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MBAA Names New Technical
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 The MBAA Technical Director selection committee is pleased to announce that Karl Ockert has accepted the position of Technical Director for the Master Brewers Association of the Americas and will start on September 1, 2010. Karl will be expanding the role of MBAA Technical Director from its current part-time duties to a full-time role. He will assume full responsibility as Technical Director when Ray Klimovitz, current MBAA Technical Director, retires in December 2010.
Karl Ockert has been the brewmaster of the Bridge Port Brewing Company in Portland, OR, which he helped found and build, since 1984. He earned his B.S. degree in fermentation sciences from the University of California at Davis in 1983. Karl's brewing career has covered the spectrum of brewing plants, from brewpubs to the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Newark, NJ. He has been active in MBAA since 1993 and is currently serving as second vice president. Karl will be stepping down from his Executive Committee duties when he starts in September. In the past Karl has served as chair of the MBAA Technical Committee and editor of the MBAA
Practical Handbook for the Specialty Brewer series. Karl will continue to reside in Portland, OR, with his wife and two daughters.
Contact
MBAA Headquarters for further information.
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Order
the Brewing Summit 2010 Proceedings Today! |
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Hipp Scholarship Deadline August 1 |
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Are you planning to attend the MBAA
Brewing and Malting Science Course taking place
October 31 - November 11, 2010, in Madison, WI? As a member you are eligible to apply for the Hipp Scholarship. If selected, the scholarship will cover your course tuition. So, what are you waiting for?
Apply today!
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District New
England Announces Summer Meeting |
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MBAA
District New England's summer meeting will be a one-day event this year. Instead of the September weekend format, we are doing a regular Friday afternoon meeting in August. The meeting will be held at John Harvard's in Manchester, CT. Please put August 20 on your calendars and plan to join us in Connecticut for this meeting. Normal meeting format as follows:
3:30-4:15 Social Hour
4:15-4:30 Business Meeting
4:30-5:30 Technical Presentation
5:30-7:00 Dinner (compliments of John Harvard's), Tours, Social
Hope you all can make it!!
Judy Nadeau
District Secretary
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