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Take a journey with the provocative personalities and innovators of the brewing industry as they share their stories and beers. The Brewer’s Studio brings together the great brewing minds of the industry, to share their talents, innovations and the creative processes behind some of today’s most successful craft beers.

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2011 Brewers Studio Pavilion Schedule

Thursday, September 29

Time	Title
6:30 pm – 7:00 pm	Celebrating 30 Years of the GABF
Join GABF Founder and Brewers Association President, Charlie Papazian (top left), as he shares stories about the origins of the festival and how things have changed over the last 30 years. Charlie will be joined by Ken Grossman of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company and Jim Koch (top right) of Boston Beer Company to reminisce about some of their favorite GABF moments. Beers from both breweries will be served. Be sure to stick around after the presentation as we celebrate with cake.
7:30 pm – 8:00 pm	The U.S. – Italy Craft Beer Connection
Join Lorenzo Dabove (right), the Italian beer expert and champion of craft beer, as he teams up with American brewers Sam Calagione (middle) of Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales and Eric Wallace (left) of Left Hand Brewing Co. to talk about the impact the American craft beer scene has had on Italian beer culture. The presenters will also talk about collaborations between brewers from the two countries and how Italy is making its presence known in the American beer world.
8:30 pm – 9:30 pm	2010 GABF Champion Brewery Award Tasting
Brewers from the six breweries who took home the title of Champion Brewery and Brewmaster at the 2010 GABF will be on-hand to present samples of their award winning beers and talk about winning the prestigious award. Breweries include Blue Moon Brewing Company, Mad River Brewing Company, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Pizza Port San Clemente, TAPS Fish House & Brewery and Utah Brewers Cooperative.

Friday, September 30

Time	Title
6:30 pm – 7:00 pm	The Evolution of Beer Scholarship
The writing and editorial team of the newly published The Oxford Companion to Beer, will discuss the developing resources in beer education. Compared to a well-defined wine academia, beer education has always been pretty thin, but that’s changing fast. Discussing resources from oral tradition to iPhone apps, Editor-in-Chief, Garrett Oliver (right), will lead this conversation on the current demand for genuine information and scholarship on beer, and what’s been happening to meet that demand and make brewing studies deeper and more interesting than ever before. Samples of the The Companion Ale, a collaboration brewed by Garrett and Associate Editor Horst Dornbusch from special new malts from Weyermann, will be poured.
7:30 pm – 8:00 pm	How To Taste Your Beer at the GABF
This educational session is for any festival attendee who wants to get more out of their beer at the GABF. It’s an interactive session lead by Ginger Johnson (right), founder of Women Enjoying Beer, and co-hosted by Stevie Caldarola, founder of Ladies of Craft Beer. The session will be a lively one, and cover the CAMFA of beer (Color, Aroma, Mouthfeel, Flavor, Alcohol). Knowing the characteristics of your beer, and then understanding how to use those characteristics when tasting beer will be the focus of this presentation. Five different beers will be tasted, each highlighting a letter of CAMFA.
8:30 pm – 9:30 pm	The Brewers Feud – 21st Amendment Brewery vs. Shmaltz Brewing Company
One hundred people were surveyed and the top five answers are on the board! Step into the Brewers Studio Pavilion to continue our version of Family Feud as the 2010 champions, 21st Amendment Brewery and Shmaltz Brewing Company go head-to-head. Join us for some laughs and beer samples in an evening that would make Richard Dawson proud.

Saturday, October 1

Time	Title
6:30 pm – 7:15 pm	2010 Medal Winner Tasting
Sample medal winning beers from some of the most popular categories at the 2010 GABF. Award winning brewers will walk you through a guided tasting of the beers and discussions on the GABF competition.
7:45 pm – 8:45 pm	The Brewers Feud – Ska Brewing Company vs. Stone Brewing Co.
It was so popular last year, we’re doing twice in 2011! One hundred people were surveyed and the top five answers are on the board! Step into the Brewers Studio Pavilion for our version of Family Feud as employees of Ska Brewing Company and Stone Brewing Co. face-off in a battle of beer trivia.