Craft brewers conference 2014
Thousands of people involved in the beer industry at international level do not miss this event that is not only a business opportunity, but also a place of knowledge, exchange of points of views and experiences. Furthermore, it become the birthplace of new and interesting collaborations between different brewers.
21 years ago, in a small windowless conference room, in a little unknown American hotel, 40 craft brewers arranged a meeting to discuss about beer. The convivial meeting lasted for two whole days: it was an important occasion, and repeatable, for 40 small producers who had the opportunity to meet each other, exchange points of view and suggestions and to find new solutions in order to survive to big industrial breweries.
This meeting was organized annually in different cities across the United States not to penalize anyone and is dated to 1997, the first event officially named Craft Brewers Conference: that year the city was Seattle.
Since then, every year, thousands of people involved in the beer industry at international level do not miss this event that is not only a business opportunity, but also a place of knowledge, exchange of points of views and experiences. Furthermore, it become the birthplace of new and interesting collaborations between different brewers.
The press sneaks into the different stands to steal the latest trends in terms of products and technologies.
Brewers from all over the world, sometimes know only by reputation, have the chance to sit at the same table or to take part in numerous seminars and conferences organized during the whole event.
For companies involved in the bottling sector, as COMAC , is an important opportunity to develop new machines that meet the different needs of new and old customers .
For the duration of the event are also organized guided tours to the various breweries that are close to the city hosting the event and this year will be the turn of Denver. 6 of the breweries included in the tours make use our facilities: New Belgium Brewing Company, Odell Brewing Company, Coors Brewing Company, Oskar Blues Brewery, Avery Brewing Co., upslope Brewing Co.
Many years have passed and many cities: Comac will be present again with many new features…Not just concerning technology…But…This will be the subject of a future article.
Do not miss it!
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