Wednesday, 22 nd November 2017 1 st Day Time Main Hall (first floor) Workshop Hall (ground floor) 09:30 am WELCOMING AND OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION 09:45 am OPENING CEREMONY OF CRAFT BEER ITALY 10: 45 am Pause Organizers Greetings Peter Ottmann, CEO of NürnbergMesse Group Dr. Werner Gloßner, CEO of Doemens Burghard Meyer, Head teacher international brewing courses of VLB Berlin Craft Beer Market Development Lorenzo Dabove, also known as Kuaska Presentation of CRAFT BEER ITALY Beers and Taste it! Area Alessio Selvaggio, General Director Unionbirrai 11:15 am Session 1 MALT AND OTHER CEREALS Workshop 1 QUALITY ASSURANCE 1 (CHEMICAL TECHNICAL) Mashing! How to influence the composition of wort in the right way Establishing a quality system in a craft brewery Basic methods Speaker: Kurt Marshall, VLB Berlin Weyermann Specialty Malts and their Influence on Italian Craft Beer Recipes Speaker: Axel Jany, Weyermann Specialty Malts 12:00 pm Pause
01:30 pm Session 2 SENSORY ANALYSIS 1 Workshop 2 FILTRATION The Basics of Sensory Analysis Sensory Analysis: Hidden Information Visually unlocked Speaker: Alberto Del Re, VLB Berlin The role of Beer Membrane Filtration in a flexible and reliable craft brewing process Speaker: Oliver Meckler, Pentair Food & Beverage Enjoy beer with all your senses Speaker: Markus Sailer, VDGLASS 02:30 pm Pause 03:00 pm Session 3 HOPS Workshop 3 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, DIFFERENT MARKETS? Dry Hopping - Experiences and Advices Speaker: Sandro Cocuzza, Hopsteiner British Beer market and craft breweries Speaker: Nick Stafford, Society of Independent Brewers Role of Aroma Hops in Beer Speaker: Carlos Ruiz, HVG Czech beer market and craft breweries Speakers: Ing. Jan Šuráň, Ing. Martina Ferencová, Czech and Moravian microbreweries association - Czech beer and malt association 04:20 pm Pause 05:00 pm Session 4 SPECIAL BEER TREATMENT Workshop 4 START UP BREWERIES Barrel Aging of beer Hints, tricks and the right barrel! A dream coming true Speaker: Alessandro Campanini, Doppio Malto Brewing Company Question Time
06:00 pm Session 5 EXPORTING Technical and Legal Aspects of Craft Beer Exporting Marketing measures to promote Italian Craft Beer in Europe and Beyond 07:00 pm CRAFT BEER ITALY Evening Party (On Invitation)
22nd-23rd november 2017 Thursday, 23 rd November 2017 2 nd Day Time Main Hall (first floor) Workshop Hall (ground floor) 09:30 am OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION 09:45 am Session 6 ROUND TABLE Start Ups vs Established Breweries - with the participation of Birrificio CR/AK, Birrificio Babylon, Birrificio Ebers, Birrificio Italiano, Birrificio Baladin, Birrificio Beba Moderator: Andrea Camaschella, Unionbirrai 10:45 am Pause 11:15 am Session 7 YEAST AND FERMENTATION Workshop 5 SENSORY ANALYSIS 2 Formation of aroma compounds during fermentation: effects, control, range Speaker: Burghard Meyer, VLB Berlin Sensorial evaluation and description of craft beer more scientifically or more consumer friendly? Speaker: Gerrit Blümelhuber, Doemens Sour Beers made easy Speaker: Robert Percival, Lallemand Brewing Analysis and tasting: instruments for a fulfilling beer tasting Speaker: Andrea Turco, VDGLASS New prospective for fermentation with selected yeasts for artisanal beers: selection of a high attenuation strain for Saison beer type Speaker: Roberto Pavesi, Fermentis Division of S.I.Lesaffre 12:30 pm Pause
22nd-23rd november 2017 01:30 pm Session 8 THE ITALIAN CRAFT BEER MOVEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE The Italian craft beer market growth and its challenges in the national legal framework Workshop 6 QUALITY ASSURANCE 2 (MICROBIOLOGICAL) Quality control and microbiological plant review Experiences and recommendations Speaker: Kurt Marshall, VLB Berlin Microbiological monitoring in craft breweries: a practical approach for beer quality assurance Speaker: Thiago Orestes, Döhler 02:30 pm Pause 03:00 pm Session 9 FILLING (BOTTLES/CANS) Workshop 7 TAPPING TECHNIQUES Basics and Problems in Filling Speaker: Gerrit Blümelhuber, Doemens Tapping Techniques The Basics High quality beer deserves high quality packaging. Aluminum can is the secret, let s discover it together! Speakers: Monica Mantovani and Claudio Scarmagnani, Ball Beverage Packaging Italia High quality steel kegs made with passion right for your needs Speaker: Walter Brambilla, SCHÄFER Container Systems 04:00 pm Pause 04:45 pm Session 10 BREW ROOMS Workshop 8 HOMEBREWING Wet Hopping - A new product for enhancing the hop flavor Speaker: Gerrit Blümelhuber (Doemens) for Hopfen-Kontor Modern processes and tools for traditional hopping techniques Speakers: Alessandro Gorbi, William Dattaro, CFT Brewing Contests: how they work and how to win them Speakers: Max Faraggi, Davide Bertinotti, Gianriccardo Corbo, Giuseppe Galati 06:00 pm CLOSING OF THE EXHIBITION