📍: Junior Ballroom 1

Presented by Lexie Zielke, Blackbird Brewery

📍: Junior Ballroom 2

Presented by Christopher Shepard

📍: Meeting Room

Presented by Pablo Gomez, White Labs

This presentation explores how pressurized fermentation impacts yeast metabolism and beer flavor, with a focus on lager production. It explains the roles of hydrostatic and headspace pressure, how dissolved CO₂ influences key metabolic pathways such as ester and fusel alcohol formation, and how brewers can use pressure as a tool to produce cleaner, more efficient fermentations.

📍: Junior Ballroom 1

Presented by Christa Donofrio, Owner, Beer Tooth Taproom

📍: Junior Ballroom 2

Presented by Matt Gacioch

📍: Meeting Room

Presented by Spencer Tielkemeier, Yakima Chief Hops

With a rapidly-expanding array of liquid hop aroma options in market, brewers have more tools than ever before in pursuing high-quality, efficient, and cost-effective beer. Join the Yakima Chief Hops R&D team as they work to demystify the many types of liquid products, and explore how the principles of beer/hop solubility can have significant effects on recipe design and finished beer outcomes.

📍: Junior Ballroom 1

📍: Junior Ballroom 2

Presented by Alex Labonge, Next Glass

📍: Meeting Room

Panel: Devin Singley, Local Time Brewing

A discussion about different rice types and how we use them in the brewhouse.

📍: Junior Ballroom 1

Presented by Scott Kolbe, Market Your Craft

📍: Junior Ballroom 2

Presented by Laurie and Corey Bryson, Balsam Falls Brewing

📍: Meeting Room

Presented by Alex Titov, Lallemand Brewing

This session provides a practical and science-driven overview of processing aids used in modern brewing. While many brewers are familiar with traditional ingredients, processing aids are often misunderstood, underutilized, or even avoided altogether. We will explore the full spectrum of processing aids - including enzymes, fining agents, stabilizers, antifoams, and antioxidants - focusing on how they work, where they are applied, and what problems they are designed to solve. Particular attention will be given to the underlying biochemical mechanisms, such as protein-polyphenol interactions, enzyme specificity, and colloidal stability.

📍: Junior Ballroom 1

Presented by Jimmy Petersen, Grandstand

📍: Junior Ballroom 2

Presented by Luke Truman, BetterBev

📍: Meeting Room

📍: Junior Ballroom 1

Presented by Julie Rhodes, Not Your Hobby Marketing

📍: Junior Ballroom 2

Presented by Andrew Wright, Attorney, Allen Stahl + Kilbourne (ASK Law)

📍: Meeting Room