The Beer Culture Summit is our 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 Summit is the forum that brings them all to the table for a pint and a discussion.

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 our second Summit in 2020 was completely virtual, it offered a safe and even more personal setting that brought people together to emphasize another important aspect of our mission: that beer is for everyone. And our third Summit was a beautiful hybrid that continued to celebrate the great people who make the beer community what it is. It also continued to provide a space where valuable and relevant content was accessible to all.