Event news (blog)

Thanks to Briggs of Burton Inc., headquartered in Rochester, NY for their generous support of the reception. The craft beer and artisan cheese tasting and reception will be held at the Pittsford Wegmans store, from 5-7pm in the Tastings special event space, with craft beer selections from attending breweries, including Custom BrewCrafters,  Great Lakes Brewing Co., High Falls Brewery, Ithaca Beer Co, Saranac and more, plus American Cheese Society gold medal cheeses such as Carr Valley and Yancey's Fancy. Beer buyer Mark Spagnola will be attending the event as well. Tasting tickets are $20 each.


Thanks to Ecolab for their generous support of the hospitality provided by Creative Caterers at the Rochester Museum & Science Center - join us for a continental breakfast as registration begins at 8 AM,

And thanks to the MBAA Western NY chapter, which has reserved the workshop date in lieu of their regular monthly membership meeting.


cheers, Lucy

We are thrilled to announce that Alfa Laval USA is a sponsor for the Water Conservation Workshop at the Rochester Museum & Science Center. Both John Berardino, Brewery Manager based in Warminster, PA, and Linda A. Rastani, Tank Equipment Manager, based in Kenosha, WI, will co-present a panel on CIP processes for brewers and cheesemakers. Their support makes possible advertisements in Cheese Market News and Great Lakes Brewing News, as well as our space at the Rochester Museum & Science Center. Many thanks for the generous help from Alfa Laval USA!

There are still sponsor opportunities for the hospitality breakfast, lunch, and beer and cheese tasting after the workshop. Please contact lucysaunders@mac.com for more information.

http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/publications/the-new-brewer/online-extras/show?title=crafting-a-sustainable-future

An "online extra" feature discussing the October 2009 Great Lakes Craft Brewers & Water Conservation Conference, written by Michael Horne of milwaukeeworld.com, with additional reporting by Tom Geilfuss, who helped organize the conference in 2009

As an independent consultant, I am organizing a one-day workshop on water conservation and wastewater treatment, on March 26, 2010, in Rochester NY, at the Rochester Museum and Science Center. I am inviting brewers interested in speaking on the topics of water savings in the brewhouse, and wastewater treatment, to send me a proposal by January 15, email lucysaunders@mac.com.

Your proposal should include a one-page summary outline of your talk,  target 45-55 minutes in length. Until I have found full sponsors for the workshop, I am unable to offer speaker stipends, so please be prepared to pay for your own travel. The workshop registration fee will be waived for speakers.  If you are interested in sponsorship, please send me a note.

Thanks to everyone who attended the Great Lakes Craft Brewers & Water Conservation Conference in October 2009, especially our sponsor, the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. Dick Leinenkugel, Secretary of Commerce for the state of Wisconsin, gave the keynote address, and Jake Leinenkugel, president of the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. spoke at the SPLASH! Reception at Discovery World.   Attendees enjoyed presentations from Bridgeport Brewing Co. (Jeff Edgerton); MillerCoors Brewing Co. (Troy Rysewyk), New Glarus Brewing Co. (Dan Carey), Odell Brewing Co. (Doug Odell), and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (Fred Strachan), Todd Ambs, director of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Robin Shepard of the UWEX, and many others.  A half-day tour of the New Glarus Brewing Co. included lunch and tastings donated by president Deb Carey and "behind the ropes" tours with Dan Carey and Randy Barr. Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this all-volunteer run event.
 
A review of the October conference appears in this month’s Great Lakes Brewing News and copies of presentations from key speakers are posted online at conserve-greatlakes.com, under the speakers bios.
 
Online registration for the Rochester workshop will be announced with the schedule of confirmed speakers later this month.  Early registration fee will be $55 per person until March 1, 2010, and $75 per person thereafter. Registration is limited to 150 attendees. Thank you for your support of water conservation, craft brewing and the Great Lakes,
Lucy Saunders
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Here's a link to a blog, the Thirsty Brewmaster, who attended the first day of the conference at Discovery World:

http://www.thirstybrewmaster.com/2009/10/great-lakes-craft-brewers-water.html

And here's a link to an article by speaker Ashley Routson, aka the Beer Wench, about the conference and the industry's need for water conservation, including more global water stats:

http://ashleyroutson.hoppress.com/2009/11/18/great-lakes-craft-brewers-water-conservation-conference/

As someone who enjoys Portland, OR's fabled Beervana, here's a link from the city's Water Bureau blog, which mentions this conference:

http://www.portlandonline.com/water/index.CFM?a=269259&c=39678&nocache=1

Thanks to everyone who made the first year of the conference such a success, especially our platinum sponsors, The Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., and Beer Capitol Distributing Inc. Here are links to articles written about the conference:

From the Chicago Tribune, October 27, by John Schmid
 
From the Wisconsin State Journal, October 25, by Barry Adams

From the blog, Drink with the Wench, by Ashley Routson, a review of the Great Lakes Brewing Co.'s sustainability initiatives and tasting notes about their Christmas Ale

From the column, Joe Sixpack, in the Philadelphia Daily News, by Don Russell

Here's a link to a mention of SPLASH! on the Great Lakes Town Hall blog by Gary Wilson of the Biodiversity Project - very nice reminder as just 150 tickets are left for the public tasting:

http://greatlakestownhall.org/forums/community-bulletin/3514

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley, and Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle will tour Crave Brothers Farm and Dairy Operation in Waterloo, Wisconsin Friday to see bioenergy in action.

Crave Brothers is an example of a successfully operated modern dairy, using green energy sources to power the farm, cheese factory and 120 area homes. Crave Brothers Dairy Farm and its cheesemaking enterprise, Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, have a  computer-controlled anaerobic digester system that generates electricity from biogas created by organic waste from their 750 pampered and productive Holsteins.

The Administration and State officials will discuss the opportunities for rural America to embrace science and lead efforts to create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, mitigate climate change, and transition to a clean energy economy.

Congratulations to the Crave family - and sign up to meet Debbie and George Crave in person at SPLASH! on October 26, 5-8 PM, Discovery World, Milwaukee.