The Beer Culture Summit is the Beer Culture Center’s annual four-day conference that embraces one very important aspect of our mission: that beer is more than a just a beverage. Beer has been a dynamic cultural force with the power to bring people together and the ability to influence change.

Around the globe, an ever-growing community of researchers, professionals, and everyday beer enthusiasts strives to learn more about beer’s historic legacies and modern worth. The Beer Culture Summit is the forum that brings them all to the table for a pint and a discussion. It is also one of the most diverse, educational, and accessible gatherings in beer.

The first ever Beer Culture Summit debuted in 2019 and was presented in partnership with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Over the course of four days, people from all over the country gathered in Chicago to have conversations about beer and the role it has played in humanity, past and present.

While the second Summit in 2020 was completely virtual, the third Summit was a beautiful hybrid that continued to celebrate the great people who make the beer community what it is. The fourth offered all of that and more. And the fifth saw the most successful virtual and in-person events to date.

Whether it’s online or in Chicago, we hope to see you in 2024 for the 6th Annual Beer Culture Summit.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS!

We are now accepting proposals for digital sessions of the Summit. As long as your session has to do with beer history or beer culture (past and present), all fields, all topics, all are welcome. Interested to see what’s been hosted in the past? Visit the Beer Culture Summit Archive. Please fill out this form to submit your session proposal. Deadline to submit is May 15, 2024.