Latest updates
EBC Newsletter issue 12 – March 2021
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...
EBC Newsletter issue 11 – December 2020
Dear EBC Friends and Colleagues, I hope these lines find you all healthy and hopeful. Almost all of us are currently living under a second or third wave of the pandemic which impacts some way on our families, friends and businesses, so my concerns go entirely to the...
Updated International Method on Bitterness Units of Beer
The European Brewery Convention (EBC) and the American Society of Brewing Chemists (ASBC) are releasing an updated International Method on bitterness units of beer following a successful International Collaborative Trial. The European Brewery Convention (EBC) and the...
New International Method on bitter compounds in dry-hopped beers
The European Brewery Convention (EBC) and the American Society of Brewing Chemists (ASBC) are releasing a new International Method on determination of bitter compounds in dry-hopped beers following a successful International Collaborative Trial. The European Brewery...
Benet Fité appointed new President of the European Brewery Convention (EBC)
18 November 2020 – On the 17th of November, the Board of The Brewers of Europe appointed Benet Fité as President of the European Brewery Convention (EBC). Mr. Fité succeeds Mr. Tiago Brandão, who has served as EBC President from 2015 to 2020. Taking over the EBC...
EBC Newsletter issue 10 – September 2020
Dear EBC Community, I hope these words reach you all being safe and healthy. These last months have been harsher than anyone would expect, so my concerns go entirely to the ability each of us have had (and keep having) in preventing this pandemic which affects you and...
EBC Newsletter issue 9 – July 2020
John Brauer EBC Executive Officer It seems a longer time than barely three months ago, when most of Europe and the world decided on a voluntary lock-down in order to slow the spread of Sars-CoV-2. Rapidly, it became clear that guarding your distance would negatively...
Next EBC Congress to take place in 2020!
Due to the imponderables concerning the organising and hosting of the EBC congress, a decision was reached jointly between The Brewers of Europe and the EBC to organise the next EBC congress, together with an edition of the Brewers Forum, in May or early June 2022, in...
EBC Newsletter issue 8 – March 2020
Tiago Brandão EBC President John Brauer EBC Executive Officer The last time you received an EBC Newsletter, the world was a different one. These days, streets are empty, hospitals are overwhelmed and most of us are trying to balance work and family lives from our...
EBC Newsletter issue 7 – December 2019
Gert De Rouck, Chairman-elect for the EBC Brewing Science GroupAs the Chairman-elect for the EBC Brewing Science Group, I’m pleased to be able to introduce myself to the readers of this EBC newsletter: My name is Gert De Rouck. After my graduation in 1996 at...
EBC Newsletter issue 6 – September 2019
Jan Niewodniczanski, CTO / CEO of the family owned Bitburger brewing group in Germany Hi, My name is Jan Niewodniczanski and I am the CTO / CEO of the family owned Bitburger brewing group in Germany. We manage 5 brewing sites in Germany, in total we brew close...
EBC Newsletter issue 5 – June 2019
Hi everybody, My name is Monica Mandrutiu and I am the Quality Lead at Asahi Breweries Europe Group. An important part of my work lies in ensuring alignment with the regional and global quality strategy & standards and leading the quality improvement projects for eleven breweries across five countries in Central Europe.