Please note: Beer School registration is now closed due to limited space (a maximum of 30 people). A cash bar and light appetizers will be available for all conference attendees in addition to Beer School attendees. If you can make the reception, please indicate so on your registration.
Perhaps the most important session of the conference.
Learn about beer from brewmaster George de Piro. As a professional brewer, George has won several awards including three Gold Medals at the Great American Beer Festival for his Kick-Ass Brown ale. His Munich-style dark lager won a silver medal at the World Beer Cup.
Unfortunately our application for CM credits for this session was not approved, but we think it an important topic for planners in any case.
Great Beer / Historic Building - the perfect planning combination
The Albany Pump Station consists of two adjoining buildings. The first building was completed in 1874, the entire structure being completed and put into service in 1895. Total floor space is 8,000 square feet and the roof trusses are 40 feet above the floor.
The Pump Station drew water from the Hudson River and pumped it under Clinton Avenue to Bleecker Reservoir, which is now Bleecker Stadium. In 1927 the pump station moved over 7 billion gallons of water. In 1932 the Alcove reservoir was put into service and the Pump Station ceased operation.
There are two, massive, overhead cranes which are still in place and operational today. These cranes, completed in 1906 and 1909 and used for pump engine repair, are each able to lift 20 tons. We used these cranes to install the fermentation and serving tanks above the main bar.
More information about the building can be found at The Historical Marker Database.
This event is free with your registration, but has limited space. So please make sure you tell us if you are coming on your registration.
This year's reception will be in one of downtown Albany's most exciting venues... one that weaves history back into city life. Join us at 11 North Pearl Street, at the former Home Savings Bank, which was erected in 1927 and designed by the artist and sculptor Rene Paul Chambellan. The building features Art Deco stylized paintings of Native Americans, marble walls, and high ceilings with bronzed iron trim on the original ground level banking floor.
Mix with your fellow planners from across the region on Thursday night before heading out to dinner. Cash bar with plenty of munchies.
If you can make it, please let us know on your registration.
To learn more about dining options in downtown Albany click here.
