MBAA Convention 2003

Schedule of Events

(Times subject to change;
see final program for official schedule.)

Friday, October 3

2:00 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

Early Registration

6:30 p.m.

8:00 p.m.

MBAA Microsoft Excel for Brewers Workshop Computer Set-up

Friday, October 3, and Saturday, October 4

8:00 a.m.

5:00 p.m.

Basic Sanitation and Pest Control Workshop for the Brewing and Beverage Industries (sponsored by MBAA, Siebel Institute of Technology, and the American Institute of Baking,) additional fee

Saturday, October 4

8:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

Education Committee Meeting

8:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

Technical Committee Meeting

8:00 a.m.

6:00 p.m.

Registration

8:30 a.m.

4:30 p.m.

MBAA Microsoft Excel for Brewers Workshop, additional fee

9:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

Technical Quarterly Editorial Committee Meeting

10:00 a.m.

4:30 p.m.

Executive Committee Meeting

3:00 p.m.

Midnight

Bierstube

6:00 p.m.

11:00 p.m.

Pub Crawl

Sunday, October 5

8:00 a.m.

6:00 p.m.

Registration

9:00 a.m.

4:00 p.m.

Board of Governors Meeting

11:00 a.m.

7:00 p.m.

Bierstube

11:00 a.m.

7:00 p.m.

Historical Exhibits

1:00 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

Maintenance: The Myths and Realities Workshop(sponsored by MBAA and Siebel Institute of Technology), additional fee

1:00 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

MBAA Flavor Workshop, additional fee

1:00 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

Milwaukee Art Museum Optional Tour, open to all attendees

2:00 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

Poster Set-up

2:00 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

Speaker Ready Room

4:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

First-Timers Orientation

6:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

President’s Night Reception

7:00 p.m.

11:00 p.m.

President’s Night Dinner. Entertainment by Wisconsin Saengerbezirk, Milwaukee Liedertafel

Monday, October 6

7:00 a.m.

7:45 a.m.

Speaker and Poster Presenters’ Breakfast

7:00 a.m.

8:00 a.m.

Past Presidents Breakfast

7:00 a.m.

4:00 p.m.

Speaker Ready Room

8:00 a.m.

5:00 p.m.

Posters Available for Viewing

8:00 a.m.

6:00 p.m.

Registration

8:00 a.m.

8:05 a.m.

Welcome and Announcements. Jerry Hilton Opening of Technical Sessions. Mike Sutton

8:05 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

Technical Session I: New Crop Barley Quality Panel Discussion. Bill Ladish, Moderator

9:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

Exhibit Poster Set-Up

9:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

Authors at Posters. Gil Sanchez, Moderator

9:30 a.m.

10:00 p.m.

Bierstube

9:30 a.m.

10:00 p.m.

Historical Exhibits

10:30 a.m.

11:45 a.m.

Technical Session II: Raw Materials. Bill Ladish, Moderator

II-01 Charting the Synergistic Effect of Alpha- and Beta-Amylase on Starch. Michael Lewis, University of California, Davis

II-02 The Interaction Between Brewing Conditions and Malt Protein Quality and Their Impact on Beer Colloidal Stability. Louise Robinson, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, SA, Australia

II-03 The Influence of Malt Acrospires on Beer Taste and Foam Quality. Nobuo Tada, Institute for Liquor Products, Suntory Ltd., Mishima-gun, Osaka, Japan

10:30 a.m.

11:45 a.m.

Technical Session III: Beer and Health. Rick Brundage, Moderator

III-04 Development of New Beers and Happou-Shu for Health-Conscious Consumers. Shunichi Fujino, Kirin Brewery Co., Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

III-05 Isolation from Beer of Potent Stimulants of Gastrointestinal Motility. Katsu Kondo, Suntory Limited, Fuchu City, Tokyo, Japan

III-06 Responsible Drinking by Adults. John Kaestner, Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, MO

11:45 a.m.

1:15 p.m.

Exhibit Poster Session and Buffet Lunch

1:15 p.m.

3:10 p.m.

Technical Session IV: Wort Production. Fred Havel, Moderator

IV-07 Wort Clarity: Effects on Fermentation. Graham Stewart, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland

IV-08 Improvements on Brewhouse Efficiency—First Results from a Lauter Tun Modification. Thomas Buehler, Heinrich Huppmann GmbH, Kitzingen, Bavaria, Germany

IV-09 A Review of Progress in Mash Separation Technology. John Andrews, Briggs of Burton plc, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, U.K.

IV-10 Ziemann Vacuum Evaporation Plant: Wort Boiling System for Improvement of the Wort Quality and Simultaneous Energy Saving. Joachim Gunkel, A. Ziemann GmbH, Ludwigsburg, Germany

1:15 p.m.

3:10 p.m.

Technical Session V: Packaging. Kátia Jorge, Moderator

V-11 Hygienic Design, Installation, and Maintenance in Draft Beer Dispense. Jaime Jurado, The Gambrinus Company, San Antonio, TX

V-12 How RevTech Helped Labatt Create New Decorating Technology for the Industry Standard Beer Bottle. Anthony Georges, RevTech Inc., Edison, NJ

V-13 Basic Requirements for Good Decision-Making. Felix Seitz, International Food & Beverages Services Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand

V-14 Package Quality/Pasteurizer Conditions: Avoiding Staining, Spotting, and Rusting. Thomas Soukup, ChemTreat, Inc., Glen Allen, VA

3:10 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

Break

3:30 p.m.

5:15 p.m.

New and Exciting Industry Developments…presentations by our suppliers. Rick Brundage, Moderator

5:30 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

Women in Brewing Social

Tuesday, October 7

7:00 a.m.

7:45 a.m.

Presenters’ Breakfast

7:00 a.m.

4:00 p.m.

Speaker Ready Room

8:00 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

Technical Session VI: Beer Filtration. Richard Sharpe, Moderator

VI-15 SWS Process for DE Replacement. Joseph Snyder, Pall Corporation, Northborough, MA

VI-16 The Effect of Microporous Membrane Filtration on Beer Foam Stability. Peter Riddell, domnick hunter limited, Birtley, County Durham, England

VI-17 Back to Basics—Pre-Coat Filtration with Diatomite. Niels Mastrup, World Minerals Inc., Lompoc, CA

8:00 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

Technical Session VII: Test Methods and Sanitation. Antoin Sierra Benavides, Moderator

VII-18 New Development for Measuring Hydrogen Sulfide in Brewing. Seung Park, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-Si, South Korea

VII-19 VIT-Bier—The Rapid and Easy Detection Method for Beer-Spoiling Bacteria. Jiri Snaidr, vermicon AG, Munich, Germany

VII-20 Acid Cleaning: Your Future to Greater Savings, Higher Productivity, Increased Safety, and a Better Environment. Mauricio Colosía, Eurochem International Corp., Atlanta, GA

8:00 a.m.

5:00 p.m.

Posters Available for Viewing

8:00 a.m.

6:00 p.m.

Registration

9:30 a.m.–

9:45 a.m.

Break

9:30 a.m.

6:00 p.m.

Bierstube

9:30 a.m.

6:00 p.m.

Historical Exhibits

9:45 a.m.

11:15 a.m.

Technical Session VIII: Yeast and Fermentation. Luigi Mengoli, Moderator

VIII-21 Analysis of Foam Behavior During Fermentation in a Cylindroconical Tank. Tatsufumi Kakui, Suntory Limited, Chiyoda-machi, Ohra-gun, Gunma, Japan

VIII-22 Evaluation of Oxygen Requirement of Bottom and Lager Yeast Strains by Preoxygenation. Sofie Depraetere, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium

VIII-23 Brewers Yeast Management, Benchmark of Propagation Processes, and Beer Quality Best-Practice Bitburger Brauerei. Christian Abel, Heinrich Frings GmbH & Co. KG, Bonn, Germany

9:45 a.m.

11:15 a.m.

Technical Session IX: Craft Brewing. George Reisch, Moderator

IX-24 Beer Styles—Origins and Classifications. Charlie Papazian, Association of Brewers, Boulder, CO

IX-25 Back-to-Basics Yeast Management for Micro and Pub Brewers. Hugh Burns, Williamsburg Brewing Co., Williamsburg, VA

IX-26 The Effect of Wheat Malting on the Colloidal Haze of White Beers. Filip Delvaux, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium

11:15 a.m.

12:15 p.m.

Authors at Posters. John Harris, Moderator

12:00 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

Exhibit Poster Session and Buffet Lunch

1:30 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

Technical Session X: Flavor Stability. Barry Axcell, Moderator

X-27 A Critical Control Point Analysis for Flavor Stability of Beer. Charles Bamforth, University of California, Davis

X-28 The Influence of Weak Wort for the Quality of Beer. Klaus Wasmuht, Anton Steinecker, Freising, Germany

X-29 Performance of the “Anaerobic” Mashing Process of Suntory for Improvement of Beer Flavor Stability. Shingo Kawasaki, Suntory Ltd., Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan

2:30 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

Exhibit Poster Take Down

3:15 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

Technical Session XI: Yeast Genetics. Mike Sutton, Moderator

XI-30 Cone Yeast Heterogeneity and Serial Repitching. Katherine Smart, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, U.K.

XI-31 Enzymatic Generation of Factors from Malt Responsible for Premature Yeast Flocculation. Sandra Van Nierop, The South African Breweries Ltd., Sandton, South Africa

4:05 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

Award of Merit Lecture: Nick Huige

6:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

Social

7:00 p.m.

Midnight

Installation of Officers and Awards Night Dinner. Entertainment by Airmen of Swing