Beer Wars LIVE

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Thursday, April 16
8 ET / 7 CT / 6 MT / 8 PT (tape delayed)

Beer Wars LIVE marches into over 430 movie theaters nationwide for a ONE NIGHT live simulcast event on Thursday, April 16th to tell the David and Goliath story of the American beer industry. The event will feature a timely discussion with independent brewers and beer industry experts hosted by pundit, economist and actor Ben Stein following the groundbreaking documentary Beer Wars that takes audiences inside the big business of beer.

Beer Wars LIVE will take audiences behind-the-scenes of the daily battles and all-out wars that dominate one of America’s favorite industries. The event will be hosted by the multifaceted Stein, who in addition to being an actor (“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”) and screenwriter, is also a well-respected economist, author and former presidential speech writer.

Beer Wars director, producer and writer Anat Baron, former beer industry executive, will be joined by several leading independent brewers and beer industry experts for a LIVE and dynamic panel discussion during Beer Wars LIVE.

Panelists include:

  • Sam Calagione – Dogfish Head Craft Brewery founder and CEO
  • Rhonda Kallman – Founder and CEO of New Century Brewing Company and co-founder of Boston Beer Company, makers of Samuel Adams
  • Greg Koch – Stone Brewing Company founder
  • Charlie Papazian – Brewers Association president
  • Maureen Ogle – Beer historian and author of Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer
  • Todd Alstrom – BeerAdvocate founder

The panel will provide an inside perspective of the struggles independent brewers face in a corporate dominated world and field questions in a LIVE, talk-show style discussion from Royce Hall in Los Angeles following the documentary that takes a comical, yet in-depth look at those infamous 99 bottles of beer on the wall. Beer Wars follows the journey of small independent craft brewers on their quest to live their passion and build their companies and uncovers the institutional roadblocks that stand in their way.