2020 Virtual Empire State Barley and Malt Summit
| Wednesday, December 16th | |
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| 10:00 am - 12:00 pm | Morning session |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Cheryl Thayer, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Harvest New York Program, ‘Welcome and Meeting Objectives’ (Video) |
| 10:10 am - 11:20 am | Keynote Presentations and Discussion |
| 10:10 am - 10:50 am | Bart Watson, Economist, Brewer’s Association, ‘Craft brewing from local ingredients: A national perspective’ (Video) |
| 10:50 am - 11:20 am | Jason Perkins, Brewmaster, Allagash Brewing, ‘Craft brewing from local ingredients: A northeast region perspective’ (Video) |
| 11:20 am - Noon | A Panel of New York Craft Brewers (Jason Sahler, moderator) ‘Experiences in brewing and marketing beer made from New York malt’ (Video) Mike McManus, Industrial Arts Brewing Jason Sahler, Strong Rope Brewery Brett Taylor, Wild East Brewing Chad Zimar, Steuben Brewing |
| Noon - 1:00 pm | Lunch on your own |
| 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Afternoon session |
| 1:00 pm - 1:20 pm | Gary Bergstrom, Professor, Cornell University, ‘Welcome to afternoon session’; ‘Commercial grain quality and mycotoxin survey results’ (Video) |
| 1:20 pm - 1:40 pm | Aaron MacLeod, Hartwick College Center for Food and Beverage, ‘Functional & flavor characteristics of NY grains for malting, brewing & distilling’ (Video) |
| 1:40 pm - 2:10 pm | Aaron Gabriel, Christian Malsatzki, and Michael Stanyard, Cornell Cooperative Extension Field Crops Educators, ‘Summary of survey responses from barley producers’ (Video) |
| 2:10 pm - 2:25 pm | ‘Perspectives of malt houses malting New York grown grains’ (2 min. each) (Video) Judd Hallett and Emily Hill, Murmuration Malts Ted and Patty Hawley, New York Craft Malt Jeff Hughes, Country Malt Group Dennis and Jeanette Nesel, Hudson Valley Malt Max Ocean, Subversive Malting and Brewing Andrea and Christian Stanley, Valley Malt |
| 2:25 pm - 2:35 pm | Joel LaVangia, Ten Mile Distillery, ‘Experiences of distillers making spirits from New York malted grains’ (Video) |
| 2:35 pm - 2:45 pm | Emily Cayer, Northeast Grainshed, ‘Northeast Grainshed Regional Food Systems Partnership Program Update’ (Video) |
| 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm | Mark Sorrells, Professor, Cornell University, and Daniel Sweeney, Graduate Student, Cornell University, ‘Update from the Born, Bred, and Brewed in New York barley breeding program and the story behind New York’s new spring malting barley variety’ (Video) |
| 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Hon. Richard Ball, Commissioner of NYS Dept. Agriculture & Markets, ‘Comments and announcement of winning barley name’ (Video) |
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Next Steps for the Grains to Beverage Value Chain in New York Value Chain Panel and Discussion: (Video) |
| 4:00 pm | Adjourn |