The Beer Wars Live Panel Discussion was held on April 16th following the world premiere screening of the film. The panel provided an inside perspective of the struggles independent brewers face in a corporate dominated world and panelists fielded questions in a live, talk-show style discussion from Royce Hall in Los Angeles. “Beer Wars” director, producer and writer Anat Baron, was joined by several leading independent brewers and beer industry experts for a LIVE and dynamic panel discussion. 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
