winter brewers conference

DEBATE AT HARTWICK CONFAB Can State Grow Enough Malt To Meet Breweries’ Demand? ONEONTA – What comes first, the chicken or the egg? At the end of the fourth annual Winter Farm Brewery Weekend Conference this afternoon at Hartwick College, that was the question.The state requires brewers licensed under the state Farm Brewery Act of 2012 to use 20 percent in-state ingredients in their beers, with that rising to 60 percent in 2018 and 90 percent in 2024. At the center…