Rob Vandenabeele, founder of ecofriendlybeer.com and field manager for UMass Boston's Green Brewery EPA Grant Project, will give a presentation and lead a panel discussion with other industry insiders about how to be a sustainable consumer and brewer of beer.
The presentation and panel will begin at 7:30 PM, but doors will open for the event at 7 PM. Portico, Lamplighter, Castle Island, and Cambridge Brewing Co will all be on tap (or in growlers), available with a donation. Taste test all four before you take your seat, guided by a licensed cicerone Allo Gilinsky. And don't forget to grab a slice of pizza (regular, GF, and vegan) from OTTO!Â
Rob Vandenabeele, an avid gardener, biker, nature lover and beer blogger, launched the EcoFriendlyBeer.com website in early 2020 while enrolled in the Environmental Studies program at Harvard Extension School. Recently hired as the field manager for an EPA Pollution Prevention grant that assists craft beverage producers in adopting environmentally conscious business practices, his goal is to inspire people to better protect our earth, the only planet with craft beer.
Tyler Fitzpatrick has been brewmaster at highly successful Lamplighter Brewing in Cambridge since its inception in 2016. A proponent of using locally grown and malted grain, which reduces the brewery's Scope 2 (delivery chain) emissions and supports regenerative farming practices, he prides himself on brewing a wide range of delicious beer styles ranging from IPAs and sours to Belgian and English beers.
Bob Kelley is cofounder of Mass. Brew Bros., a website and social media hub dedicated to all things craft beer in Massachusetts. With a mission of fostering community and "spreading good beer" as his mission, he's visited every one of the Commonwealth's breweries annually for 5 consecutive years and officially joined the Mass Brewers Guild team last December as its Membership Ambassador.
Allo Gilinsky, a Certified Cicerone, is a marketing and events coordinator for successful beer retailer Craft Beer Cellar and its Trinktisch Beer Hall. Known as the Craft Beer Concierge on social media and via his website, he earned a graduate certificate from San Diego State's Craft Beer Business program and has worked with notable clients such as The Publick House in Brookline as a digital marketing consultant.
Erika Anderson wears many hats within the local craft beer scene: retail employee at homebrew shop Beer & Wine Hobby in Danvers, co-host of the popular BrewRoots beer podcast, and marketing manager for the Boston Chapter of the Pink Boots Society, which assists, inspires and encourages women and non-binary individuals in the fermented beverage industries. If that weren't enough, she was recently hired as an assistant brewer at Spyglass Brewing in New Hampshire.
