The Rice Renaissance: Flavor, Function, and Innovation for Modern Brewers
In this session, sponsored by USA Rice, discover how rice can do far more than lighten a beer’s body. This session explores emerging research, innovative rice ingredients, and practical brewing applications that can improve efficiency, enhance flavor, and inspire new approaches to lagers, light beers, and beyond.Read More
Beyond Pellets: Liquid Hop Replacement for Yield, Speed, and Efficiency
This session explores the full spectrum of dry-hop alternatives—pellets, leaf, extracts, and fractions—and demonstrates how strategic process changes can maximize aroma retention while improving tank performance and sustainability.Read More
How I Won This: A Roundtable Discussion with the 2025 GABF Brewers of the Year
This session takes a behind-the-scenes look at how the 2025 GABF Brewers of the Year craft winning entries—from category strategy to recipe design, cellar work and packaging to how they use their wins to promote their brand.Read More
Kernel to Kettle: Practical Brewing with Corn
This session examines corn malt analysis, varietal and malting challenges, and the technical and sensory outcomes of various corn formats while offering actionable brewing adjustments for consistent results.Read More
Lager Fermentation and Natural Carbonation
This session examines key fermentation variables across three lager fermentation models and demonstrates how kräusening and spunding extend fermentation to achieve natural carbonation and flavor refinement.Read More
Inside the Double Seam: Techniques, Troubleshooting, and Quality Assurance for Brewers
This session provides a comprehensive refresher on double seam fundamentals—covering proper operations, measurement techniques, variability impacts, and defect correction—to help ensure leak-free cans, product quality, and consumer safety.Read More
How Weather and Pressure Affects a Boil
This research explores how understanding how weather and pressure affect the boil can help brewers prevent boilovers, loss of product, and Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS) occurrence, and help maintain a safe work environment.Read More
Pitch to Profit: Turning Yeast Management into a Bottom Line Advantage
This session explores how breweries can strategically manage yeast as a financial asset to improve beer quality and significantly reduce production costs through optimized fermentation practices, monitoring, and repitching techniques.Read More
Natural Solutions for Improved Beer Shelf Life: The Role of Pomegranate Extract and Tannic Acid
This research shows how pomegranate extract and tannic acid present a promising natural strategy to enhance both flavor and colloidal stability in beer, offering brewers a practical tool to combat oxidation and extend shelf life.Read More