The Brewers Lectures is a series of live events from the Brewers Journal. The half day lectures give a platform to six speakers to inspire change, generate discussion and share brewing expertise.
The lectures are hosted five times a year cross the UK and Ireland.
Full details of each lecture will be released in the run up to the day. Scroll down for upcoming events.
Edinburgh, 26 june 2024
The Venue
Moonwake Beer Co
6A Tower St
Leith, Edinburgh
EH6 7BY
The Time
12:00 – 17:30
The Sponsors
The Speakers
Amelie Tassin | Tipple Marketing
Amelie Tassin is the founder and director of Tipple Marketing, a marketing and strategy agency based in Edinburgh, Scotland. With over 15 years’ experience, Amelie has worked across several European sectors from retail banking and property development to cosmetics and food and drink. Her agency's work is truly 'the Swiss Army knife of marketing' and offers tailored services for all needs thanks to Amelie's wealth of cross-industry experience. In 2018 she founded Women In Beer, a 'women who beer' group in Edinburgh, in 2019 the successful Women In Beer Festival (WIB Fest), a celebration of women in the industry with an impressive roster of events including tap takeovers, talks, and tastings.
Johnny Horn | Holy Goat Brewing
Johnny Horn is a long time homebrewer who has been brewing professionally since 2016. Prior to this he was an archaeologist specialising in the British Iron Age. He made the transition to commercial brewing in 2017 and have since worked at The Hanging Bat, 71 Brewing and Vault City, which he co-founded in 2018. Upon leaving Vault City he took on board all the lessons he had learned from his experiences in the beer industry to envision a business model and brand that allows for maximum creative freedom whilst maintaining profitability. Drawing on the knowledge and skills from myself and these individuals he has endeavour to create his dream brewery in the form of Holy Goat Brewing.
Alix Blease | Lallemand Brewing
Alix Blease is a Technical Sales Representative for Lallemand Brewing in the UK. She has a strong background in brewing and a flair for innovation. And throughout her career, she has crafted an extensive range of exceptional beers, showcasing her versatility and dedication to pushing boundaries.
Joshua McMillan | Barth Haas
Joshua McMillan is a research scientist at BarthHaas. Joshua joined the business as a laboratory analyst before taking on the roles of research assistant, laboratory team leader and then research scientist in September 2020. At BarthHaas, the team puts their heart and soul into getting the best flavour experiences out of the natural hop. To achieve this, they have created a unique environment of expertise and innovation, actively supporting their customers and suppliers to be successful.
Vinny Rosario | Moonwake
Vinny Rosario is the head brewer at Moonwake. Moonwake is a modern Scottish brewery, established in 2021 by a team with extensive craft beer and brewing careers. Since graduating as a chemical and process engineer in New Zealand, he has brewed in a number of countries including New Zealand, Spain and England. Moving to Scotland to set up Moonwake where the brewers are as important as the brew.
Sarah Sinclair | Sellar
Sarah Sinclair is the marketing manager at Sellar. She's an impactful and dynamic marketer who draws from a wealth of experience working in beer and hospitality. She progressed from pulling pints while studying to cutting her marketing teeth for one of London's most-renowned pub groups, this is when she discovered the world of craft beer. Sarah has since spent the last seven years making an impact for breweries such as Moonwake, Duration, Wild Card and Solvay Society.
Lucy Stevens | Closet Brewing
Closet Brewing is an Edinburgh-based nano-brewery focused on producing unique seasonal beers. We emphasise quality beers, LGBT+ community and keeping our local-minded, outgoing approach at the heart of our mission. The founders Lucy and Lizzie Stevens, began as homebrewers (brewing quite literally out of their closet), before officially launching the brewery in 2022. Lucy, the head brewer, is the driving creative force behind the brewery drawing inspiration from a host of unusual sources; including botanical gardens and baked goods. She is always on the lookout for new techniques, developing and learning with every beer she designs. Some of the highlights of Lucy's brewing career so far include featuring in Dr Christina Wade's book, "The Devil's in the Draught Lines", being selected as a mentee for the UK-wide Women in Beer mentorship program, and, most recently, lending her expertise as a taste judge for the Scottish Beer Awards
John Taylor | Brewstar Systems
John Taylor (JT) is part of the team at BrewStar Systems, the UK and European licensed entity of Bespoke Global Solutions. The equipment designed and manufactured by the company is used worldwide, by over 100 breweries across 5 continents. Their client list spans brewing giants such as AB InBev, to established medium size enterprises, to smaller single site brewpubs, hotel breweries, and start-ups. BrewStar Systems, powered by Bespoke Global Solutions, with a very simple mission: to bring the best quality equipment, with the best service, at the best value, to the breweries of UK and Europe. He is also the co-founder of London-based Drop Project, a brewery producing premium flavoursome beers with consistent high-quality results.
Richard Wardrop | Vault City
Richard Wardrop is the Marketing Manager for Vault City Brewing, the UK’s largest sour beer producer, responsible for all elements of brand, NPD, marketing and comms. With over 10 years’ experience both agency side and in-house, Richard has a wealth of experience working with global drinks brands like Highland Park Whisky delivering digital communication and paid media strategies, receiving recognition for ‘Best Use of Social’ and ‘Best Low Budget Campaign’ at The Herald Digital Awards and UK Social Media Communications Awards.
Rooster's brewery, Harrogate, january 29th 2025
The Venue
Rooster’s Brewery Taproom
Unit H5, Fifth Avenue, Hornbeam Park Ave, Harrogate HG2 8QT
The Time
12:30 – 17:00
The Sponsors
NORWICH, February 2025
The Venue
TBC
The Time
TBC
The Sponsors
BRIGHTON, MAY 2025
The Venue
TBC
The Time
TBC
The Sponsors
Become a speaker
The Brewers Lectures are built on giving professionals from in-and-around the world of beer a platform to share their knowledge, expertise and experiences.
You might have grown and expanded your brewery, undertaken a successful rebrand, or built a fantastic team of talented individuals.
You might have some best-practice tips for dry-hopping, effective ideas on yeast pitching or wise words on water treatment.
The Brewers Lectures are designed to enable knowledge-sharing and to help ensure we create a better industry as a result. Do you have a burning idea or talk topic you want to share with the world? Then get in touch with our editor Tim Sheahan at tim@reby.media and we can hopefully have you take part in one of our future events!