BONUS Thursday Lecture: Hop Quality Group – Brewers Help USDA and Hop Farmers Select Beers Next Best Hop

Join Jamie Floyd of Ninkasi Brewing and Van Havig of Gigantic Brewing as they discuss their work with Hop Quality Group and present on brewers helping the USDA and Hop Farmers select beers next best hops.

Doors open at 6pm with food and beverages available via the Taproom window, talk starts at 7pm. All ages welcome and never a cover.

This is a Bonus 5th Thursday presentation as part of our Thursday Lecture Series – a recurring community lecture series every Thursday, October through May. Thank you to our 2025/2026 Partners –

1st Thursdays – Ales & Ideas w/ Clatsop Community College
2nd Thursdays – Wit & Wisdom w/ Philosofarian
3rd Thursdays – Thursday Night Talk w/ Clatsop County Historical Society
4th Thursdays – Nature Matters w/ Lewis & Clark National Historic Park, Lewis & Clark National Park Association, and North Coast Watershed Association

WHERE: Fort George Lovell Showroom, 1483 Duane St. Astoria, Oregon 97103 Map