Energy drink maker Monster buys CANarchy Breweries

Market

Trouble brewing: Craft beer meets a new reality

New reality | This article describes the current situation of the U.S. craft beer industry in 2025, which is facing a period of significant challenges and shifts in market dynamics.
Raw materials

The influence of protein content in barley and malt on beer quality (Part 1)

Limiting quality | Protein content in malting barley has a major influence on beer quality. Maltsters and brewers will have to adjust to a possible trend towards lower protein levels for years to come.
Logistics

New stability test for returnable beverage crates

Forced pallet impact test | A proven method for evaluating the long-term stability of reusable drinks crates is the pallet impact test, but as this is time-consuming and resource-intensive, VLB Berlin has developed an optimised test procedure.

Raw materials

Yeasts that grow on hops

Hop microbiome | Searches for new yeasts suitable for use in brewing have been ongoing for some time. A substantial part of domestic and foreign botany has been cartographically mapped for yeasts. But it is still quite surprising that one of the most important brewing ingredients has hardly been researched in that respect: namely hops. The authors and their students at FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences have asked themselves: Which yeasts can be found on hops?

Quality assurance

Statistical analysis of beer-spoilage microorganisms in 2024

Most frequent beer spoilers | Analysis of findings at the Research Centre Weihenstephan for Brewing and Food Quality, TU Munich (TUM FZW BLQ) about beer-spoiling microorganisms provides a good overview of the status quo, distribution, seasonality and frequency of beer-spoilers.

Quality assurance

Microbiology, anything but easy

Much can be achieved | Microbiology does not follow textbooks – and certainly not what we would like it to be. Biology involves evolution, adaptation and sometimes sheer luck. “That’s simply impossible. I would really like to detonate this operation.” This or similar statements are sometimes made by owners, managers or brewmasters when they are standing with their backs to the wall. This is mostly caused by microbiological problems in the finished product.

Europe/Russia

Carlsberg gloomy on 2025 consumer sentiment

Denmark | Carlsberg missed half-year profit and volume forecasts on 14 August and warned it did not expect the consumer environment to improve during the remainder of 2025. This sent the Danish brewer's shares down almost 7 percent in early trading, Reuters reported. The latest half-year figures by the world's third-largest brewer - behind AB-InBev and Heineken - was received with similar pessimism to those of its rivals in recent weeks with investors sending shares declining.

Europe/Russia

Diageo to cut more costs as tariffs bite

United Kingdom | Profit at leading drinks firm Diageo has fallen far short of analysts’ expectations as high costs hammer the drinks giant. Net sales fell 0.1 percent to USD 20.24 billion in the 12 months to the end of June compared with a year earlier, Diageo reported on 5 August.

Current issue

BRAUWELT International 4

Editorial
Table of contents

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Brewing Summit 2025

BRAUWELT on tour

drinktec

15 Sep 2025 - 19 Sep 2025

109th VLB October Convention

06 Oct 2025 - 07 Oct 2025

Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America

20 Apr 2026 - 22 Apr 2026

Company news

Dr. Florian Lehnhardt joins BrewingScience expert group

Nuremberg | The scientific magazine BrewingScience, published by Hans Carl in Nuremberg, is delighted to welcome Dr. Florian Lehnhardt from the Weihenstephan Research Center for Brewing and Food Quality to its group of experts.

Previews

drinktec 2025 Preview

Trade fair preview | The ides of September herald that autumn is right around the corner – AND that your favourite fall trade fair is too! The drinktec takes place in Munich, Germany, from 15–19 September 2025. Experts from around the world will convene in the halls of the Messe München convention centre, where over one thousand exhibitors from more than 50 countries will offer a wide range of solutions for entire value chains of every imaginable beverage or liquid food on the planet.

Company news

BrewingScience goes open access

Nuremberg | After months of intensive preparations, the time has now come: Specialist publisher Hans Carl, Nuremberg, has switched its scientific journal BrewingScience to open access on 1 August 2025.

Raw materials

BarthHaas Report: World hop and beer market 2024/2025

Nuremberg | The figures were eagerly awaited. On July 22, 2025, the time had come: Heinrich Meier and Thomas Raiser presented the new BarthHaas Report 2024/2025 at an online press conference, and they did not only have positive news to report.

Previews

drinktec: Date confirmed for 2028

Munich | Even before drinktec 2025 opens its doors, trade fair organizer Yontex already confirmed the dates for the next edition: from 11 to 15 September 2028, the Munich exhibition grounds will once again serve as the center of the international beverage and liquid food industry.

People and Positions

Björn Klotzbücher appointed Managing Director of VLB on 1 July

Berlin | Dr Björn Klotzbücher took up his position as the new Managing Director of VLB Berlin on 1 July 2025. He succeeds Dr Josef Fontaine, who will step down from this position at his own request in October 2025. The areas of finance, IT, human resources and research will remain under the responsibility of the previous Managing Director, Gerhard Andreas Schreiber (CFO).

Previews

European Beer Star 2025 – Jury convenes in early August

Nuremberg | At the beginning of August, the Nuremberg Exhibition Center will once again be transformed into a place to see, smell and taste. The European Beer Star 2025 will once again be looking for the best beers in the world.

People and Positions

Change in international customer support at VLB Berlin

Berlin | On 1 July 2025, Martin Dubrowsky took over the position of International Sales Manager at the Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei in Berlin (VLB). He succeeds Roberto Biurrun, who has left the VLB at his own request after ten years to take on a new professional challenge at Jürgen Löhrke GmbH.