It’s officially one month until the 2013 Beer Bloggers Conference in Boston. Woohoo!!!

Already I’m feeling apprehensive about the flight. I always get nervous before flying. Booked a rednight flight so I can catch some Zzzs. And I’m anxious about the timeline that night: Close shop at 8PM, flight leaves at 11. That’s a bit tight. May have to adjust store hours or get someone to cover closing.

Excited for the conference.

It’s my mini vacation, a working vacation but a vacation all the same. Yay!

This will be my first time visiting Boston.

In fact, my first time in Massachusetts.

(And my first time flying JetBlue.)

It’s gonna be too short, but a short working vacation is better than zero time away for some R&R.

We’ll be visiting Harpoon Brewery and Samuel Adams.

Sam Adams is the largest craft brewer in the USA. They’re owned by Boston Beer Company, who also owns Angry Orchard ciders.

I don’t know much about Harpoon since their beers don’t ship this far West.

Because this year’s conference is on the East Coast, likely there’ll be a lot of regional beer I’m totally unfamiliar with. Should be a good tasting time. Looking forward to trying all the beers, seeing fellow beer lovers-bloggers, and having room service for breakfast. Yep, room service for breakfast before a long day of drinking delicious craft beer. Beer lovers paradise!

BEER BLOGGERS CONFERENCE AGENDA

Thursday

Optional pre-conference excursion
(I’m doing something on my own this day: A little historic touring.)

Friday

• Registration & Trade Show
• Visit Boston Beer Company: Introduction by Julia Herz of the Brewers Association,
  Keynote Speech by Jim Koch of Boston Beer Company, brewery tours, tasting and dinner
• Heavy Seas Pyrate Party at Stoddard’s Fine Food & Ale (this place looks cool!)

Saturday

• Current State of Beer Blogging Survey Results
• Panel of Industry Beer Bloggers
• Mechanics of Beer Pouring presented by Heineken
• Food & Beer Pairing Lunch courtesy of the National Beer Wholesalers Association
• Social Media Best Practices
• Live Beer Blogging at the Massachusetts Beverage Alliance
• Tour, tasting, and dinner at Harpoon Brewery
• BeerSocial

Sunday

• Ten Blogger Reports
• Standing Out in the Crowd by Blogging Local
• Keynote Speech by Ray Daniels of the Cicerone Certification Program
• Wrapup