10-11:30AM || SESSION 1: BEER. IT’S REALLY OLD.

Field Museum, 1400 S. Lakeshore Drive. Enter through West Door.

Beer was the cornerstone of early civilization. It gave us writing, built the pyramids, and was eventually a cultural anchor in colonial America. Beer led us to agriculture, hygiene and medicine, and helped define social standards. Tastes and methods may have changed, but beer’s important social role has remained for thousands of years. This panel of experts in the history, archaeology, science, and visual culture of ancient, medieval, and colonial brewing will not only explore the age-old insights beer can provide, but also how ancient beer styles have been resurrected for the modern beer community.

Panelists:

Frank Clark, Colonial Williamsburg

Lucas Livingston, Art Institute of Chicago

Travis Rupp, Avery Brewing and University of Colorado Boulder

Dr. Ryan Williams, Field Museum

Moderator: Randy Mosher, Author and Beer Expert

11:30AM-12:45PM // LUNCH BREAK

Track 1: Find your own Field Museum adventure. Have lunch in the Field Bistro, sample Field Museum beers and explore the museum on your own.

Track 2: Gather for a behind the scenes talk and tour of the Field Museum’s Economic Botany and Herbarium collections. Christine Niezgoda, Collections Manager will discuss the overall collections and brings out beer specific specimens including those used in the making of All The World Is Here, the Chicago Brewseum - Field Museum – Temperance Beer Company beer collaboration. Herbarium holdings of historical significance from the collection of 3 million plants will also be displayed. Limited to 25 guests. Register here.

Track 3: Learn a bit about the business behind cultural collaboration with an informal talk and tour of the Chicago Brewseum exhibition, Brewing Up Chicago: How Beer Transformed a City. Liz Garibay of the Chicago Brewseum and Megan Williams of the Field Museum chat about their on-going partnership and dig deep into the exhibition on this curator led talk and tour. Limited to 25 guests. Register here.

1-2:30PM // SESSION 2: CHICAGO’S PLACE IN BEER HISTORY + CULTURE

Field Museum, 1400 S. Lakeshore Drive. Enter through West Door.

St. Louis to the south. Milwaukee to the north. Chicago is surrounded by major Midwestern brewing centers but the Second City’s place in American history stands apart. The city’s political, industrial and cultural relationship with beer not only helped define an urban landscape but radiated out through the rest of the country – not through beer on refrigerated rail car but via scientific expertise and cultural influence. And the city’s beer legacy continues today. This panel explores the many ways that Chicago’s beer and its community historically gives as good as it gets.

Panelists:

Ray Daniels, Founder, Cicerone Certification Program

Pat Doerr, Hospitality Business Association of Chicago

John Hannafan, Vice-President, Siebel Institute

Michael Rehberg, Black Point Estate and Gardens, Lake Geneva, WI (Conrad Seipp Mansion)

Moderator: Dr. Maureen Ogle, Author and Historian

2:45-4:15PM // SESSION 3: WHAT’S IN STORE FOR BEER HISTORY?

Field Museum, 1400 S. Lakeshore Drive. Enter through West Door.

Professionals and scholars work best when they work together, but to what end? What fundamental research questions must we investigate to better understand beer’s historical and cultural significance? What narratives and stories are the most important to convey via exhibits and public programming? This panel brings cutting edge scholars, museum professionals, and archivists to the table to consider what questions and goals should drive our field of study.

Panelists:

Liz Garibay, Chicago Brewseum

Dr. Jennifer Jordan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Michael Morgan, Queen City History and Education Ltd., Cincinnati, OH

Moderator: Dr. Theresa McCulla, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History

7:30-10:00PM // FRIDAY EVENING CONVERSATION + PARTY + BEER RELEASE

Metropolitan Brewing, 3057 N. Rockwell

8PM: THE STATE OF BEER IN THE U.S. - THESE ARE HISTORIC TIMES

Join Julia Herz, Brewers Association Craft Beer Program Director, as she overviews the history of the U.S. beer scene and the state of beer and craft brewing today. Pulling from association statistics and brewery data anyone in attendance will agree...today is the best time, ever, to be a beer lover.

8:30PM: ELLA: A HISTORIC BEER CELEBRATING WOMEN OF THE 19TH CENTURY MIDWESTERN HOP INDUSTRY

Gather for a discussion about Ella, a beer brewed in honor of Ella Seymour, a 19th century female hop picker in Wisconsin and inspired by the historic research of Dr. Jennifer Jordan. It is with Ella that we remember, honor and commemorate these hardworking women - without their labor, we might not have American beer at all.

Dr. Jennifer Jordan will share stories about these women while our modern day brewers discuss their approach to making the beer and interpreting history. Event includes a a half liter of Ella, samples of select Eris and 3 Sheeps beers, and a half liter of Metropolitan Brewing beer. Delicious Japanese inspired tacos from Arigato Market will be available for sale in the Metro taproom.

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