Contact
Christina LaRueMBAA District NW
541-639-4772
christina@worthybrewing.com
MBAA District NW Spring Meeting 2014
Spring is just around the corner!
Join us for another fun-filled weekend in beautiful Hood River, OR. This year's program will be centered around brewhouse safety and barley. Please see the full itinerary below.
Practical tours this year will be hosted at Double Mountain Brewery and Pfriem Family Brewers. There will also be disc and regular golf happening on Friday. Please see more details via the registration page.
This year's social event will be hosted by Double Mountain Brewery at their warehouse. Heated tent, music and beer!
Meeting location will be the ever popular Best Western Inn located at 1108 E Marina Way. **Update 4/7 - the Best Western is sold out! They have referred us to the Hood River Hotel, located at 102 Oak Street. Their phone number is 541-386-1900 - their rooms rates start at $99/night plus tax.
Online registration is now open. All registration rates will increase by $20 after April 11th. There are multiple payment options - credit card via PayPal, send a check or pay at the door (we will be accepting credit cards at the door).
Everyone is encouraged to bring 4-6 cases of beer for the hospitality suite.
If you were unable to attend the Fall 2013 meeting in Yakima, please visit our District Site for the meeting recap.
If you should have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Christina LaRue.
Technical Session Itinerary:
Friday, May 2nd
10:00AM-1:00PM Practical Tours – Double Mountain & Pfriem
12:30PM-1:30PM Check in & Registration
1:30PM-2:30PM MBAA NW District Members Meeting
2:30PM-2:45PM Break
2:45PM-3:30PM Brewery Safety: Top Hazards and How to Reduce Risk – Andrew Dagnam, EORM
3:30PM-3:45pm Break
3:45PM-4:30PM How to Start an HACCP Program for Your Brewery Using MBAA Available Tools – Leon Fyfe, CBA
4:30PM-5:00PM Break
5:00PM-5:45PM How to Perform a Product Recall – Mary Rait, CBA
5:45PM-6:30PM Malty Beers Brewers Panel Discussion:
Ken Johnson – Fearless Brewing Co. – Estacada, OR
Elan Walsky – Coalition Brewing Co.. – Portland, OR
Darrek Smith – Big Horse Brew Pub – Hood River, OR
Eli Dickison – Barley Browns Brew Pub – Baker City, OR
7:00PM-8:30PM Dinner
8:30PM-11:00PM Social Event at Double Mountain Warehouse
Saturday, May 3rd
8:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast
9:15AM-10:00AM Barley and Beer Flavor: Moving Ahead – Pat Hayes, OSU
10:00AM-10:15AM Break
10:15AM-11:00AM The Future of Malting Barley in North America – Mike Davis, American Malting Barley Association
11:00AM-11:15AM Break
11:15AM-12:00PM Omission/Reduced Gluten/Gluten Free Beers – Joe Casey, CBA
A microscope is the first piece of lab equipment a brewery should purchase. Through this introductory class, brewers will learn how to use a microscope and do the following:
• Learn the basics of, and perform serial dilutions.
• Perform cell counts on yeast slurry, pitched wort and fermenting or finished beer.
• Perform viability analysis on yeast.
• Preliminary identification of microorganisms other than yeast.
• Use the information gathered through cell counts to calculate cells/ml and proper pitching quantities
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