2010 Conference Schedule
**Times are subject to change**
Wednesday, June 16
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Conference Registration Opens
6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
BJCP Judge Reception
Details coming soon. Registration will be on the BJCP website (www.bjcp.org).
Thursday, June 17
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m.
National Homebrew Competition Judging
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Opening Toast
| 1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Seminar Flight One | |
 | Malt and the Malting Process Kelly Kuehl, The Country Malt Group |
 | Tips & Tricks to Set Up Your Own Homebrewery John Blichmann, Blichmann Engineering, LLC |
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Seminar Flight Two | |
 | Aged to Perfection: The Maturation of Beer Steve Parkes, American Brewers Guild |
 | Moving to Mashing: Easy Ways to Get into Partial Mash & All Grain Brewing Denny Conn, AHA Governing Committee |
| 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. | Seminar Flight Three | |
 | Everything I learned About Brewing I Learned From You! A presentation of the social and communal nature of beer education; from Pharaohs to Facebook. Justin Crossley, Brewing Network |
 | The Science Behind the Art: Hops in Brewing Joseph Wegner, Gorst Valley Hops |
8:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Pro-Brewers Night
Friday, June 18
8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Seminar Flight One | |
 | Food and Beer Pairing Kyle Jones, Foam Rangers |
 | Rock On! How to Stone Brew Beyond the Dark Ages Randy Scorby, Good Libations/Strange Brew |
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Specialty Malts Kelly Kuehl, The Country Malt Group |
| 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | Seminar Flight Two | ||
 | From Flat to Foam: The Joys and Terrors of Draft Beer at Home Ray Daniels, Cicerone | |
 | Hop Variety Overview: What is Quality and How Can I Find It? James Altweis, Gorst Valley Hops | |
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Varietal Mead Comparison Gordon Strong, BJCP Board President/AHA Governing Committee Susan Ruud AHA Governing Committee/Prairie Homebrewing Companions |
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11:15 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch On Your Own
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Keynote Address | |
 | Mark Stutrud, Summit Brewing Co. |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Seminar Flight Three | |
 | Exploring Yeast Greg Doss, Wyeast |
 | Beer, Mead and the Human Sense of Taste Ken Schramm, Author of The Compleat Meadmaker |
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The Science Behind the Art: Hops in Brewing Joseph Wegner, Gorst Valley Hops |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Seminar Flight Four | ||
| Aged to Perfection: The Maturation of Beer Steve Parkes, American Brewers Guild | |
 | Bottle Conditioning Like a Pro Jennifer Helber, ZZ Hops | |
     Meadmaker of the Year Panel (photos left to right) Steve Piatz, Minnesota Homebrewers Association Steve Fletty, St. Paul Homebrewers Club Curt Stock, St. Paul Homebrewers Club Thomas Eibner, St. Paul Homebrewers Club Joe Formanek, 2004 Meadmaker of the Year |
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5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
AHA Members Meeting
8:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.
Club Night
Saturday, June 19
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Conference Registration
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Seminar Flight One | |
 | A Closer Look at Efficiency-Or How to Make Efficiency Predictable Kai Troester, Brew Free or Die |
 | Crafting Award Winning Extract and Partial-Grain Beer Mark Tanner, Beer Renegades of Everett Washington (BREW) |
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Lesser Known and Misunderstood English Beer Styles Antony Hayes, London Amateur Brewers |
| 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | Seminar Flight Two | ||||
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Exploring Cider Gary Awdey, Great Lakes Cider & Perry Association |
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     Starting Your Own Brewery Panel (photos left to right) Rick Garvin, Mad Fox Brewing Tom Hennessy, Colorado Boy Brewing Jay & Lori Wince, Weasel Boy Brewing Omar Ansari, Surly Brewing Moderator: James Spencer, Basic Brewing Radio |
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Tips & Tricks to Set Up Your Own Homebrewery John Blichmann, Blichmann Engineering, LLC |
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11:15 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch On Your Own
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Seminar Flight Three
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Seminar Flight Three | |
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Cellarmanship: Skills and Techniques for Serving Cask-Conditioned Beer Steve Hamburg, Chicago Beer Society |
 | Creating Fireworks with Food and Beer Mike Bardallis & Annette May, Certified Cicerones |
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Moving to Mashing: Easy Ways to Get into Partial Mash & All Grain Brewing Denny Conn, AHA Governing Committee |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Seminar Flight Four | |
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Kitchen Science vs Science Science B.J. Haun, Saint Paul Homebrewers |
| Ramblings on Belgian Sour Beers Steve Piatz, Minnesota Homebrewers Association |
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"Plastic" Yeast Strains From Belgium and Germany: Learning to Compromise Stan Heironomous Author of Brewing with Wheat |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Seminar Flight Five | ||
 | Live Taping of Basic Brewing - Club Spotlight: Prairie Homebrewing Companions James Spencer & Steve Wilkes, Basic Brewing |
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Ale is Physic: (From a gill to a Kilderkin)… aka A tipplers guide to Victorian and Edwardian English beer styles Kristen England, Saint Paul Homebrewers | |
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Sugars of Tripel Ted Hausauter, Good Libations |
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5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
BJCP Members Meeting
7:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Grand Banquet and National Homebrew Competition Awards Ceremony
Hospitality Suite/Exhibit Hall
These two areas will be open throughout the conference. Clubs will take turns hosting the suite and serving their beers.
