The rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus has led to a wave of public event cancellations across the United States, from St. Patrick’s Day parades to the Houston Rodeo. So far, they do not include the world’s largest beer-industry gathering.
The Craft Brewers Conference, which attracts thousands of attendees and more than 1,000 exhibitors to its World Beer Expo, is scheduled for April 19 to 22 in San Antonio, Texas. Concurrent this year is the biennial World Beer Cup, the world’s largest beer competition. As of today, at least, the Brewers Association still plans to move forward with the event.
However, the industry group said it would be meeting with San Antonio officials on Thursday, and would "provide an update to all attendees and exhibitors by the end of the day."