Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
With more than 8,000 breweries, the United States is home to the most dynamic and creative small brewing industry in the world. Yet as the industry grew, many were excluded from its ranks. Today’s brewers face threats associated with the pandemic, the brewing supply chain, and climate change. What lies ahead? The future of American beer must be inclusive. It must be environmentally sustainable. It will be even more creative than its past. And it promises flavors and styles that have not yet been imagined. Join us for a conversation among several innovators who are imagining—and creating—new futures for American beer, from grain and flower to glass.
Featuring:
Latiesha Cook, Co-Founder and President, Beer Kulture
Dennis Malcolm Byron aka Ale Sharpton, Beer Writer and Moderator
Diane Gooding, Vice President, Gooding Farms, Inc.
Tamil Maldonado Vega, Co-Founder and Vice President of Development, Raíces Brewing Co.
Tiffany Fixter, Owner, Brewability Lab
Theresa McCulla, PhD, Curator, American Brewing History Initiative
For more information about Food History at the National Museum of American History visit: https://americanhistory.si.edu/topics/food-history
Major support for the 2020 Smithsonian Food History Weekend and Gala from Home was provided by the Winiarski Family Foundation, The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, the Brewers Association, and Clark Construction Group, LLC, with additional support from Marcia Myers Carlucci, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation, Nordic Ware, Potomac Construction, Dr. Bruce E. Spivey and Amanda Spivey, Eric and Cynthia Spivey, and Wegmans.
Last Call was generously made possible by the Brewers Association.
With more than 8,000 breweries, the United States is home to the most dynamic and creative small brewing industry in the world. Yet as the industry grew, many were excluded from its ranks. Today’s brewers face threats associated with the pandemic, the brewing supply chain, and climate change. What lies ahead? The future of American beer must be inclusive. It must be environmentally sustainable. It will be even more creative than its past. And it promises flavors and styles that have not yet been imagined. Join us for a conversation among several innovators who are imagining—and creating—new futures for American beer, from grain and flower to glass.
Featuring:
Latiesha Cook, Co-Founder and President, Beer Kulture
Dennis Malcolm Byron aka Ale Sharpton, Beer Writer and Moderator
Diane Gooding, Vice President, Gooding Farms, Inc.
Tamil Maldonado Vega, Co-Founder and Vice President of Development, Raíces Brewing Co.
Tiffany Fixter, Owner, Brewability Lab
Theresa McCulla, PhD, Curator, American Brewing History Initiative
For more information about Food History at the National Museum of American History visit: https://americanhistory.si.edu/topics/food-history
Major support for the 2020 Smithsonian Food History Weekend and Gala from Home was provided by the Winiarski Family Foundation, The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, the Brewers Association, and Clark Construction Group, LLC, with additional support from Marcia Myers Carlucci, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation, Nordic Ware, Potomac Construction, Dr. Bruce E. Spivey and Amanda Spivey, Eric and Cynthia Spivey, and Wegmans.
Last Call was generously made possible by the Brewers Association.
