Pre-Conference Events

Pre-conference events are not part of the official conference schedule and include additional fees.

Big Footprint Event Series

The Big Footprint Event Series offers three days of pre-conference activities designed to showcase the people who gave Washington craft brewing its start, as well as those who have ensured its growth and elevated it to excellence.

Click on a yellow banner to see events for that day. Then click on an event name to see more details.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

“Meet The Brewer” Brewery Tours

Hear craft brewing lore and legends from industry veterans and newcomers, get their perspectives on style trends, recipes, process refinements and other “insider” insights. And of course, sample the beer!

 

Brewery Tour A 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Includes:

  • Fish Brewing Co.
  • Harmon Brewing Co.
    (meal provided)
  • Airways Brewing Co.

$45

 CLOSED

 

Brewery Tour B
 Canceled

 

Brewery Tour C
 12:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Includes:

  • Skookum Brewing Co.
  • Chuckanut Brewing Co.
  • Boundary Bay Brewing Co. (meal provided)

$45

 CLOSED

 

Brewery Tour D
 Canceled

Heart of the Hopland Tour

This unique tour takes you across the mountains and into the Yakima valley, where nearly 80% of the US hop crop originates. Click on Hop Tour below for all the details. Ticket price covers transportation, lunch, dinner, tax and gratuity.

 

Hop Tour Waitlist 9:30 am - 9:30 pm
Includes:

  • Lunch with Iron Horse beer
  • Perrault Farms
  • Yakima Chief, Inc.
  • Hospitality, Homebrew and Barbeque by the Yakima Brewers

$95

Sold Out

 

The Pike Brewing Company’s Beer & Food Pairing Extravaganza

No discussion on local craft and homebrewing history is complete without giving an honorable mention to Charles and Rose Ann Finkel. Having long been involved in importing legendary beers, the Finkels finally opened a homebrew supply store, then their own 4 barrel brewery in the heart of downtown Seattle in 1989. The rest, as they say, is history. This very special dinner will be hosted by the Finkels and served in Pike Brewery’s Museum Room, amidst a jaw-dropping array of brewing artifacts tracing 8,000 years of brewing history.

 

Pike Brewing Co.
Beer & Food Pairing
 Waitlist 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Includes:

  • Pike Brewing Beer & Food

$45

Sold Out

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

“Meet The Brewer” Brewery Tours

Hear craft brewing lore and legends from industry veterans and newcomers, get their perspectives on style trends, recipes, process refinements and other “insider” insights. And of course, sample the beer! Multiple morning and afternoon bus tours will be offered.

Brewery Tour E
 Waitlist 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Includes:

  • Issaquah Brewhouse (Rogue Ales)
  • Snoqualmie Falls Brewing Co.
    (meal provided)
  • Black Raven Brewing Co.

$40

 Sold Out

 

Brewery Tour F
 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Includes:

  • Odin Brewing Co.
  • Elliott Bay Brewing Co.
    (meal provided)
  • Big Al Brewing Co.

$40

 CLOSED

 

Brewery Tour G
 12:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Includes:

  • Naked City Brewing Co.
  • Twelve Bar Brewing Co.
  • Redhook Brewing Co.
    (meal provided)

$40

 CLOSED

 

Brewery Tour H
 12:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Includes:

  • Pyramid Brewing Co.
    (meal provided)
  • Schooner Exact Brewing Co.
  • Georgetown Brewing Co.

$40

 CLOSED

 

Brewing Network
7th Anniversary Party
 Elysian Brewing Company Production Brewery 6:00 - 10:00 pm
Details:

  • Complimentary food and transportation
  • Must be 21 or over

$40

 Tickets Available Onsite

It’s time once again for another great bash with The Brewing Network to celebrate its 7th anniversary and kick off the National Homebrewers Conference on Wednesday, June 20th at the all new Elysian Brewery in Seattle, WA.. This event is a benefit for the Coral Reef Alliance, which helps to educate about and protect precious coral reef resources around the globe.

Come celebrate with us and enjoy exclusively selected craft beers from California, Oregon and Washington, chosen just for this event by The Brewing Network team. There will also be live music by BN favorite, The Trophy Fire! We’ll be giving away LOADS of brewing gear and ingredients from our sponsors at MoreBeer!, White Labs, Northern Brewer, Blichmann and more!

General Admission Tickets give you full access to the beer with unlimited tastings in your commemorative glass from 6 to 10 pm. Food will be available for purchase.

Please note that complimentary bus service will be provided to and from the conference hotel between the hours of 5:30 and 7pm, and 9 and 10pm. There will NOT be bus service in between those hours, so please arrange for transportation if you need to arrive or leave at different times.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Rock Bottom Beer & Food Kick-off Breakfast

What better way to catch the conference spirit than at this beer-and-breakfast event right before Opening Toast! Located just steps from the conference site, Rock Bottom promises a crowd-pleasing array of food, accompanied by samples from its line-up of house-brewed beers, all hosted by the Rock Bottom brewmaster.

 

Rock Bottom
Beer & Food Breakfast
 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Includes:

  • Rock Bottom Beer & Food
  • No Transportation Provided

$25

 CLOSED

 

 

The Fine Print

  • Ticket prices include transportation and meal, all taxes and gratuities and are non-refundable unless the tour is cancelled by the organizers.
  • Events are open to guests 21 and over only. Picture identification is required at check-in before the tour and at any tour location serving alcohol.
  • Consumption of alcoholic beverages is confined to the tour locations. Alcohol may not be consumed on tour buses.
  • All tours depart from and return to the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Bellevue WA.
  • Please bring a copy of your tour payment receipt when you check in for your tour.