here►

Conference Schedule

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Trade show set up 12 – 5 p.m. at the Convention Center

 

OCBA Quarterly Member Meeting

Carillon Brewing Company, 1000 Carillon Blvd., Dayton, Ohio 45409

3-3:30PM Adam C. Armstrong and Kevin Connell of Ohio Beer Counsel: Brewery Advertising in the Age of Social Media

3:30-4PM Tanya Brock of Carillon Brewing Company: Building an 1850s Brewery

4:00 – 5:30PM OCBA Member Meeting. Speakers include Jared Friesner of Blue Label Digital Printing, Label & Packaging Trends for Craft Breweries; Greg Schuliger of Millcraft, Craft Brewery Packaging Solutions—Your Local Expert; Shane Clapham of Berlin Packaging

5:30 – 7:00 PM OCBA reception at Carillon Brewing Company

8:00 – 11:00 PM Evening brewery tours optional provided by Craft Connection Brewery Tours (space is limited, vans leave the Crowne Plaza at 8PM SHARP)

 

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Dayton Convention Center, 22 E. 5th Street, Dayton, OH 45402

7:30 – 9 a.m. Breakfast and registration

Trade show hours 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

9 – 10 a.m.

Main room: Welcome address with Eric Bean of Columbus Brewing Company, OCBA Board President and Mary MacDonald, OCBA Executive Director

Keynote speaker: Jim Koch of Sam Adams Brewery  “Lessons learned or still crazy after these beers!”

10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Main room: Local Ingredient Sourcing with Ohio Hop Growers Guild and Andrew and Craig Martahus of Haus Malts

Start-up room: Where to Begin to Build a Brewery with Dan Slate, Jeff Jacobson and Scott Hunt of Brewers Professional Alliance

Special topic room: Navigating Trademark Law with Acacia Perko and Amanda Gatti of Reminger Co., LPA

11 a.m. –12 p.m.

Main room: Common OSHA Compliance Issues with Keith Bullock, Safety Consultant, OSHA On-site Consultation Program

Start-up room: Small Lab Basics & Equipment List with John Stewart of Perrin Brewing Company

Special topic room: Brewery Software Options with Baker Tilly and Brewers Professional Alliance

12 – 1 p.m.

Main room: Brewery Safety with Matt Stinchfield, Brewers Association Safety Ambassador

Start-up room: Water Treatment for Beer and Boilers with Larry Horwitz of Four String Brewing (beer) and Rudy Othmer of Enerco Corporation (boilers)

Special topic room: Expand to Brew More Barrels with Chad Owens, Vice President, Key Equipment Finance, Nathan West, Vice President, Relationship Manager, Commercial Banking, Chris Boesch, Vice President, Relationship Manager, Commercial Banking, Brian Shanahan, Vice President, Relationship Manager, Commercial Banking and George Sent, Jr., KeyBanc Capital Markets, M & A Group of Key Bank

12:45 – 2 p.m. Lunch for all

2 – 3 p.m.

Main room: Dryhopping Techniques and Technology (panel) with Matt Cole of Fat Head’s Brewery, Jim Matt of Rhinegeist and Santiago Gomez of Apotek Solutions

Start-up room: Financing Your First Keg with David Kinzel, Vice President, Senior SBA Relationship Manager

of Key Bank

Special topic room: The basics of Cleaning & Sanitizing Chemistry with Rudy Othmer of Enerco Corporation and CIP Technologies for Effective Cleaning of Brewery Equipment with Torben Anderson of McFlusion

3 – 4 p.m.

Main room: Assembling a Tasting Panel for Your Brewery with Kevin Payne of Bell’s Brewery

Start-up room: Safety Gear Your Brewery Needs, Matt Stinchfield, Brewers Association Safety Ambassador

Special topic room: Process & Techniques for Souring During Pre-boil with Bret Kollmann Baker & Josh Elliott of Urban Artifact Brewing

4 – 5 p.m.

Main room: Off Flavor Recognition Sensory Panel, Luke Purcell, Great Lakes Brewing Company and Rob Gerrity of Sierra Nevada

Evening activities TBA

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Dayton Convention Center, 22 E. 5th Street, Dayton, OH 45402

8:00 – 10 a.m. Breakfast

Trade show hours 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.

10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Main room: Legal Discussion Panel: Ohio Alcoholic Beverage Franchise Law with Frantz Ward LLP, Ohio Department of Liquor Control Regulations with Chris O. Paparodis of Lane Alton

Start-up room: Planning/Starting a Physical Plant with Andy Tveekrem, Market Garden Brewery

Special topic room: Developing & Practicing Sustainable Brewing with Veolia Water Technologies

11 a.m. –12 p.m.

Main room: What/Where/When of Quality Assurance & Quality Control with John Stewart of Perrin Brewing Company

Start-up room: Human Resources Issues: Affordable Big Company Employee Benefits for Small Company Budgets with John Fonner of New York Life; Harassment Prevention and Resolution Strategies with Daniel E. Burke, Attorney and Anthony R. Robertson, Attorney of Graydon Head

Special topic room: Brewery Automation with John Blystone, Electrical Controls Engineer of Great Lakes Brewing Company

12 – 1 p.m.

Main room: Yeast Panel with Master Brewers Association of the Americas

12:45 – 2 p.m. Lunch for all

2 p.m. MBAA District Midwest General Meeting

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