The WA Craft Beer Summit is a full day conference with general session, keynote, choice of 16 educational sessions from industry leaders, catered lunch, and expansive trade floor.
The WA Beer Awards Awards Ceremony and Dinner culminates the Summit experience. Additional ticket required.
Summit Welcome Party presented by Great Little Box Company – Sunday, November 2 at Logan Brewing Kent Taproom. 8611 S 212th St, Kent, WA 98031. Summit ticket includes entry.
WA Craft Beer Summit Keynote Speakers:
Ashleigh Carter
Ashleigh Carter is one of the owners and is the Head Brewer at Bierstadt Lagerhaus in Denver Colorado. In her fourteen year career in brewing, she has gone from working in a homebrew shop packaging specialty malt, to an assistant brewer at Dry Dock Brewing (Aurora, CO), to the Lead Brewer at Prost Brewing (Denver, CO), and now is in charge of everything beer at Bierstadt. Her vision of a three malt, two hop lager brewery, replete with horizontal lager tanks and a hard-to-find outside of Bavaria floatation tank is firmly rooted in traditional techniques and patience. She was the technical editor and wrote the foreword for Modern Lager Brewing by Jack Hendler and Joe Connolly and has given talks all around the world spreading the lager gospel.
Kate Bernot
Kate Bernot is a beverage reporter with 15 years of experience in magazine, newspaper, and online publishing. She is lead analyst for Sightlines, an insights newsletter for the beverage industry, and regularly contributes to Craft Beer & Brewing, Bon Appetit, The Washington Post, and more. She is immediate past president of the North American Guild of Beer Writers and is a certified beer judge. She lives in Missoula, Montana.
Summit Welcome Party – Sponsored by Great Little Box Company Sunday November 2nd, 6-9pm
Included in ticket price. Summit Welcome Party with early badge pick-up, beers, and light bites. Location Logan Brewing Kent Taproom. 8611 S 212th St, Kent, WA 98031
WA Craft Beer Summit – Presented by Country Malt Group — Monday November 3rd 8:30am-5:00pm
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport
18740 International Blvd, Seattle, WA 98188
WA Beer Awards Ceremony and Dinner Party — Monday, November 3rd 6pm-10pm
WA Craft Beer Awards Ceremony with drinks, dinner, and fun! Discounted tickets available as an add-on to Summit tickets. Location: DoubleTree by Hilton, Grand Ballroom. Menu TBA.
Contact shawna@washingtonbrewersguild.org for more details.
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