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Group photo of the happy winners of the International Brewing & Cider Awards 2026 (Photo: BFBI)

United Kingdom | The International Brewing & Cider Awards has announced its 2026 Trophy Winners, recognising the finest beers and ciders from across this year’s Gold Medal winners.

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Participants at the 5th Symposium on Acidic Fermented Non-Alcoholic Beverages 2026 at the VLB Berlin

Berlin | After a year’s break, organiser Dr. Martin Senz was pleased to again welcome around 80 participants to the VLB Berlin for the 5th Symposium on Acidic Fermented Non-Alcoholic Beverages which took place on 12 and 13 May 2026.

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Group photo of the participants at the CIBD study tour 2026 (Photo: BRAUWELT International)

Austria | It must have been on the bucket list of many brewers: visiting six breweries in only three days, on top of journeying along some of the most scenic routes in Austria and Bavaria. Luckily, some 40 UK brewers and their mentors got the chance, courtesy of the Chartered Institute of Brewing and Distilling (CIBD). They made the most of it, familiarising themselves with the breweries’ heritage and their technical installations, while enjoying a diversity of beers and styles.

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Visitors at a stand at Kibex 2026

Seoul | Kibex (Korea International Beer Expo), Korea’s largest specialized exhibition for the beer industry, was held at Coex, Seoul, from 16–18 April 2026, featuring 480 booths from 260 exhibitors across 7 countries, showcasing 1800 brands.

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Outside view of the Birrificio Italiano

Anniversary | This isn’t the only party to be held by one of the most significant craft beer pioneers in Italy and founder of one of the first craft breweries in Lombardy in the little municipality of Lurago Marinone. Brewery boss Agostino Arioli had invited fellow brewers, companions and beer enthusiasts from all over the world to help him celebrate this notable anniversary – 30 years of Birrificio Italiano.

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A woman poses with two World Beer Cup awards (Photo: Brewers Association)

Philadelphia | The World Beer Cup, one of the world’s most prestigious beer competitions, celebrated three decades of brewing excellence this week by awarding 353 medals to breweries and cideries across the globe.

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Group photo of MEBAK members visiting the Hochschule Geisenheim University of Viticulture and Enology in April 2026 (Photo: MEBAK)

Geisenheim | The 106th meeting of the Central European Commission for Brewing Analysis (also known by the German acronym MEBAK) took place at the Hochschule Geisenheim University on 9 and 10 April 2026. It brought together numerous experts from academia and industry and was chaired by Dr. Martin Zarnkow and Matthias Hansen. The event focused on current developments in analytical quality assurance and new methodological approaches.

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Three black cans and two glasses with golden lettering and logos of the 2025 edition of the International Craft Brewer Conference on a wooden table in a garden in winter

Greece | The 6th Independent Craft Brewers Roundtable (ICBR 2025) concluded with great success at Macedonian Thrace Brewery S.A. (MTB), in Komotini, Greece, end of November 2025, having brought together more than 40 independent breweries from South East Europe.

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Sunlit hop cones on a hop plant (Photo: BRAUWELT)

Nuremberg | The world’s leading hop specialist BarthHaas is supporting young scientists again this year with its research promotion prizes, the BarthHaas Grants, each of which is worth EUR 10,000. The company chose the two winning research teams from among twelve applicants.

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Four tasting glasses in a row, filled with differently coloured beers, from light yellow to red and dark brown (Photo: Bohdan Stocek on Unsplash)

India | The Brews&Spirits Expo 2025 returned to Bengaluru from 27–29 November 2025, setting the stage for India’s most intense meeting of craft creators, beverage thinkers, technology specialists, global suppliers, category pioneers and industry drivers.

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