Online Registration
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When:
Saturday, June 21, 2003

Lectures and Guided Tastings, 1-5 pm
Grand Tasting 7-11 pm

Where:
Holiday Inn Chicago-O'Hare International
5440 N. River Rd., Rosemont, Illinois

Come and join us in a celebration of the best food and beer available. The Saturday night food and beer festival will feature real ales and unfiltered lagers, plus a whole bunch of artisanal foods: cheese, sausage, cured meat, breads, pickles, and much more. Many food products will be available for sale to take home as well. There will be a large variety of American and imported hand-crafted beers to sample, with special attention to real ales and unfiltered lagers.

1:00 - 5:00 pm

BEER, FOOD & MORE: LECTURES AND GUIDED TASTINGS
A series of tastings and workshops revolving beer and its best partner, food. Two tracks will be available, preparation and appreciation.

Time Real Food Beer & Food
1:00 Homemade Cheese
Dave Houseman, BUZZ, Chester County, PA

Cooking With Beer
Lucy Saunders, Author, Cooking With Beer, host of beercook.com, Shorewood, Wisconsin

View an edited version of Lucy's presentation from her website, including entertaining photos from the conference.

2:00

Sausage Making
Matthew Stivarius, Senior Food Scientist, Griffith Laboratories

Download a copy of Matt's PowerPoint presentation.

Real Beer & Real Food
Garrett Oliver, Brewer, Brooklyn Brewery, Author The Brewmaster's Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer and Real Food. Garrett will also be signing copies of his magnificent new book (available for sale) at 2:50, immediately after his presentation.
3:00 Smoked Meats
Joel Reiman
,Food Scientist, Griffith Laboratories

Download a copy of Joel's PowerPoint presentation.

Beer and Cheese
Giles Schnierle, Owner, The Great American Cheese Collection and Heartland Trading Co.; Annette May, B.United International
4:00 Sourdough Bread
Jeff Renner
Beer and Chocolate
Fred Eckhardt. An utterly delightful presenter, Fred is a world famous expert on beer, brewing, and sake. If you've never indulged, beer and chocolate is a mind-expanding combination.

BOOK SIGNING, 8-9 PM, DURING THE GRAND TASTING
Authors Garrett Oliver (The Brewmaster's Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer and Real Food) and Ken Schramm (The Compleat Meadmaker) will be available at the special book sales table to sign copies of their new books from 8-9 pm. Don't miss the chance to meet the authors and pick up copies of these excellent new works.

Tickets and Prices:

Tickets are included in the full conference registration. Otherwise, you have these options:

Saturday Afternoon and Night:
$65 advance, $70 at the door; AHA, Chicago Beer Society, Brewers of South Suburbia, or Urban Knaves of Grain members, $55 advance, $60 at the door.

Saturday night only:
$30 advance, $35 at the door; AHA, Chicago Beer Society, Brewers of South Suburbia, or Urban Knaves of Grain members, $25 advance, $30 at the door.

Individual Saturday afternoon sessions will be available at the door.

For advance tickets go to the website, or click here for a downloadable PDF signup form you can send to the Chicago Beer Society.

Food exhibitor space is still available at no cost! Click here for details, or email Randy Mosher. You can also download a printable Exhibitor Fact Sheet (PDF format).

If you'd like to volunteer to help out before or during the event, please email Randy Mosher.

This event is a production of the Chicago Beer Society and the American Homebrewers Association.