MBAA District NW Spring Meeting 2015 

Spring is just around the corner!

Join us for another fun-filled weekend in beautiful Hood River, OR. This year's program will be centered around "Taking Your Brewery to the Next Level". Technical sessions will include talks on brewery automation, centrifuges, fermentation efficiency, wastewater treatment and much more! Please see itinerary below.

Practical tours this year will be hosted at Double Mountain Brewery, Pfriem Family Brewers, Fullsail Brewing Co., and Everybody's Brewing. Please note, you are responsible for your own transportation to/from the brewery tours. There will also be disc and regular golf happening on Friday, please see registration page for more details.

This year's social event will be hosted by Everybody's Brewing at their brewery...more details to come! 

Meeting location will be the ever popular Best Western Inn located at 1108 E Marina Way. The hotel itself is booked solid. There are rooms available at the following hotels: Hood River Hotel (rates from $99-$159 - call 541-386-1900), Oak Street Hotel (rates from $110-$174 - call 541-386-3845), Comfort Suites (rates from $159-$179 - call 541-308-1000), and the Columbia Gorge Hotel (rate of $169 - call 541-386-5566).

Online registration is now open. All registration rates will increase by $20 after April 12th. There are multiple payment options - credit card via PayPal, send a check or pay at the door (we will be accepting credit cards at the door).

Everyone is encouraged to bring 4-6 cases of beer for the hospitality suite.

If you are interested in donating items for our raffle, please contact Christina LaRue.

If you were unable to attend the Fall 2014 meeting in Bend (you missed some really crazy weather!), please visit our District Site for the meeting recap.

We know that cicrumstances arise and cancellations happen - in order to be fair to all, we have established a new cancellation policy:

Full refund offered if cancellation is by April 10th

50% refund offered if cancellation is by April 24th

No refund offered if cancellation is after April 24th

If you should have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Christina LaRue.

Technical Sessions Itinerary:

Friday, May 1

12:30-1:30p  Check in/Registration

1:30-2:30p    Members Meeting

2:45-3:30p    Waste Treatment for Craft Breweries - Karl Ockert, KOBS

3:30-4:15p    Brewery Automation - Brian Favire, Deschutes Brewery

4:45-5:30p    How To/Not To Build + Move a Brewery - Panel: Karl Ockert, Moderator; Paul Cook, Ninkasi Brewing; Jacob Leonar, Breakside Brewing; Andy Sturm, New Beligum

5:30-6:30p   Social Hour and OSU Student Poster Session

6:30-8:00p   Dinner

8:00-11:00p  Late Night Hospitality at Best Western

7:00-11:00p  Social event at Everybody's Brewing (shuttles will be running between 7-11pm)

Saturday, May 2

8:00-9:00a   Breakfast

9:15-10:00a   Centrifuge Selection & Operation - Chris Boos, GEA/Westphalia

10:00-11:30a  Human Resources - Panel: Pat Gerhart, Deschutes Brewery; Cheryl Collins, Ninkasi Brewing; Debbie Gutman, Sierra Nevada; Jennifer McQueen, Green Flash Brewing; Molly Brooks, Karl Strauss; Nicole Hanlon, Green Flash Brewing; Stay Pell, Deschutes Brewery

11:45-12:00p  Saftey: Global Harmonization System (GHS) - Andrew Dagnan, CBA

12:00-12:45p  Fermentation Efficiency - andy Sturm, New Belgium

12:45-1:45p   Lunch & Raffle

Register Now!