

Craft Beer Professionals
Craft Beer Professionals
Craft Beer Professionals is a national network dedicated to the growth and betterment of the craft beer industry. CBP unifies and elevates the industry through educational content, peer to peer dialogue, and unique community events.
Educational sessions, interviews, and panel conversations that dive into critical topics in the craft beer industry.
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Educational sessions, interviews, and panel conversations that dive into critical topics in the craft beer industry.
[Stay up to date with CBP]
www.CraftBeerProfessionals.org
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Oct 11, 2022 • 7min
Online Advertising & Your Brewery: Dos and Don’ts (Fall Virtual Conference Preview)
CBP Fall Conference Preview: Online Advertising & Your Brewery: Dos and Don’ts w/Devon Hoffman (Site-Seeker)
October 19, 3:30pm ET
View the complete schedule and RSVP for your chance to win a limited edition CBP shirt: https://fall2022.craftbeerprofessionals.org/
Huge thanks to ABS Commercial, Pneumatic Scale Angelus, and CO2Meter

Oct 8, 2022 • 48min
The Value of Coaching & Why You Should Wear Yellow
In this conversation we talk about the value of coaching, becoming a more successful leader, and strategies to stand out.
This conversation features:
Dana Kaluzny (Endswell Beer)
Larry Chase (Ray Johnson Group)
Pulkit K. Agrawal (The 5th Ingredient)
View the complete schedule and RSVP for your chance to win a limited edition CBP shirt: https://fall2022.craftbeerprofessionals.org/
Huge thanks to ABS Commercial, Pneumatic Scale Angelus, and CO2Meter

Oct 7, 2022 • 5min
What Do You Mean There’s No Alcohol? (Fall Virtual Conference Preview)
CBP Fall Conference Preview: What Do You Mean There’s No Alcohol? Sales and Marketing Strategies for NA Beer w/Scott Kolbe (Market Your Craft)
October 18, 4pm ET
View the complete schedule and RSVP for your chance to win a limited edition CBP shirt: https://fall2022.craftbeerprofessionals.org/
Huge thanks to ABS Commercial, Pneumatic Scale Angelus, and CO2Meter

Oct 5, 2022 • 8min
Beer and Balance: Strategies for Social, Mental, and Physical Wellbeing (Fall Virtual Conference Preview)
CBP Fall Conference Preview: Beer and Balance: Strategies for Social, Mental, and Physical Wellbeing in the Craft Beer Industry w/Dana Kaluzny (Endswell Beer) and Tom Halaska (Ritual Beverage)
October 19, 12pm ET
View the complete schedule and RSVP for your chance to win a limited edition CBP shirt: https://fall2022.craftbeerprofessionals.org/
Huge thanks to ABS Commercial, Pneumatic Scale Angelus, and CO2Meter

Oct 1, 2022 • 33min
CBP Connects: Highlights from Virginia
Thank you to everyone who attended CBP Connects in 2022. In this conversation, we reflect on the highlights, relationships, and reasons why this is a must attend event for 2023.
This conversation features:
Brad Lugar (Steel City Tap)
Madeline McMahon (Float Fermentations)
Pulkit K. Agrawal (The 5th Ingredient)
Tracy Bardugon (Fire Maker Brewing Company)
Grab your spot now for CBP Connects Milwaukee (June 19-21, 2023)

Sep 28, 2022 • 1h 7min
A Tale of Two Brews: A Conversation on Brewery Coffee Shops
So many taprooms sit empty for a bulk of the day. In this conversation, we will talk with brewery owners and managers that not only serve beer, but also operate as a coffee shop. We will dive into why they chose this model, strategies for success, lessons they've learned, and items for you to consider if looking into a similar concept.
This conversation features:
Lindsey Forsche (Four Keys Brewing)
Chuck Garrity (Death of the Fox Brewing)
Corrie Bateman (COVA Brewing Company)
Morgan O'Sullivan (Flyteco Brewing)
Steve Dedman (Honey Bee Coffee and Brewery)
RSVP for the CBP Fall Virtual Conference.

Sep 27, 2022 • 7min
How to Make Ownership Your Competitive Advantage (Fall Virtual Conference Preview)
CBP Fall Conference Preview: How to Make Ownership Your Competitive Advantage with Larry Chase (Ray Johnson Group)
October 17, 12:30pm ET
View the complete schedule and RSVP for your chance to win a limited edition CBP shirt: https://fall2022.craftbeerprofessionals.org/
Huge thanks to ABS Commercial, Pneumatic Scale Angelus, and CO2Meter

Sep 21, 2022 • 38min
Build Your Brewery's Content Marketing Strategy Around These 5 Channels
With so many new content and social media platforms popping in and out of existence, there is an overwhelming volume of options for your brewery to communicate with your audience. However, if you are trying to run a content marketing plan that is effective RIGHT NOW, then you definitely need to focus on these 5 channels.
1. Email
2. Instagram
3. Facebook
4. Google My Business
5. Website (Blog)
In this session, we’ll break down why these channels are essential and how to best leverage them for your marketing strategy. We’ll discuss KPIs, design specifications, and tactics for each channel. We’ll even highlight some helpful software that you can utilize for each channel. Even if you’re already using some or all of these channels, you’re still going to gain valuable insight on how you can improve your efforts.
Chris Overlay is the founder and CEO of Get Hoptimized - a marketing consulting firm designed specifically for the craft beer industry. He has over 11 years of experience managing marketing strategies for small businesses across the United States and Canada. Chris has managed millions of dollars in digital ad spend and has co-founded several successful startups. In his free time, Chris enjoys brewing beer at home and cheering on his favorite sports teams (Denver Broncos and the Las Vegas Golden Knights).
RSVP for the CBP Fall Virtual Conference.

Sep 10, 2022 • 57min
Understanding the Current Economic Environment and Brewery w/Josh Lance (Lance CPA)
Understanding the current economic environment and your brewery-- what do you need to do now to position your brewery in the best position. In this session we will talk through the macroeconomic environment and what that means for your brewery and what things you need to look at in your own brewery to ensure you handle any adverse economic events. In this session we will look at pricing, cost behaviors, and strategies you need to implement in order to best handle whatever the economy throws at you.
Joshua Lance is the founder and Managing Director of Lance CPA Group, a virtual CPA firm that focuses on providing accounting and consulting services to craft breweries and digital agencies. A licensed Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Global Management Accountant, Josh is also a family man who calls Chicago home
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Sep 7, 2022 • 19min
Recreating Hop Aroma Outside of the Plant and Its Application in Modern Brewing w/Abstrax Tech
The "holy grail" of hop concentrates and downstream products is to provide accurate, high amplitude solutions to brewers that circumvent the agronomic limitations of the plant itself. A significant barrier for producers of said concentrates and fractions is the fact that they are beholden to working with the whole plant and working their way backward. Abstrax has taken a completely novel approach to the problem using analytical technology originally developed for the cannabis industry that provides us with data of robustness not seen commonly (if at all) within the brewing industry. Using this data we create hop-derived downstream products that have been optimized in every sense of the word; from clarity, accuracy, consistency, and ease of use.
These advances in technology allow the brewer to make higher amplitude beers with greater consistency, less loss, and higher margin as our solutions have also been built with the intention of offering more value than any traditional solution currently available.
The intention of this session is to educate brewers of the SIGNIFICANT advancements that have been made (largely in cannabis) in analytical science and its value and crossover into the world of brewing.
At the end of this session, attendees will understand the competitive advantage that comes from leveraging these technologies as well as the uncharted pathways of development that have been opened by said technologies. Attendees will be able to explain why 3d chromatography and its resultant solutions for the brewing industry are a new and valuable tool in their toolkit.
Join us in-person for CBP Connects | Half workshop, half networking
Norfolk, VA | September 12-14, 2022
Learn more at cbpconnects.com


