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Brewing Summit 2010 |
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Have you heard about Brewing Summit 2010 taking place June 15–20 in Providence, RI? MBAA and the American Society of Brewing Chemists (ASBC) will co-locate the ASBC Annual Meeting (June 15–18) and MBAA Convention (June 18–20) and will also include one day of combined programming and an exposition that will join the two events (June 17–19). Brewing Summit 2010 is a fusion of both groups’ meetings and will
provide offerings for those interested in brewing science and technology, packaging, processing, product development, and quality control and assurance.
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MBAA Brewing and Malting Science Course |
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 Learn about brewing and malting from industry experts, November 1–12, 2009, in Madison, WI. This two-week course will take you through the technical side of the brewing and malting process. More than 25 topics will be covered in-depth! And, with a student to teacher ratio of 2 to 1, every attendee is sure to receive personalized attention from professionals with field experience.
Register today! Members are eligible to apply for the
Hipp Scholarship, which will cover tuition fees for the recipient. Applications must be received by August 1, 2009.
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District Mid-South and the Music City Brewers Join Forces for a Charitable Cause |
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Members of MBAA
District Mid-South and the Music City Brewers recently held a joint meeting in support of the family of Mark Moynihan, a Knoxville, TN, brewer who was severely burned in an April welding accident and passed away on Tuesday, June 23. Funds raised in a raffle were donated to Mark’s spouse Kim to help cover travel and lodging expenses incurred during her husband’s treatment at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, TN.
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District Philadelphia Holds Spring Golf Tournament |
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 MBAA
District Philadelphia held its annual Golf Outing on June 26, 2009, at Mountain Valley Golf Course in Barnesville, PA. Pictured are the tournament winners: left to right: Dave Simonovich (Packaging Supervisor/Lion Brewery); David Kelly (guest); Harry Daugherty (guest); and Mike Ley (guest). Thanks to everyone who participated.
—Rich Wagner
District Secretary/Membership Chair
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Invitation to Summer Gathering of District Northern California and the San Francisco Brewers Guild |
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MBAA
District Northern California and the San Francisco Brewers Guild will hold a joint summer gathering Friday, August 14, 2009, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Thirsty Bear Brewing Company. Join us for a delicious meal and great beer at one of San Francisco’s finest restaurants and breweries. This meeting is designed for all of us to have some fun (and each other’s brews) in the heart of the world’s finest city! The cost will be only $10 for members; $15 for one non-member guest; and $40 for non-members, additional guests, or late RSVPs. Current membership in MBAA or active employment at a San Francisco Brewers Guild brewery is required for the special rate! A room block has been reserved at the Cathedral Hill Hotel. Rooms are available through July 15 for only $69 a night!
RSVPs must be received no later than Monday, August 10. For more information,
click here.
—Rob Heller
District Secretary
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District Ontario to Hold 57th Annual Barley Field Day |
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MBAA
District Ontario will hold its 57th Annual Barley Field Day, hosted by Canada Malting, on Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at the
Elora Research Station. The session is open to all members. Please note, as an additional service, the equipment and procedures needed to perform a sieve analysis on a milled malt sample will be provided. If you would like to participate in a sieve analysis, please bring approx. 1 kg of milled malt from your brewery on which the test can be performed (with your help) and find out how your mill is performing.
To assist in arrangements, please confirm your attendance by contacting Scott Brown (District Ontario Technical Chair) at
mailto:scott.d.brown@labatt.com by July 16. For more information and to complete the form,
click here.
—Allan Ellingham
District Secretary
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Professional Development and Learning Website Launched |
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A unique, one-stop website for professional development and learning in the brewing and distilling industries has been launched (http://myweb.dal.ca/aspeers/). The website is dedicated to providing a resource for current and potential students wishing to further their education in the fields of brewing and distilling. Covering information for everyone from undergraduate to postgraduate students, this new website provides information on and links to educational institutions, scholarships, sponsoring organizations, journals, and networking opportunities. The website is sponsored by the Institute of Brewing and Distilling (UK). Visit today!
—Alex Speers
Dalhousie University
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