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Cider Conference 2015
Thursday, February 5th
Subject to change
Zurich ABCD
Zurich EFG
Montreux 1&2
Montreux 3
St Gallen 2&3
Vevey
Optional Breakfast Session w/ New & Old USACM Board Members
7:30 - 8:20
a.m.
Breakfast, coffee, tea in Zurich Lobby with seating in Zurich Ballroom
RSVP and Ticket Required
GENERAL SESSION
8:30 - 10:00
a.m.
Welcoming Statement & Clicker Survey
Cider Market Review & Outlook
Robert Vail, Angry Orchards & USACM Board; Martin Thatcher, Thatcher's Cider & UK National Assoc. of Cider Makers Chair
Vendors and Sponsors Introduction
Visit Trade Show
Morning Break - Coffee, Tea, and Snacks available at Trade Show in Vevey
10:00 - 10:50
a.m.
11:00 - 11:50
a.m.
Hop Around The Block (various Hop
and Yeast combination tasting)
Bittersweet fruit and English cider
making
The US Cider Market Historical,
Current & Projected
John Metta, Maeve Cider
Neil Macdonald, Orchard Pig, Somerset, UK
Jeffrey House, Ace Cider
TTB Overview and Updates
Susan Evans, TTB
Everything you ever wanted to know
about Velcorin, a microbial control
agent
Rebekka deKramer, Scott Labs
LUNCH
Served in Zurich Lobby with seating in Zurich Ballroom
12:00 - 1:20
p.m.
1st Annual USACM Cider Industry Awards
2014 US Apple Crop Update & 2015 Outlook with Mark Seetin, US Apple
Palate Challenge; Cidermaker vs You Distributor views on Cider in 2014
Wesley Phillips & Patrick Gould, Windy City
with 33 Books spider graphs
1:30 - 2:20
p.m.
Analytical Approaches to Cider
Making
Bryan Holmes, Citizen Cider
Dave Selden, 33 Books Co.
Ticket Required
Distributing; Eric Kobus, Louis Glunz Beer;
Lanny Hoff, Artisanal Imports
2:30 - 3:20
p.m.
Cider Apple Polyphenols: Origin and
Influence on Cider Sensory
Characteristics
Practical System in a Cider
Business: How we run things at
Wandering Aengus Ciderworks
From Press to Press: Getting Media
Coverage for Your Cider Brand
Amanda Stewart, Virginia Tech Univ.
James Kohn, Wandering Aengus Ciderworks
3:30 - 4:20
p.m.
Moderated Open Forum Series on
Stabilization - Pastuerization
Jordan Edwards, Artisan Cheese, Bread, &
Wine
Ticket Required
4:30 - 5:20
p.m.
Fermentation Dynamics for Better
Cider
Strategies for a Profitable Tasting
Room
Gustavo Ferreira, Virginia Tech Univ.
Trade Show
Jeff Cioletti, Beverage World Magazine &
John Holl, All About Beer Magazine
Commercial Organic Apple
Production in the Midwest
Pressing for Choice - Belt Press
Technology 101
Harry Hoch, Hoch Orchard & Gardens, Inc
Jonathan Chaplin, Core Equipment Ltd
Cheese and Cider Pairing Method
Jocelyn Kuzelka, Panacea Wine Consulting
Defining Cider Styles & Competitions
Eric West, Cider Guide
Home-Based Urban Cideries
The Honeymoon: Distribution Bliss
Abram Goldman-Armstrong, Cider Riot; Nat
West, Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider
John Hoyos, Hunterdon Brewing Co
Off-Premise Cider Perspectives
Adam Vavrick, Binnys; Mike Kilgore,
Wholefoods; Kasey Katz, Bottles and Cans
Designing and establishing a cider
orchard
Gregory Peck, Virginia Tech Univ.
Mixology with Cider
5:30 - 6:00
p.m.
Top Chicago Mixologists concoct.
Limited to 100 people, Ticket Required.
Cider Making Track
Marketing/Sales
Track
Tasting
Business Track
Orchard Track
General Sessions
Vendor Sessions
1
Labeling & Marketing: The Complex
Interaction of Regulatory, Trademark &
False Advertising Law
Marc Sorini & Robert Zelnick, McDermott Will
& Emery LLP
(10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.)
Cider Conference 2015
Friday, February 6th
Subject to change
Zurich ABCD
Zurich EFG
Montreux 1&2
Montreux 3
St Gallen 2&3
Vevey
Optional Breakfast Session w/ USACM Cider Industry Award Recipients
8:00 - 8:50
a.m.
Breakfast, coffee, tea in Zurich Lobby with seating in Zurich Ballroom
RSVP and Ticket Required
Cider Sales Strategies & Tactics
9:00 - 9:50
a.m.
10:00 - 10:50
a.m.
Ciderhouse Equipment Options
Bob Egan,Vander Mill Cider; Patrick Gould,
Windy City Distributing; Michelle Foik, Eris
Brewery & Ciderhouse; Anthony BelliveauFlores, Rowan Imports LLC
Nick Gunn, Wandering Aengus Ciderworks,
Joel Brower, Vander Mill et al TBD
Evaluating the use of exogenous
tannins in hard cider production
though chemical and sensory
characterization
Cidery Hygiene
Rebekka deKramer, Scott Laboratories
Growing cider apple in Wisconsin - a
comprehensive approach
Pros and Cons of Contracted
Cidermaking
Herdie Baisden, Maiden Rock Winery & Cidery
Jeff Nicol, Hawksong Cider
Pest Management Programs for Cider Surviving the American Dream (Cider
Orchards
Business Start-Up)
Terence Bradshaw, University of Vermont
Bruce Nissen, Jester & Judge Cider Company
Seth Cohen, Appalachian State Univ.
11:00 - 11:50
a.m.
Moderated Open Forum Series on
Stabilization - Sterile Filteration,
Velcorin & Other Methods
Apple Ice Wine/Ice Cider; cider
making originating from the cold
climate
François Pouliot, La Face Cache de la Pomm,
Ticket Required.
TTB Regulations: What do they mean
for Cider?
How to choose the best packaging
system for cider
Kara Fontaine, TTB
Andy Halcarz, Lightweight Containers
Accounting and Legal Highlights
from Start up to Exit
Caleb Williams, Saalfeld Griggs
Kevin O’Brien, Irvine & Co., CPAs
LUNCH
Served in Zurich Lobby with seating in Zurich Ballroom
12:00 - 1:20
p.m.
Congressman Earl Blumenauer on the CIDER Act
Same Juice, Different Ciders
1:30 - 2:20
p.m.
Moderated Open Forum Series on
Stabilization - Sorbates
2:30 - 3:20
p.m.
Understanding Yeast with the Yeast
Whisperer
Stephen Wood, Farnum Hill Ciders; Brad
Page, Colorado Cider; Eleanor Leger, Eden
Ice Cider; Dan Wilson, Slyboro Cider; Jocelyn
Kuzelka, Foggy Ridge Cider - Ticket Required.
An Overview of the Cider Market in
the U.S. Eastern Coast
First Steps Towards a Packaging
Program
Gustavo Ferreira, Virginia Tech Univ.
Robert Drumm, Atlas Labels & Packaging
On-Premise Cider Perspectives
Julie Tall, Capitol Cider; Emilie Sharboneau,
Jake Melnicks; Rebekah Graham, The
Publican
Shea Comfort, Scott Laboratories
Growing Apples, growing Cider: an
Orchardist’s & Cider Maker’s
perspective on growing/sourcing
dessert/specialty cider apples
Benjamin E. Calvi, Champlain Orchards
Spanish Cider Appreciation w/ the
Spanish Cidermakers
3:30 - 4:50
p.m.
Brian Rutzen, Northman Cider & Uncle Johns
Cider; Edu V. Coto, Spanish Cider Specialist &
Blogger; Egoitz Zapiain, Sidreria Zapiain
5:00 p.m.
Commencement Toast/Cider Share (5:00pm, Zurich Ballroom)
Cider Making Track
Marketing/Sales Track
Tasting
Business Track
Orchard Track
General Sessions
Vendor Sessions
2
Cider Makers' Roundtable
Congressman Earl Blumenauer, US House of
Representatives
Trade Show
(9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.)
CiderCON 2015 Rooms
1st Floor Swissotel Event Center
2nd Floor Swissotel Event Center