2023 Illinois Craft Brewers Convention and Tradeshow
10 Brickyard Dr
10 Brickyard Dr, Bloomington, IL 61701, USA
Illinois
40.4615233
-88.96786499999999
Description
The Illinois Craft Brewers Guild (ICBG, Inc.) in partnership with MBAA, presents the 6th annual Illinois Craft Brewers Convention on Monday, March 6th, and Tuesday, March 7th, 2023, at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Bloomington, IL ( 10 Brickyard Drive, Bloomington, IL 61701).
The convention will feature technical workshops, educational sessions, panel discussions, a tradeshow floor, networking, and a happy hour.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided on Monday and breakfast on Tuesday.
Sunday, March 5, 2023
Pre-conference Bloomington – Normal Brewery Hop. If you are heading to Bloomington on Sunday, be sure to join in on a self-guided brewery hop and have a beer or two on our tab at:
Casper Brewing Company 4:00 PM -8:00 PM
Fiala Brothers Brewery & Beer Hall 11 AM-10 PM
Keg Grove Brewing Company 11:00 AM -10:00 PM
LIL BEAVER BREWERY 11:00 AM -10:00 PM
White Oak Brewing 1:00 PM-7:00 PM
Tradeshow Floor Setup 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Atrium and Brickyard V & VI)
Monday, March 6, 2023
Illinois Brewers Convention 2023 – Day 1
DoubleTree By Hilton 10 Brickyard Dr. Bloomington, IL 61701
9:00 am -10:00 am
Check-in and Breakfast - DoubleTree by Hilton Atrium
10:00 -10:45 Main Room (Brickyard I & II)
Welcome Address – Ray Stout, Executive Director ICBG
Keynote Speaker – Christopher Shepard, Senior Editor of Beer Marketer’s INSIGHTS presents: Industry INSIGHTS: Tracking Trends in the US Craft Beer Market. Beer Marketer's INSIGHTS, Inc. has been the leading source of information about the US beer industry for over 50 years. Their goal is to provide readers with the most up-to-date, accurate information and news, as well as perspective, context, and insight. Through their publications and events, they strive to cover the news and provide insights as impartially as possible, with integrity, and to treat readers and news sources fairly and openly.
11:00 am -12:00 pm
Trade Show Floor Officially Opens 11 am- 5:30 pm (Atrium and Brickyard V & VI)
Seminar 1 (Brickyard I & II) Safety and Chemicals: Know the hazards in your brewery and how to keep you and your team safe presented by: Oliver Meinhold from Zee Loeffler and Roger Paveza from Vista Safety Consulting
Seminar 2 (Brickyard III & IV) To Cook or not to Cook - the state of kitchens, menus and food in tap rooms, brewpubs and breweries presented by: Michelle Foik from Eris Brewery and Cider House, David Dahl, LO REZ BREWERY & TAPROOM, Brandon Wright from Werk Force Brewing Co.
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch, Tradeshow, and Networking (Atrium, Brickyard I & II, Brickyard V & VI)
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Seminar 3 (Brickyard I & II) Conserving Co2 through recapture solutions for breweries of all sizes, tips to curb your Co2 consumption, and an update on the status of the Co2 supply chain, presented by: Amy George of Earthly Labs (Chart Industries), and Adam McCarthy & David McCarthy from MacCARB
Seminar 4 (Brickyard III & IV) Draft Standards-Cleaning, Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and making sure your jockey boxes are festival clean and ready, presented by: Drew Larson from Leaders Beverage Consulting
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Seminar 5 (Brickyard III & IV) An interactive roundtable conversation on promotion, marketing, and media relations – discussing what works and what hasn’t, a campfire session hosted by: Katie Carrier from ICBG and every participant in the seminar!
Seminar 6 (Brickyard I & II) A deep dive into innovation brew houses, building innovation into breweries of all sizes, presented by: David Ziebell from MORE Brewing, Ashton Lewis from MBAA Great Plains, Ryan O’Doherty from Half Acre Beer Company, Jim Cibek from Revolution Brewing.
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Tradeshow and Networking (Atrium, Brickyard I & II, Brickyard V & VI)
4:45 pm (front entrance of the hotel) Transportation begins to DESTIHL for Day 1 Reception 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Illinois Brewers Convention 2023 – Day 2
DoubleTree By Hilton 10 Brickyard Dr. Bloomington, IL 61701
9:00 am – 9:45 am Breakfast, Tradeshow floor opens
Day 2 Keynote Address (Brickyard I & II) – Marc Sorini, General Counsel of the Brewers Association has had a three-decade-long legal career focused on alcohol law and policy. He is a frequent speaker on those topics and works to make seemingly dry subjects like franchise reform interesting and engaging. Marc’s talk will provide an overview of the Brewers Association’s government affairs activities, discuss national trends in alcohol policy, and take a closer look at ongoing developments like the pending Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau rulemaking to modernize federal trade practice regulations.
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Seminar 7 (Brickyard III & IV) A panel of experts discusses legal trends covering the state of Illinois, intellectual property and trademark law, federal trends, and the TTB presented by: Ashley Brandt from Tucker Ellis LLP, Bill O’Donaghue from Georges & Synowiecki, Glenn Rice from Funkhouser Vegosen Liebman & Dunn LTD, and Marc Sorini from the Brewers Association
Seminar 8 (Brickyard I & II) Stabilizing your beer through pasteurization presented by: Gus Grosenbaugh, and Mike Owens from Goose Island Beer Co.
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Seminar 9 (Brickyard I & II) Carbon Dioxide Equivalent Comparison of Commercial Hop Varieties presented by: Doug Wilson from Hopsteiner
Seminar 10 (Brickyard III & IV) Understanding the market, processes, and potential of nonalcoholic Craft Beer presented by: Ben Jordan from ABV Technology, Ryan Brei from Octopi Brewing, Joe Chura from Go Brewing
Book your room at https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/bmidtdt-icb-1ab77d08-0220-4867-8830-fde0b3819baa/
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Start:
2023-03-06T09:00:00-06:00
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2023-03-07T12:00:00-06:00
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