Don’t F*#k Up The Beer -An Industry Panel Discussion about Quality Control
1001 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19123, USA
39.9669966
-75.1398949
Description
Philly Loves Beer is proud to present the Industry Education Panel on Quality Control taking place at Urban Village on June 7th from 2-4PM. Explore the best quality control practices, common lab errors, overlooked QC practices and the best route to achieve happy, healthy fermentation. A panel of experts will share their unique perspectives to create an interactive experience for anyone who wants to brew better beer. After the panel discussion, mix and mingle with other top brewing industry folks before hitting your evening events! Get down & nerdy with us!
PANELISTS:Matthew Farber - USceince - ModeratorChris Reilly - Weyerbacher BrewingDan Neuner - 2SP BrewingAimee - Dogfish Head BrewingDr. Nicholas Siciliano, Invisible Sentinel
MODERATOR: Matthew Farber, PhD is the Founder and Program Director of the Brewing Science Certificate program at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia where he is also an Assistant Professor of Biology. He received a BS in Biology from Seton Hall University and a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on innovative applications of biotechnology for the improvement of beer production, and he is an inventor on two patent applications in brewing. Dr. Farber is passionate about inspiring scientific curiosity through beer science and has been an active outreach educator with the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Franklin Institute, and various homebrew clubs and bars. He loves beer foam and loathes “juicy” as a beer descriptor.
Aimee Garlit is the Microbiologist at Dogfish Head, where she’s worked for the past 4 years. Prior to joining the brewing industry, she earned a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Michigan and did a postdoctoral fellowship at UPenn studying infectious disease transmission. While living in Ann Arbor and Philly, she developed a passion for beer and got into homebrewing and beer judging. She’s a BJCP National judge and will judge at GABF this year. At Dogfish, she manages the micro surveillance program and coordinates in-house yeast propagation.
Dan Neuner is the Quality Control Technician at 2SP Brewing in Aston, PA. Dan is a Philly area native (from NJ originally) currently living in South Philly. He holds a Brewing Science Certificate from University of the Sciences. Prior to doing quality control, Dan was a brewer at Neshaminy Creek and a brewer at Forgotten Boardwalk.
Christopher Reilly is the QA/QC Lab Manager and Barrel Program Manager, aka Director of Dichotomy, at Weyerbacher Brewing Co. In other words, his primary role is to: Make sure our clean beers won’t sour as well as to make sour beer. Chris was a brewer and cellarman at Weyerbacher before setting up the lab program. Prior to brewing he worked as a Clinical Lab Scientist at a number of Philly area hospitals while homebrewing on the side. After catching the brewing bug he decided that taking home a six-pack of beer after work was more enjoyable than accidentally taking home pathogens. Chris earned his Certificate in Brewing from the UC Davis Master Brewers program and his B.S. in General Science and Clinical Laboratory Sciences/Medical Technology from King’s College.
Chris resides in Quakertown, Pa with his wife and three toddlers. When he is not sciencing at work Chris enjoys exploring the concepts of agronomy, forest farming and agroecology. Oh and he’s a metric system advocate.
Nicholas A. Siciliano, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Invisible Sentinel, Inc. Dr. Siciliano is the CEO and co-founder of Invisible Sentinel, a global molecular solutions Company that provides novel microbial detection tools to ensure consumer safety and product quality. Invisible Sentinel launched a product portfolio for the brewing industry in 2015 and now provides spoilage organism tests to over 250 breweries in the United States and more than 50 breweries internationally.
Dr. Siciliano received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Villanova University and a Ph.D. in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis from Thomas Jefferson University. He is a member of Invisible Sentinel’s Board of Directors and serves on several biotech Advisory Boards. He is also a frequent lecturer in entrepreneurship for several local Universities.
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Start:
2018-06-07T14:00:00-04:00
End:
2018-06-07T16:00:00-04:00
Category
Food & Drink
Tickets
General Admission
18.0
USD
35