Montana Brewers Virtual Conference 2020

Covid-19 prevented the brewers from coming together in-person this year, but it couldn’t hold us back from hosting our first Virtual Conference from September 28-October 2, 2020.  The conference kicked off with a keynote presentation from Deschute Brewery’s Neil Stewart and then followed with educational sessions with topics ranging from financial protection, malt selection, OSHA safety, to our industry’s economic outlook. It’s been a chaotic year and the switch to a virtual conference was a leap of faith into the unknown. But our Conference Sponsors stuck with us and for that we are immensely grateful.

Click on the links below to access the Virtual Conference’s Recorded Sessions:

WELCOME & KEYNOTE INTRODUCTION

MATT LEOW KEYNOTE, MONTANA BREWERS ASSOCIATION.  NEAL STEWART, DESCHUTES BREWERY

 

 

“ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRY DEEP DIVE”

BART WATSON, BREWERS ASSOCIATION

 

 

“HIDDEN SECRETS OF THE NEW ENGLAND IPA”

DR. JOHN PAUL MAYE, HOPSTEINER

 

 

“MORE BEER, LESS SWINDLE: FRAUD AND INTERNAL CONTROLS”

JAN SCHWEITZER, CPA, CFE, SHAREHOLDER, ANDERSON ZURMUEHLEN

 

 

“THE CHEMICALS BETWEEN US: CHEMICAL ANALYSIS & BREWING SCIENCE AT UM”

CHRIS PALMER, UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA

 

 

“BEER SMARTS: HOW TO USE THE CICERONE PROGRAM TO BUILD BEER KNOWLEDGE IN YOUR STAFF”

RAY DANIELS, CICERONE

 

 

“A SAFE PLACE: INTRO TO SAFETY AND HEALTH IN THE BREWING INDUSTRY”

JOHN OLAECHEA, OSHA

 

 

“BREWING IMPACT: THE KEYS TO DRIVING MEANINGFUL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY IMPACT IN UNCERTAIN TIMES”

KENDALL CLIFTON-SHORT, WITHIN PEOPLE

 

 

“WHAT IS CRAFT MALT ANYWAY?”

KARL DEJONGE, GALLATIN VALLEY MALT CO.

 

 

“MIND YOUR P’S AND Q’S: NAVIGATING THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PLAN (PPP) LOAN FORGIVENESS PROCESS”

MADELINE MILLER AND JASON SIEG, WIPFLI

Thanks  to our Virtual Conference 2020 Sponsors

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Gold Level

 

Silver Level

 

 

 

 

 

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