Craft Beer Professionals

Join us for a conversation with Brandon Selinsky (Beer Law HQ) on the current issues and pains points craft breweries are facing. From trademarks to copyright infringement, we hear from a legal perspective on best practices and how you can protect your intellectual property. We dive into examples of how small craft breweries have gone up against larger companies, and won. You will walk away with new strategies to strengthen your trademarks, and how to eliminate overlap with other breweries. Brandon specializes in trademarks and trade secrets, leading a proactive approach to alert clients early on to potential conflicts, ways to strengthen their trademarks, and how to eliminate overlap with other breweries. When a trademark war breaks out, his extensive local and federal litigation experience helps resolve issues efficiently. He has successfully represented breweries and other business clients in front of the USPTO, TTAB, and federal court. In addition to trademarks, Brandon specializes in beer and spirits law more broadly, including TTB compliance, licensing/permitting, and other regulatory issues. He is an active member in the Brewers Association and Colorado Brewers Guild. Learn more at BeerLawHQ.com Join us in-person for CBP Connects | Half workshop, half networking St. Louis, MO | June 20-22, 2022 Learn more at https://cbpconnects-stlouis.eventbrite.com/

Join us for a discussion with Kevin Barnes (former Brewmaster, Two Roots Brewing Company) on the rise of NA craft beer. We talk about the history and future of the trend. Kevin will give the basics and pros/cons of the various production methods. Kevin Barnes is the former Brewmaster for a successful and highly awarded NA craft Brewery, Two Roots. He is now working on new initiatives, including consulting for brewers and businesses looking to get into the NA beer market. He is passionate about getting more NA beers made and available, as well as continuing to help increase quality and diversity of styles offered. He has personally crafted NA beers using a few of the available techniques, and is very familiar with products made using the other options as well. Join us in-person for CBP Connects | Half workshop, half networking St. Louis, MO | June 20-22, 2022 Learn more at https://cbpconnects-stlouis.eventbrite.com/

What can we learn from the gaming industry? In this conversation, we speak with Jake Keyes (Skydance Brewing Company) about how a past career managing casinos better prepared him for operating his brewery. Jake shares the lessons he learned, why we need to invest in people, and his plans to ensure a successful future. Jake Keyes is a former tribal gaming executive, Native Business Magazine Top 50 Entrepreneur, brewer and owner of Oklahoma City’s first Native American owned craft brewery, Skydance Brewing Company. Join us in-person for CBP Connects | Half workshop, half networking St. Louis, MO | June 20-22, 2022 Learn more at https://cbpconnects-stlouis.eventbrite.com/

As the weather warms, you should not only be trying to WOW your guests with your outdoor space, but also create the safest experience possible. In this session, we will be joined by Kyle Rheiner (Arthur Hall Insurance/Beer Mighty Things podcast) to discuss best practices of beer garden safety. We will discuss everything from preventing underage drinking to the importance of keeping your tent from blowing away. Join us in-person for CBP Connects | Half workshop, half networking St. Louis, MO | June 20-22, 2022 Learn more at https://cbpconnects-stlouis.eventbrite.com/

CBP Stories showcase individual members who have an inspiring story to tell. Jonathan Hughes, Ph.D., is the director of brewing and sensory science at UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education and the microbiology instructor for the Master Brewers Certificate Program. He entered the brewing industry in 2013, when, as a graduate student in microbiology at UC Davis, he founded the QA/QC laboratory at Heretic Brewing Company in Fairfield, California. Before joining Continuing and Professional Education, Hughes served as the quality assurance manager at Heretic while teaching introductory brewing and microbiology classes at Sacramento State University and UC Davis. Join us in-person for CBP Connects | Half workshop, half networking St. Louis, MO | June 20-22, 2022 Learn more at https://cbpconnects-stlouis.eventbrite.com/

When you commit to the cost of a canning system, you are committing to more than the machine’s sticker price. Understanding the total cost of equipment ownership is crucial to buying the right canning system for your business and profitability goals, now and in the future. Considerations like equipment uptime, serviceability, labor, supply consumption, maintenance, and more can impact your efficiency or product quality – and ultimately, your bottom line.    This brewery panel discussion will prepare you for the hidden costs of canning equipment before you invest, so you can avoid unnecessary expenses and maximize your canning profits. Panelists: Joe Wells (Fair State Brewing Cooperative) Ken Ryan (Wild Goose) Tyler Jones (Black Hog Brewing) Moderator: Audra Gaiziunas (Brewed For Her Ledger) Join us in-person for CBP Connects | Half workshop, half networking St. Louis, MO | June 20-22, 2022 Learn more at www.CBPConnects.com

Collaborations are fun (and super popular these days). They're a great opportunity to create different and unique brews, while highlighting and creating community partnerships. However, all to often, collaborations are "one-offs" and fall short of developing true, long-standing relationships. This session will discuss how breweries and community partners can truly collaborate and create an experience that is mutually beneficial to all parties involved. Panelists: Caitlin Bradfield (Beers A’ Gogo) Chris Hughes (Thee Craft Beer Connoisseur) Michelle Turner (Excited To Feast)    Moderator: Jen Price (Crafted For Action / Craft Women Connect) Join us in-person for CBP Connects | Half workshop, half networking St. Louis, MO | June 20-22, 2022 Learn more at www.CBPConnects.com

If you want to succeed, you have to treat your team right. This means not only creating a safe and welcoming workplace, but also providing a compensation and benefits package that stands out to help you attract, maximize, and retain talent. In this conversation, we will ask the question “what is fair compensation?” and hear insight from our panelists’ unique perspectives. We will dive into aspects to consider, factors that impact, and challenge you to look at your company’s policies to see how you can be better. Panelists: Jake Keyes (Skydance Brewing) Jon Hyman (WIckens Law) Maxim Baru (Industrial Workers of the World) Stephanie Vavonese (Brew Recruit)  Moderator: Andrew Coplon (Craft Beer Professionals/Secret Hopper) Join us in-person for CBP Connects | Half workshop, half networking St. Louis, MO | June 20-22, 2022 Learn more at www.CBPConnects.com

Experiential learning for busy craft beer professionals disrupting the status quo --- who want to learn and practice the skills to gain the confidence to *keep going*/keep practicing boundaries in their work. Nice people who need to learn how to be kind to themselves first. Joy is difficult to sustain at work with the constant emotional drain and exasperation required to tolerate bullshit. An honest conversation between leaders in craft beer sharing their accounts of the highs and lows of setting clear and respected boundaries. With actionable takeaways to support people to bring their whole selves to work, creative thinking and doing. Panelists:   Andrew Coplon (Craft Beer Professionals/Secret Hopper) Jamaar Valentine (Community Brewing Ventures) Mariah Calagione (Dogfish Head Craft Brewery) Ren Navarro (Beer.Diversity.)    Moderator: Dana Kaluzny (Endswell Beer/Dana Kaluzny) Join us in-person for CBP Connects | Half workshop, half networking  St. Louis, MO | June 20-22, 2022  Learn more at www.CBPConnects.com

Please join us for a conversation with Lana Svitankova. Lana is an ambassador of Varvar Brewery (Kyiv, Ukraine), a writer, translator, educator, and Ukraine’s first ever certified Cicerone.    We will speak to the current atrocities taking place and how you, as a Craft Beer Professional, can show your support.   Learn more at https://drinkersforukraine.com/   Donate to the Red Cross humanitarian relief effort: https://www.icrc.org/en/donate/ukraine   From now and through April, CBP will be donating 50% of each CBP Connects registration to Drinkers for Ukraine, supporting the Red Cross relief fund. Please help us come together to raise funds for the Red Cross humanitarian relief effort.  https://cbpconnects-stlouis.eventbrite.com/?aff=DrinkersForUkraine