It’s finally here, our 3rd annual signature event! Meet the Women’s Craft Fermentation Team and the WIBS ’23 volunteers.
A Mindful Practice to Alchemize Blissful Beverages
How can we absorb more self-love on a daily basis? Learn how to transform your beverages with the very thing our minds and bodies need the most. Grab your favorite beverage for this easy mindfulness practice, and take a blissful pause with Natalia.
Urban Garden Brewing, is a craft beer brand passionate about producing high-quality flavorful brews. Our recipes are inspired by the ancient practices of Egyptian women, who, according to history, believed that beer had powerful healing properties. UGB pays tribute to these ancient traditions by crafting brews that are reminiscent of tea, with fragrant and flavorful combinations of flowers, herbs, and spices.
Our beer consists of unique blends that are carefully crafted to deliver a one-of-a-kind sensory experience and perceivably therapeutic benefits. Whether you’re looking to unwind after a long day or simply want to enjoy a refreshing drink with friends, UGB has a beer for you. Venture forth and discover the hidden magic that has been passed down through the ages, embodied within each pint of Urban Garden beer
Educate, Empower, Grow
Beer is Art is a project that engages South African youth in the booming craft beer industry in the country. The project is expansive in that it addresses several social issues: youth unemployment, youth alcoholism, and putting a new generation of South African brewers in conversation with other brewers around the globe.
Join authors Anaïs Lecoq, Mandy Naglich and Em Sauter as they discuss their journeys in drinks, what writing/researching a book really entails and how our daily lives and drinks experiences shape how they work.
Immerse yourself in an interesting virtual session! Join us for a captivating and interactive audience-led round-table discussion featuring three visionary creators, each leaving an indelible mark on the world of craft beer in their distinct, authentic style. With the use of on-screen QR codes, you, the audience, steer the conversation – promising a fun experience that will leave you with a fresh perspective on the ever-evolving world of craft beer and content creation.
Building a Different Festival
Carnivale Brettanomyces is hard to compare to any other beer festival. With no idea where it would end up, but with the aim to approach atmosphere, goals, people and organization in all ways differently, learning from what we liked less so on other festivals. A good ten years in the game, we’ll try to look back. Did we become the gatekeepers we revolted against?
Building Community, From the Vine Up
How Relationships, Creativity, and Faith Transform Entrepreneurs
We’re all dreamers. Often, we create these wonderful visions, and never take action. It doesn’t have to be that way. Andrew started selling snow cones at 16 and now runs a community of 16K Craft Beer Professionals. In this session, we will dive into Andrew’s journey, discuss the importance of building relationships, the challenges that come with taking a chance, and provide strategies on how you can go from an industry outsider to successful entrepreneur.
Life in the Craft Beer Industry Portrayed in the Modern Media
In this talk Marena and Marco will examine the visual representations of craft beer spaces and its effects on the communal level by its reputation of exclusivity. There are tactics and efforts already in place that have made immense strides in the industry and the more that we say, “Hey, look, you are actually more welcome here than you think.”
Using Your Homebrew to Make Change for Your Community
Join the man behind Old Stand By Brewing and the founder of Black is Beautiful Homebrew PDX Brewing Project. Together they will share their experiences and provide tools, resources and inspiration for attendees to learn how to use their homebrewing passion to give back to their community and causes they feel connected to.
Sake and beer have both similarities and differences. Miwa Goto, a sake brewer, and Saki Kimura, a journalist, will compare the two from a production and an industry standpoint.
Hear the story of this unique Australian brewery located in Perth that is utilizing ingredients from indigenous farmers and then investing profits back to this community.
A Saturday evening cheers and a chance to share what you enjoyed from Day 1 and what you are looking forward to on Day 2!
One of the most exciting parts of the brewing and the beer-tasting process is the dizzying array of exciting flavours that our fungal friend yeast can produce. In this technical session, we will dive into many of the buzzwords like thiols and biotransformation you’ve been hearing lately!
Embracing the Art of the Unexpected
Join Ivette Franchi and Rikki Welz as they guide you through utilizing their favorite traditional and unconventional methods of pairing. This interactive presentation will guide you through interactions with a special focus on evaluating your experiences, as well as helpful tips to tweak your dishes in order to achieve the best possible outcome. Working together across the world (Yakima, USA, and Santiago, Dominican Republic), Ivette and Rikki discovered a shared enthusiasm for novel approaches to beer and food pairing that they would encourage all tasters to try.
Catch up with all things Mindscape Fermenations, at WIBS ’22 they presented a talk all about planning to open their brewery space. Let’s here how things have gone in the last year or so.
Come hear the tale of this Kosher, community focused brewery in Portland OR that opened in 2014.
Fun and Failproof Info on Sourcing Local Fruit and Botanicals
Brigid Meints (Assistant Professor and Naked Barley Breeder) will share the latest updates from her research on malting, brewing, and distilling with naked barley! She will give some background on naked barley, its potential benefits and downsides as an ingredient, and different projects that she and her collaborators have been working on to look at the effects of different protocols and varieties on malt, beer, and whiskey quality.
Founded in 2016, the Chicago Brewseum set out to be the world’s first museum dedicated to sharing stories of how beer has shaped humanity, past and present. While the concept resonated with the beer industry, the idea was not always embraced by academia or the museum field.
In this discussion, Liz Garibay shares her personal journey of fighting mainstream museum culture to present history through the lens of alcohol, how that impacted her career, and how that led to the Chicago Brewseum. She will also discuss the obstacles and successes of the organization, the importance of collaboration, and will share some new and exciting news that demonstrates how the institution has grown and evolved.
The Beautiful Connections Between Craft Beer & Craft Chocolate
Advanced Cicerone® David Nilsen, host of the Bean to Barstool beer and chocolate podcast, will walk through the basics of cacao and craft chocolate, what they have in common with craft beer and brewing, and—most importantly—how we can enjoy them together with thoughtful pairings. David is the author of Pairing Beer & Chocolate, and he’ll walk through the basics of how to pair these artisan products with delicious results. We’ll also talk about tasting chocolate, so be sure to have one of the recommended bars handy! You can purchase TCHO & Theo bars online and sometimes they are carried at Whole Foods.
Supporting Women in Beer Competitions
(Hopefully) we made it and could not have done it without all of our wonderful speakers, our dedicated sponsors, the amazing WCFA & WIBS team and of course all you lovely attendees. Come say a final cheers with us as we wrap up another wonderful year of WIBS!
