Sessions
Sessions for 2019 Homebrew Con – Coming Soon!
Take your pick from over 60 sessions organized into 13 different tracks to build your schedule based on your interests and goals.
Thursday, June 28
2018 State of the Homebrew Industry*
Track: Homebrew Industry
Portland Ballroom 254-255
Speaker(s):Jake Keeler, Steve Parr, Dr. Bart Watson
Collaborative Competition: Homebrew Shops in the New Economy*
Track: Homebrew Industry
Portland Ballroom 254-255
Speaker(s):Ron Rivers
All About That Base: Learning More About Malt Through Sensory Analysis
Track: Sensory Analysis
Portland Ballroom 251-256
Speaker(s):Jen Blair
Crash Course in the Business of Brewing
Track: Going Pro
Oregon Ballroom 203-204
Speaker(s):Megan Baker, Dustin Ford, Jennifer Glanville, Zachary Farr
Gluten-Free Homebrewing: No Barley Wheat or Rye
Track: Beer Styles
Oregon Ballroom 202
Speaker(s):Robert Keifer
The Difficult Art of Simplicity
Track: Brewing Process
Portland Ballroom 252-253
Speaker(s):Drew Beechum, Denny Conn
Understanding National Tradition
Track: Historical
Portland Ballroom 254-255
Speaker(s):Jeff Alworth
Bringing a Brewery Quality Control Lab into Your Home
Track: Do-It-Yourself
Oregon Ballroom 201
Speaker(s):Dr. Kevin McCabe
Ferment THIS!
Track: Alternative Fermentation
Oregon Ballroom 201
Speaker(s):Lorena Evans
Designing Beer
Track: Recipe Formulation & Improvement
Portland Ballroom 251-256
Speaker(s):Dr. Brad Smith
Hot Hot Hot! Brewing a Stein Bier
Track: Historical
Portland Ballroom 252-253
Speaker(s):Annie Johnson
Kettle Souring: Four Brewers’ Different Approaches
Track: Brewing Process
Oregon Ballroom 203-204
Speaker(s):Sean Burke, Ben Edmunds, Ben Love, Adam Robbings
Next Level Home Brewing
Track: Brewing Process
Oregon Ballroom 202
Speaker(s):Nicholas McCoy, Fr. Jeff Poirot
Spruce Beer Two Ways: Experiences from West Virginia and Oregon
Track: Ingredients
Portland Ballroom 254-255
Speaker(s):Tedd Huffman
Friday, June 29
American Hops: From Soil to Serve
Track: Ingredients
Portland Ballroom 251-256
Speaker(s):Nick Zeigler
Build Your Own Electric Brew-in-a-Bag Brewery
Track: Do-It-Yourself
Oregon Ballroom 202
Speaker(s):Josh Cihak
Burton Ale
Track: Beer Styles
Oregon Ballroom 203-204
Speaker(s):Bill Schneller
How to Brew with Low O2
Track: Brewing Process
Portland Ballroom 252-253
Speaker(s):John Watt, Scott McCormick
Running Club Events and Education Sessions
Track: Clubs & Competitions
Oregon Ballroom 201
Speaker(s):Bruce Buerger
Stabilize Your Store’s Performance by Diversifying into Wine Cider and Distilling*
Track: Homebrew Industry
Portland Ballroom 254-255
Speaker(s):Steve Bader
(Mis-) Adventures of Online Retail in the Age of Amazon*
Track: Homebrew Industry
Portland Ballroom 254-255
Speaker(s):Bill Jimerson
Adambier: Another Historical Beer Style That Almost Died Out
Track: Historical
Oregon Ballroom 203-204
Speaker(s):Toby Johnson, John Aitchison
Better Brewing Through Data Science and Machine Learning
Track: Recipe Formulation & Improvement
Portland Ballroom 252-253
Speaker(s):Justin Revelstoke
Biggest Mistakes in Sour Beer Making
Track: Beer Styles
Portland Ballroom 251-256
Speaker(s):Jay Goodwin
Boil Pro: What Homebrewers Can Learn from Pros on Wort Boiling
Track: Brewing Process
Oregon Ballroom 202
Speaker(s):Martin Brungard
Inside IPA: Exploring Hop Essential Oils
Track: Sensory Analysis
Oregon Ballroom 201
Speaker(s):Pat Fahey
Beer and Food Pairing Principles
Track: Sensory Analysis
Portland Ballroom 254-255
Speaker(s):Jay DeLong
Flavor Profiles and Recipe Formulation
Track: Recipe Formulation & Improvement
Portland Ballroom 252-253
Speaker(s):Rodney Kibzey
Homebrew on Draft: Setup Theory and Maintenance
Track: Do-It-Yourself
Oregon Ballroom 201
Speaker(s):Michael Ferrari
Mastering Mead: Pro Tips on Making Better Mead
Track: Alternative Fermentation
Oregon Ballroom 202
Speaker(s):Eric Lowe, Steve Fletty, Susan Ruud, Curt Stock, Mark Tanner
Sour Power! A Pro Brewer Spontaneous Fermentation Roundtable
Track: Brewing Process
Portland Ballroom 251-256
Speaker(s):James Howat, Jeff Mello, Trevor Rogers, Averie Swanson, Dave Logsdon
Without It This Conference Would Have Never Come to Exist: The Story of German Bier
Track: Historical
Oregon Ballroom 203-204
Speaker(s):Carl Sakari
Beasts and Bugs: Using the Science of Kombucha in Brewing Beer
Track: Alternative Fermentation
Portland Ballroom 252-253
Speaker(s):James Czar, Nion Sheppard
It’s a Sprint: Brewing Beer Faster
Track: Brewing Process
Portland Ballroom 254-255
Speaker(s):Sachin "Chino" Darji, Matt Del Fiacco, Marshall Schott
Lupulin Love: Pursuing Hop Quality Through Reading Hop Oil Analysis and Selection Techniques
Track: Ingredients
Oregon Ballroom 201
Speaker(s):Jamie Floyd
Session Beers: Brewing for Flavor and Balance
Track: Brewing Process
Oregon Ballroom 203-204
Speaker(s):Jennifer Talley
Specialty Malt: Extreme!
Track: Recipe Formulation & Improvement
Oregon Ballroom 202
Speaker(s):Aaron Hyde
The Style Hunter
Track: Beer Styles
Portland Ballroom 251-256
Speaker(s):Gordon Strong
Experimenting with Smoked Hops
Track: Ingredients
Oregon Ballroom 202
Speaker(s):Brian Haslip
Hyperlocal: Bringing the Pub Back to the Neighborhood
Track: Going Pro
Portland Ballroom 254-255
Speaker(s):Jason Romano
Stump the Experts Panel
Track: Other/Misc.
Oregon Ballroom 203-204
Speaker(s):Jamil Zainasheff, Mike "Tasty" McDole, John Palmer
The Art of the Pro-Am
Track: Clubs & Competitions
Oregon Ballroom 201
Speaker(s):Adam Boyd
Whirlpool Techniques
Track: Brewing Process
Portland Ballroom 252-253
Speaker(s):Chadwick Powers, Gregory Snow
Better Hopping Through Science: Tales from the Master Brewers Association of America
Track: Brewing Process
Portland Ballroom 251-256
Speaker(s):Doug Brown, Chris Hotz
Saturday, June 30
Aging Beer in a Barrel or Wood Alternatives from Stouts to Sours
Track: Brewing Process
Oregon Ballroom 203-204
Speaker(s):Dr. Douglas Gladue
Flavor Creation in the Malt House and its Impact on the Beer Styles of our Past Present and Future
Track: Sensory Analysis
Portland Ballroom 252-253
Speaker(s):Cassie Poirier
Malt & Extract: Sales & Management*
Track: Homebrew Industry
Portland Ballroom 254-255
Speaker(s):Aaron Hyde
Small Batch Brewing and Brewing in Small Spaces
Track: Brewing Process
Portland Ballroom 251-256
Speaker(s):Kevin Ruff
The XXX Story of Australian Old Ale
Track: Beer Styles
Oregon Ballroom 201
Speaker(s):Peter Symons
True Confessions of a Homebrew Ingredient Hoarder
Track: Ingredients
Oregon Ballroom 202
Speaker(s):Chris Horton, Jennifer Indicott
Is Your Beer Special? Deciphering the BJCP Specialty Beer Categories for Entrants and Judges
Track: Clubs & Competitions
Oregon Ballroom 202
Speaker(s):Dennis Mitchell
Imbibing in Ancient Iberia: Celtic to Flemish Brewing and Beyond
Track: Historical
Portland Ballroom 251-256
Speaker(s):Travis Rupp
Staffing Your Store for Success: Who to Hire Who to Avoid and How to Manage Them*
Track: Homebrew Industry
Portland Ballroom 254-255
Speaker(s):Steve Bader
Wild Beer Curling: Course Correcting and Guiding Your Beer to Success
Track: Brewing Process
Oregon Ballroom 203-204
Speaker(s):Shilpi Halemane
Yeast Genome Changes During Serial Repitching
Track: Yeast & Fermentation
Oregon Ballroom 201
Speaker(s):Maitreya Dunham
Putting Brewing Water in Perspective
Track: Ingredients
Portland Ballroom 252-253
Speaker(s):John Palmer
Brewing and Serving Cask-Conditioned Ales at Home
Track: Brewing Process
Portland Ballroom 252-253
Speaker(s):Ben Edwards
Cultivating Diversity and Inclusion in Homebrewing
Track: Other/Misc.
Oregon Ballroom 202
Speaker(s):Debbie Cerda, Diane Griffin, Kiley Gwynn, Anthony Salazar
Homebrew Cheesemaking for the Beer Lover
Track: Other/Misc.
Oregon Ballroom 201
Speaker(s):Mark Carlson
Lessons I’ve Learned in 50 Years of Brewing
Track: Other/Misc.
Oregon Ballroom 203-204
Speaker(s):Ken Grossman
The “Sour” in Sour Beers: Microbiology Sensory Perception and Styles
Track: Yeast & Fermentation
Portland Ballroom 254-255
Speaker(s):Robert Hall
The Art of Mead Tasting and Food Pairing
Track: Sensory Analysis
Portland Ballroom 251-256
Speaker(s):Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor
Hops Hops and How to use Hops
Track: Ingredients
Oregon Ballroom 201
Speaker(s):Ted Hausotter
How Much Buzz Is in Your Brew?
Track: Ingredients
Oregon Ballroom 202
Speaker(s):Kara Taylor