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April 1st (and subsequent days if necessary) - Artemis II launch watch party! Starting at 3 when we open, we'll be watching the launch livestream

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April 8th and 22nd (Wednesday) - come learn Carrom!​

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April 20th (Monday) - Smarty Pints!

 

Spring has sprung, so we’re bringing you pollinators and weed(s) for Smarty Pints this month! On April 20 we’re back with more timely talks, on how changing snow conditions affect plants and their pollinators and on the chemistry of cannabis, beer, and essential oils. See you at 6:30 in the taproom!

🐝 Prof. Berry Brosi
Professor, UW Biology & Executive Director of MeadoWatch
“Climate-driven plant-pollinator timing mismatches: does biodiversity provide backup?”

Pollination is essential for plant reproduction, biodiversity, and agriculture. Scientists are increasingly worried about timing mismatches between plants and their pollinators, driven by climate change. Plants and insects use different environmental cues (temperature, day length, snowmelt) to time when they bloom and when they become active, and climate change is increasingly causing these cues to fall out of sync.

Most research on this problem has focused on individual plants in isolation, which tend to show negative effects from mistimed pollination. But in nature, most plants are visited by multiple pollinator species and vice versa—so could that biodiversity act as a buffer against these mismatches?

To find out, we conducted a study in the Colorado Rockies, where snowmelt largely controls when plants bloom. We experimentally manipulated snowmelt in large plots containing multiple plant species and many individuals of each. Come to the talk to find out what we discovered about how pollinators responded—and whether the plant pollination suffered!

⚗️ Jim Roe
Analytical Chemist, SoRSE Technology
“Volatile compounds in cannabis, essential oils, and beer”

What’s the chemistry behind your favorite smokes, scents, and suds? We’ll discuss terpenes and other -enes, -ones, and -ols that you definitely did not forget after that o-chem final back in college. Jim Roe has made a career out of chemistry instrumentation and analysis, from a research scientist managing the UW Chemistry department’s instrument lab to a field service engineer for equipment spanning the alphabet (GCMS, HPLC, FTIR… holler for your favorite). He has consulted on setting up cannabis laboratories around the Pacific Northwest, and currently works in research and development for water-soluble emulsions of cannabinoids, terpenes, hop oils, and other compounds used in food, beverages, and topicals.

(go check out our dedicated page for Smarty Pints!)

It happens the 3rd Monday of every month, 630PM: Clever people tell us about their work. Sometimes scientists, sometimes engineers, sometimes artists! Are you a clever person who would like to present a 30 minute talk on what you do? Reach out at smartypints@burkegilmanbrewing.com

April 25th (Saturday) - Karaoke with KJ Brogan! Starts at 7! Come sing with your friends and be home at a reasonable hour!


Every day (including Sunday): Abolish ICE

 

Every Tuesday night at 7: King Trivia. Best trivia with the best host, with the best beer. Come join us! We have a lot of fun.
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