SPLASH! A CELEBRATION OF WATER CONSERVATION AND CRAFT BREWING AT DISCOVERY WORLD MUSEUM, MILWAUKEE, OCTOBER 26
SPLASH!, a celebration of conservation and craft brewing, presents craft beer and cheese tastings and dinner catered by Bartolotta’s, at the Discovery World Museum, Pier Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, on Monday, October 26, 5-8 PM. The event features representatives from leading conservation groups, artisan cheesemakers with sustainable operations, and craft brewers.
The special guest speaker is Jake Leinenkugel, president of the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI, the Platinum sponsor of the conference, with in-kind support from Beer Capitol Distributing, Inc. SPLASH! is the only public portion of the Great Lakes Craft Brewers & Water Conservation Conference, which brings together water policy makers in the Great Lakes and experts in water saving systems from Bridgeport Brewing Co. (Jeff Edgerton); New Glarus Brewing Co. (Dan Carey), Odell Brewing Co. (Doug Odell), and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (Fred Strachan).Guests at SPLASH! will be able to meet and mingle with the craft brewers attending the conference.
Artisan cheesemakers present include Crave Bros. Cheese Company of Waterloo, WI, Saxon Farmstead Creamery of Cleveland, WI, and the Cedar Grove Cheese Company, with a display about the biodynamic "Living Machine" wastewater treatment developed by cheesemaker Bob Wills.
Several conservation groups, such as Clean Wisconsin, Gathering Waters Conservancy, Milwaukee Riverkeepers, Shedd Aquarium’s Great Lakes Conservation program Listen to Your Lakes, and the National Wildlife Federation will showcase conservation tips and tools.
The Shedd Aquarium will give away free shower timers made of 100% recycled plastic. This tool helps you shorten your morning ablutions to five minutes or fewer, to save water at home.
The ticketed event includes a buffet dinner catered by Bartolotta's Catering, with recipes from “The Best of American Beer & Food” cookbook (Brewers Association, 2007). Tickets for the event are $45 each, includes 1 beer ticket (cash bar for wine and additional drinks), purchase with PayPal online www.conserve-greatlakes.com, or prepaid by check made payable to: F&B Communications LLC, and mailed to Lucy Saunders, F&B Communications LLC, 4230 N. Oakland Ave. #178, Shorewood, WI 53211.
Online registration and more conference details are available at: www.conserve-greatlakes.com. For more information, contact lucysaunders@mac.com, or call 800-760-5998. ###
