
Workshop at Revolution Brewing
Monday, June 15, 2026
7:00-9:00 PM
Welcome Reception at Dovetail Brewery thanks to country malt group
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
8:00-9:00 AM
Gather + Coffee + Trade Show


9:00-10:00am
Welcome/Get to Know Your Fellow Craft Beer Professionals
Andrew Coplon (Founder, Craft Beer Professionals/Secret Hopper)
10:00-11:00am
Turning Taproom Regulars Into Super Fans
Panel Conversation w/Atlantucky, Cedar City, Nurvis Purvis, & TapWyse
11:00am-12:00pm
The People and the Process: Real World Tools to Lead, Protect, & Support Your Team
Jessica Hart (Craft HR Pros)
12:00-1:00pm
Trade Show + Lunch
1:00-2:00pm
Open to Innovation: What We Can Learn from Outside the Beer Industry
Panel Conversation featuring the Chicago Cubs, Dark Matter Coffee, the Lawrence Arms, & Pilot Project
2:00-3:00pm
The Wild, Wild West: Preparing for the Next Frontier
Panel Conversation featuring BeerCrunchers, BrightBev, Coin Toss, Go Brewing, & Rhinegeist
3:00-4:00pm
Trade Show + Beers thanks to All American 1930 & Crowler Nation
4:00-5:00pm
Finding Money in Your Brewery Through Margins, Efficiencies, and Smarter Decisions
Panel Conversation featuring the Caboose, GoTab, Pryes, & Small Batch Standard
7:00-9:00pm
Reception at Pilot Project – Logan Square thanks to Western American Foods
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
8:00-9:00 AM
Trade Show + Coffee


9-10am
Signal vs Noise: Making Better Decisions When Everything Competes for Attention
Jake Keyes (Skydance Brewing)
10:00-11:00am
Attracting New Audiences
Panel Conversation featuring Barrel One Collective, BrewedAt, Funkytown, & MoMac
11:00am-12:00pm
Bitter Honesty: How Malört Turned Hate Into a Disruptive Brand Strategy
Anna Sokratov & Zach Jarosz (CH Distillery, home of Jeppson’s Malört)
12:00-1:00pm
Trade Show + Lunch
1:00-2:00pm
Tap Talks
Three 18-minute sessions on critical topics
2:00-3:00pm
The Role of Flavor in 2026
Panel Conversation w/Amoretti, Cicerone, Other Half, & Revolution
3:00-4:00pm
Crowdsourced: A Collaborative Hour of Problem Solving
Crowdsourced: A Collaborative Hour of Problem Solving
6:00-8:00pm
Closing Reception at Hop Butcher for the World thanks To alpha beverage Operations



