Craft Beer Professionals

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

In this conversation we will hear from several of your peers to discuss the past year, challenges, surprises, strategies for success, and predictions moving forward.  We focus on how our industry is able to remain tight knit and the importance of innovation. This conversation features:   Aaron Gore - Bevana  Emily Wang - Fermly  Laura Lodge - StartABrewery.com  Warren Bondi - Beer Marketeers Spring Virtual Conference | April 4-6, 2022 rsvp.craftbeerprofessionals.org Join us in-person for CBP Connects presented by Arryved POS St. Louis, MO | June 20-22, 2022 Norfolk, VA | September 12-14, 2022 For more information: https://cbpconnects.com/

In this conversation we will hear from several of your peers to discuss the past year, challenges, surprises, strategies for success, and predictions moving forward. We focus on the challenges and excitement of starting a business, the importance of relationships, and how to take time for yourself to maximize your overall success. This conversation features:   Cameron Johnson - Barlows Brewery  Chris Overlay - Hoptimized Digital  Dana Kaluzny - Endswell Beer/Dana Kaluzny  Jen Price - Crafted For Action Spring Virtual Conference | April 4-6, 2022 rsvp.craftbeerprofessionals.org Join us in-person for CBP Connects presented by Arryved POS St. Louis, MO | June 20-22, 2022 Norfolk, VA | September 12-14, 2022 For more information: https://cbpconnects.com/

Court Shoes Only is a collaborative beer initiative crafted to benefit ACEing Autism tennis programs for individuals with autism. The goal of the initiative is to capture the spirit of the brewery community in the cities where ACEing Autism has a program location in order to raise awareness, accessibility and affordability of its specialized tennis curriculum for individuals with autism.   First launched in 2021 in the Charlotte, North Carolina metro, the first Court Shoes Only saw participation by more than 40 breweries, and raised more than $24k for the program. This year, it goes statewide, supporting programs in Asheville, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, and Durham.   In this conversation, we will learn about the creation of Court Shoes Only, discuss how it has evolved, and dive into the factors that create successful collaborations.   This conversation features:   Aaron MJ Gore (Bevana)  Nils Weldy (Charlotte Independent Brewers Alliance)  Gavin Toth (Divine Barrel Brewing)  Dustin Gatliff (Southern Range Brewing Co)   Learn more at: https://courtshoesonly.beer/ CBP Connects  2-Day Workshops | 3 Nightly Receptions  St. Louis, MO | June 20-22, 2022  Norfolk, VA | September 12-14, 2022 For more information: https://cbpconnects.com/

In this conversation we hear from several of your peers to discuss the past year, challenges, surprises, strategies for success, and predictions moving forward.  This conversation features:    Adam LeNaire - Robot House  Brian Winkeler - Robot House  Pulkit Agrawal - The 5th Ingredient    Spring Virtual Conference | April 4-6, 2022  rsvp.craftbeerprofessionals.org  Join us in-person for CBP Connects presented by Arryved POS  St. Louis, MO | June 20-22, 2022  Norfolk, VA | September 12-14, 2022  For more information: https://cbpconnects.com/