When

Friday October 23, 2015 at 12:00 PM PDT
-to-
Saturday October 24, 2015 at 2:00 PM PDT

Add to Calendar 

Where

Hilton Bellevue 
300 112th Avenue SE
(425) 455-1300
Bellevue, WA 98004
 

 
Driving Directions 

Contact

Christina LaRue 
MBAA District NW 
541-639-4772 
christina@worthybrewing.com 
 

MBAA District NW Fall Meeting 2015 

Fall is in the air.....

Join us for an exciting weekend in beautiful Bellevue, WA. This year's program will be centered around "Quality Assurance and Quality Control". Technical sessions will include talks on quality management, growing your quality lab, brewhouse efficiency, building a sensory program and much more!

Our host brewery for this meeting is Bellevue Brewing Co. - the Friday night social will be held at the hotel and we will be pouring local favorites.

 

Meeting location is at the Hilton Bellevue. We have a block of rooms at a room rate of $159/night (King or Double), which includes parking. Follow this link to book your room before September 23 - Hilton Rooms

If you were unable to attend the Spring 2015 meeting in Hood River, please visit our District Site for the meeting recap.

 All registration fees will increase by $20 after September 25th. 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 are interested in donating items for our raffle, please contact Christina LaRue.

CONFIRMED PRESENTERS and TOPICS:
  • Mary Pellettieri, La Pavia Beverages, Quality Management

  • Tom Shellhammer, Oregon State University, Growing Your Own Quality Lab

  • Van Havig, Gigantic Brewing, Brewhouse Efficiency

  • Linda BruslindOregon State University, Microbiological Methods for the Craft Brewer

  • Jeff ClawsonOregon State University, Building a Sensory Program

  • Willem van Waesberghe, Heineken, Craft or Craftsmanship: Does Size Matter?

  • Brian Jordan, Craft Brewers Alliance, Spectrophotometry and the Craft Brewer

  • Eric Lehmann, Hach Company, Understanding and Applying Dissolved Oxygen Technologies

For a copy of the final intinerary, click here: Technical Session Itinerary.

**We have added 5 addtional seats for Mary's pre-conference workshop. Click register below for more details.

We have arranged the following activities for Saturday afternoon:

Disc Golf Outing - Saturday, October 24th, 2pm
Howling Coyote Disc Golf Course
16900 W Riverside Drive
Bothell, WA 98011
"A semi-technical 10 hole course with plenty of wooded and low ceiling shots. Mostly short but obstacle and terrain changes add challenge."  This course is a 16 minute drive from the host hotel Hilton Bellevue.  This will be a casual 'just show up' outing.
Please email David Richter if you are interested in playing - david.richter@briess.com

Mountain Bike Ride - Saturday, October 24th, 2pm
This will be a mixed-skill level ride in the Cascade foothills - exact location will be determined based on weather.
Please email Craig Christian at craig@rooftopbrewco.com or Scott Smith at scott@mobilbottlingsource.com if you are interested.

Brewery Tours - Saturday, October 24th
We have arranged drop in tour for Saturday afternoon. Please see the link below for an area map with those breweries that are participating. You are responsible for your own transportation to/from the breweries.
Brewery Tours

The District NW Scholarship Application is due by September 1st. If you are interested in submitting, please follow this link and email your submittal to mbaa.districtnw@gmail.com - Application.

We know that cicrumstances arise and cancellations happen - in order to be fair to all, we have established a new cancellation policy:

Full refund offered if cancellation is by October 1st

50% refund offered if cancellation is by October 9th

No refund offered if cancellation is after October 9th

If you should have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Christina LaRue.