Agenda

Overview                                                                              

Just because you may enjoy it on weekends doesn’t mean there isn’t some serious science behind it. San Jose BioCenter presents The Science of Beer featuring Dr. Charlie Bamforth, Former Dept Chair, Food Science & Technology, UC Davisand current Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Brewing Science.  Dr.  Bamforth’s talk will ‘tap’ into the art and the science of the brewing process as he highlights the health and nutrition of beer.  Charlie will have us all believing that “Beer is proof that God loves us”.  All attendees will receive 1 ticket to the Beer Tasting after Dr. Bamforth’s presentation. 

Mingle and network before the presentation with hors d’oeuvres and a Biotech Vendor Showcase before the presentation to find out how you can get more beer tasting tickets & enter in our Raffle!

Speaker

Dr. Charlie Bamforth, Dept Chair, Food Science & Technology Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Brewing Science, UC Davis

featured Breweries:

Devil's Canyon Brewing Company

FireHouse Brewery

Uncommon Brewers

Fossil Fuel Brewing Company

Hermitage Brewing

Speaker Bio

Dr. Charlie Bamforth is Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting & Brewing Sciences at UC Davis. He has been part of the brewing industry for some 33 years. He is formerly Deputy Director-General of Brewing Research International and Research Manager and Quality Assurance Manager of Bass Brewers. He is a Special Professor in the School of Biosciences at the University of Nottingham, England and was previously Visiting Professor of Brewing at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland. Charlie is a Fellow of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling, Fellow of the Society of Biology and Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology. Bamforth is Editor in Chief of the Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists, is on the editorial boards of several other journals and has published innumerable papers, articles and books on beer and brewing – and also written prolifically on soccer. His latest contributions have been The Brewmaster’s Art (A 7-CD recording in The Modern Scholar series) and Beer is Proof God Loves Us: Reaching for the Soul of Beer and Brewing (FT Press). In October 2010 he was on The Honor Roll as one of the 20 professors who are changing the classroom in the US (Playboy magazine). Charlie has been featured extensively in the media, including by the BBC, Discovery Channel, NPR’s Science Friday, PBS, New Scientist, Popular Mechanics, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Popular Science and many more. In 2011 Charlie was honored by the Award of Distinction of the American Society of Brewing Chemists for “exceptional contributions and long diligent service to brewing science and the brewing industry”.