Craft Beer Professionals

Let's explore the brewing industry's pressure points and the solutions to tackle them. We'll take a closer look at a wide range of factors that put pressure on the industry, like market competition, changing customer demands, sustainability, technology advancements, and economic fluctuations. Our panelists will shed insight on market forces at large, agronomics, and technology with the goal to better prepare you for the future. Panelists: Adrian Hot (Blue Point Brewery), Michael Roy (Roy Farms), Ross Hunsinger (Abstrax Hops), Tyler Thurman (Highland Park Brewery) Moderator: Andrew Coplon (Craft Beer Professionals/Secret Hopper) Join us in-person for CBP Connects Half workshop, half networking Charleston, SC | December 4-6, 2023 Grab your spot now at https://cbpconnects-charleston.eventbrite.com/

In this panel, you’ll learn how to unlock your full leadership potential! Led by Pulkit K. Agrawal of Beer30 by The 5th Ingredient, this panel will include 3 other brewery leaders who have led their teams through the highs and lows. The four of them will discuss different successes and failures that they have encountered in their leadership journeys. The panel will provide insights on the best practices for driving a team to success while balancing the concerns of each team member! Panelists: Jen Busch (VP of Finance at Kona Brewing), RJ Tursi (Founder & CEO of Exile Brewing), Hamish Coates (Founder & CEO of Rocky Ridge Brewing) Moderator: Pulkit K. Agrawal (Founder & CEO, Beer30 by The 5th Ingredient) Join us in-person for CBP Connects Half workshop, half networking Charleston, SC | December 4-6, 2023 Grab your spot now at https://cbpconnects-charleston.eventbrite.com/

Join us for a deep dive discussion on maximizing the impact of your brand communications to better connect with your staff, wholesalers, retailers, consumers and more! We have gathered a group of industry professionals representing different size breweries and priorities to discuss how each of them are ensuring their messaging is heard and discoverable through sales sheets, websites, internal trainings, and more. We will dive into how their brand information is broadcast into the world and explore strategies that you can implement yourselves. Panelists: Chris Shields (Rhinegeist), Erik Fowler (White Labs), Paige Martin (Second Pitch Beer Co.) Moderator: Josh Lindsay (MarketMyBrewery) Thank you to AbstraxHops + MarketMyBrewery for helping keep our community and content 100% free and accessible to all Craft Beer Professionals. Join us in-person for CBP Connects Half workshop, half networking Charleston, SC | December 4-6, 2023 Grab your spot now at https://cbpconnects-charleston.eventbrite.com/

At CBC in Nashville this past May, BA Chief Economist, Bart Watson, encouraged brewery owners / operators to be more creative in finding ways to reach new audiences. An historically underserved community breweries can do a better job of reaching is the disability community. There are three levels of accommodations: ADA compliance, Accessibility & Inclusivity. This session will focus on the difference between the three levels and focus on how breweries can be more accessible to people with disabilities. Creating a great customer experience that accommodates more people is good for the community and the bottom line. ADA compliance is important but is the minimum requirement. Easy to implement, actionable information will be shared by a panel composed of a disability rights advocate, brewery architect, and brewery owner. Attendees of this session will discover how they can appeal to and support customers with disabilities while maintaining the integrity of their existing brewery brand. Panelists: Dustin Hauck (Hauck Architecture), Kelly Ferketich Weiss (Perkiomen Valley Brewery), Tim McLaughlin (GoTab) Moderator: Meghan Connolly Haupt (New York State Brewers Association)

For a brewery to see maximum success, effective communication must exist between departments. Unfortunately, there is often a great disconnect between front-of-house and back, and beyond. In this session, we will be joined by panelists across brewery roles to discuss strategies to improve intra-brewery communication. Panelists: Alison Wisneski (Lady Justice Brewing), Brittany Waiss (KettleHouse Brewing Co.), Jen Tooman (Jamesport Brewing Company), Josh Lindsay (MarketMyBrewery) Moderator: Andrew Coplon (Craft Beer Professionals/Secret Hopper)

Chris Holden, Director of Sales and Marketing for the Hop Guild and a grower in New York state, will give his State of the Hop Industry address. He will discuss the 2023 growing season, importane of selection and proper contracting, and what makes New York Hops unique. Join Chris for this informative session on the state of hops and learn insight into how to prepare for the future. Christopher Holden grew up on my families farm and now the 7th generation to farm the property. His great great grandfather grew hops in the 1800's on our farm. The current operation started in 2013 and they've been slowly expanding the operation ever sense. In 2018 Chuck Rhoades and Christopher started The HOPGUILD (New York Hop Guild) to help with problems many brewers were facing with locally grown hops. Quality, Quantity and lastly Consistency. Brewers had to do to much work to make sure that year over year they had the local hops they needed. They quickly expanded outside New York with offering hops grown in the PNW, Michigan, Germany and New Zealand!

This conversation is a behind the scenes look at the Taproom Success Membership. The Taproom Success community is dedicated to providing you with the tools for greater taproom success. Learn more and claim a free month here. We are excited to welcome Jon Hyman, an attorney who focuses on Craft Beer and Employment/Labor. Join Jon for a conversation on how you can best recruit, maintain, and retain your brewery staff. In this conversation we touch on everything from hiring practices, personnel files, and how to best motivate your team.   Jon Hyman is Shareholder and Director at Wickens Herzer Panza in Avon, Ohio, where he is the Chairperson of the firm’s Craft Beer and Employment/Labor practice groups. Jon focuses his practice on management-side labor and employment law, providing businesses proactive solutions to solve their workforce problems and reactive solutions when they find themselves litigating against an employee or group of employees. Jon also serves a niche in the craft beer industry, assisting breweries, brewpubs, and taprooms navigate their specialized business, legal, and regulatory issues.   Jon is a nationally recognized speaker, and the author of the renowned and award-winning Ohio Employer Law Blog (an American Bar Association Blawg Hall of Fame inductee), which he updates daily to provide businesses and human resources professionals breaking news and other updates on the ever-changing landscape of labor and employment law. Finally, Jon was a November 1999 contestant on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, but sadly lacked the fastest fingers. Join us in-person for CBP Connects | Half workshop, half networking Charleston, SC | December 4-6, 2023 Grab your spot now at https://cbpconnects-charleston.eventbrite.com/

With non-alcoholic sales trending upwards across the board, it is important to understand, not only why, but what you as a business owner or decision-maker can take/implement from this data. This presentation will briefly discuss NA beer definitions, history, and the market while also covering topics such as commercial examples and the actual NA brewing process. We will end with key points and actionable takeaways. Meagen Anderson has lived a zero-proof lifestyle since 2020 and has a deep passion for elevating the category and reducing stigmas associated with the production / sales / marketing / service of alcohol-free and non-alcoholic adult beverages. Anderson holds an MBA in Sustainable Business, and is a 15-year beverage industry veteran with a commercial portfolio that includes national beer education roles with the Boston Beer Company as well as global hops sales management roles with Kalsec and NZ Hops Ltd. Outside of a love for training and education, Anderson has consulted for breweries, cannabis beverage producers, and commercial hop producers and brands. Anderson is also a Certified Cicerone®, Certified BJCP judge, and has completed over 140 hours of in-person beer sensory training with the esteemed Dr. Bill Simpson. Join us in-person for CBP Connects | Half workshop, half networking Charleston, SC | December 4-6, 2023 Grab your spot now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cbp-connects-charleston-presented-by-arryved-pos-december-4-6-2023-tickets-496439653367?aff=oddtdtcreator

Dino Day Fest: an epic celebration of National Dinosaur Day. It can be easy to get in a routine of hosting the same ole' events. Trivia, {fill in the blank] market, paint nights. However, it is important that you continually innovate and test new concepts. Dino Day Fest is the brainchild of Forgotten Road Ales. In this session we will learn about its origins, the required planning, the partnerships that make it happen, the keys to execution, and metrics used to measure the success. Get excited for a conversation on how thinking outside the box can give you a competitive advantage. This conversation features: Ben Farrar - Forgotten Road Ales Janée Farrar - Forgotten Road Ales Join us in-person for CBP Connects | Half workshop, half networking Charleston, SC | December 4-6, 2023 Grab your spot now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cbp-connects-charleston-presented-by-arryved-pos-december-4-6-2023-tickets-496439653367?aff=oddtdtcreator

In our new "What's Going on in..." series. We will partner with State Guilds to spotlight their current successes, challenges, and trends. There is so much we can learn from one another and we hope these conversations can provide you with valuable insights applicable to your state. First up: South Carolina. This conversation features: Campbell Mims (Executive Director, South Carolina Brewers Guild) Pearce Fleming (President, South Carolina Brewers Guild; Commonhouse Aleworks) Terry Horner (Vice President, South Carolina Brewers Guild; Liability Brewing Company Join us in-person for CBP Connects | Half workshop, half networking Charleston, SC | December 4-6, 2023 Grab your spot now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cbp-connects-charleston-presented-by-arryved-pos-december-4-6-2023-tickets-496439653367?aff=oddtdtcreator