EBC Newsletter

EBC Executive Team The EBC Executive Team met before the summer break upon the kind invitation of our president Benet Fité, director of R&D, Quality and the Environment. The meeting would have normally taken place either in Brussels or just online. Benet had...

Hey, days are getting longer, have you noticed? Which means that a beer at “sundowner” time is starting to look like a good proposition… And, once you’ve cracked one open and settled into a deckchair, what better way to pass the time than by looking at some of our...

As we are nearing Christmas 2022, we cannot help but do a quick mental check of what this year has brought us. The result, as so often, has been a “mixed bag” of highlights and challenges. The year started on a difficult note with Russia invading the Ukraine in...

Dear readers, Please let me introduce myself; my name is Goran Matic, Supply Chain Excellence, R&D and Innovations Director, Molson Coors Beverage Company, Western Europe. I’ve been in the brewing industry for nearly two decades, doing different operational and...

By now, delegates’ comments on the joint Brewers Forum and EBC Congress 2022 in Madrid have indicated that it’s been another successful event. Many delegates expressed themselves quite favourably about the rich choice of presentations, and the many good posters that...

Dear community of brewing scientists and technologists, I hope these words find you all hopeful and healthy. This foreword had to be full of enthusiasm and joy, mainly to invite you to the first physical event of EBC after such a long time being contacting only by...

Dear reader, I’m Mathieu Schneider, Project Director at The Brewers of Europe, the trade associations representing the interests of European brewers in Brussels since 1958. I joined The Brewers of Europe in 2008, shortly after it had been merged with the European...

Summer is nearing its end, and in some countries there is already some rain and cooler temperatures. We, at EBC, hope you’ve had a restful sunny time and were able to relax over a few good beers. In this issue of our newsletter you will read about our preparations for...

When the decision was reached in 2020 to postpone the EBC congress 2021 by 12 months, everyone felt that we were being overly cautious or perhaps too pessimistic. In hindsight, the decision proved to be the correct one. Not that the EBC Congress could not be held in a...

Dear Reader, I’m Lene Mølskov Bech, Senior Laboratory & Regulatory Manager at the Liquid Analysis and Regulatory Department at Carlsberg Breweries A/S in Copenhagen. I have been engaged with Brewing analysis since 1993 and with Regulatory since 2010 I have worked...