Agenda - 2017 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage Conference

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2017 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage Conference AGENDA

The conference is Tuesday, March 28 th from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the Waterloo Holiday Inn in Waterloo, NY and will feature tracks for both Cideries and Breweries.

This event includes a trade show and opportunities for networking (including a Social Hour following the sessions) with others in your industry. Registration event is $85 (or $75 for each additional person from the same brewery, cidery, or farm). This includes a light breakfast, lunch, an evening social hour and a 2017 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage Conference T-Shirt. Be sure to register early (before March 21 st ) to avoid the late registration price of $100.

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Time	Beer Track	Cider Track
8:00am	Arrive/Sign-	in,Trade Show
8:45-9:45am	Chris Spinelli, Roc Brewing and NYS Brewers Association New York State Craft Beer-The Present and Future Dawn Schulz, Prison City Pub and Brewery Our Story from Start-up to Expansion in 2 Years	Dave Defisher, Rootstock Cider and NY Cider Association Results of NYCA Members Survey & Luke DeFisher
9:45-10:15am	Break,	Trade Show
	Stefan Fleming, ESD	Empire State Development Updates
10:15-Noon	Brendan Palfreyman, Trademarks and Copyright for	Harris Beach PLLC Craft Breweries and Cideries
	Vincent Bradley and Thomas NYSLA	Donohue, NYS Liquor Authority Updates
	Jim Neely, Alcohol and TTB Regulatory	Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (via Zoom) Background
Noon-1:00pm	Lunch,	Trade Show
1:00-3:00pm	Rich Michaels, F.X. Matt Brewing Company Beer Off-Flavor Training Class	Chris Gerling, NYS Agricultural Experiment Station Cider Off-Flavor Training Class
3:00-3:30pm	Break,	Trade Show
3:30-5:00pm	Joe Kinney, F.X. Matt Brewing Company Yeast Health & Nutrition Distribution Panel Discussion Julie Bielecki, Rhino Beverage Distributing Marc Schulz, Prison City Pub and Brewery Gregg Stacy, Ithaca Beer Company	Ryan Burk, Angry Orchard U.S. Cider in 2017 Ian Merwin, Black Diamond Cidery and NY Cider Association Growing Apples For Cider
5:00-6:00pm	Social	Hour

Seneca County Cornell Cooperative Extension

www.senecacountycce.org | (315) 539-9251

The 2017 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage Conference is sponsored by:

www.waterloocontainer.com

FIELD TRIPS

As part of the 2017 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage Conference, Seneca County Cornell Cooperative Extension will host two field trips on Wednesday, March 29th. People will chose between a Brewery or Cidery field trip. The field trips are open to the public.

This year's brewery field trip will visit Bottomless Brewing . Bottomless will be brewing a batch of beer while we're there so participants will have the opportunity to observe and ask questions about the beer-making process.

This year's cidery field trip will visit Cummins Nursery and RedByrd Orchard Cidery . Cummins Nursery is a small, family-run nursery based in Ithaca that has a wide variety of fruit trees available, including a large number of cider apple varieties available. At RedByrd Orchard Cidery, we'll meet with the cidermaker Eric Shatt, who also manages the Cornell Orchards, and see the cider production area. Weather permitting, we'll also get a tour of the orchard.

Participants will meet at the Waterloo Holiday Inn at 8:00 for a light continental breakfast and will leave for the field trips at 8:30. Field trips will end at about 12:00. Space is limited for the field trips, so register early. Registration for a field trip costs $30 and includes a continental breakfast.