The Craft Brewers Conference is packed with ways to run smarter, sell more, and keep drinkers coming back. Here are five seminars worth your time. The Fresh Hop Beer Toolkit: Brewing, Logistics, and Consumer Insights Regional Brewery Production Track Fresh hop beers remain one of the brightest and most popular spots in the craft beer calendar but they are remarkably fragile, difficult to do well, and create challenges from sourcing ingredients to treatment throughout the process.