By the Southern and Midland Section
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THURSDAY, 1 May 2025 3:45pm - 10pm |
Hook Norton Brewery Brewery Lane, Banbury OX15 5NY |
Join us for a social meeting of the Southern and Midlands Sections, featuring an exclusive tour of Hook Norton Brewery! Explore this traditional Victorian ‘tower’ brewery, where the brewing process flows from floor to floor - mashing at the top, boiling in the middle, and fermentation and racking at the bottom.
After the tour, enjoy light food (ploughman’s plates) and refreshment beverages (beer) before diving into two research presentations by Dr Grzegorz Rachon, Brewing Microbiologist:
- Survival of pathogens in low and no alcohol beers
- Using yeast ascospores as bioindicators for optimising pasteurisation in both standard and low/no alcohol beers
To round off the evening, we’ll take a short walk down the road to The Pear Tree (OX15 5NU), a traditional country village pub, to continue socialising and networking over a drink or two.
Speaker
Grzegorz Rachon – Brewing Microbiology Research Section Lead
About Hook Norton Brewery
Sitting in its beautiful, mellow Cotswold Hills landscape, Hook Norton is a proudly independent and passionate family business that takes the very best of its handcrafted brewing heritage and combines it with a thoroughly modern approach, to create a range of real ales for today’s drinkers to enjoy.
Hook Norton is one of only 32 family owned breweries and is the finest example of a Victorian Tower Brewery in the country. Of course, the brewery is about so much more than just its fantastic range of award winning beers. At the brewery we have a shop, Malthouse Kitchen Cafe, free museum and meeting rooms. We have 36 pubs that are at the heart of many of local communities, serving great drink and food to the region.
Why you should attend:
- Explore Hook Norton Brewery - a Victorian ‘tower’ brewery founded in 1849
- Connect with fellow CIBD members from Southern and Midlands section and guests
- Learn about pathogens survival in no/lo alcohol beers and about lates research in pasteurisation optimisation
Tickets: £14 per person, including ploughman’s plates and beer, served at Hook Norton Brewery.
Booking deadline: TUESDAY, 15 April 2025.