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The winners of the Keg Champion Awards 2025: A group of people at the BRAUWELT stand at dinktec 2025 smile happily; some of them are proudly lifting their green, keg-shaped trophies over their heads

Germany | The Keg Champion Awards 2025 were presented by the Steel Keg Association (SKA) during drinktech at the BRAUWELT exhibition stand on 17 September 2025. Founded in 2022, the association highlights the sustainability, economic efficiency and improved consumer experience associated with steel kegs.

Bestmalz CEO Dr. Axel Göhler (on the right) congratulates Tomas Sirtautas (on the left), winner at the BestBrewChallenge 2025 (Photo: Bestmalz, Katharina Stiller)

Germany | The BestBrewChallenge 2025 organized by Bestmalz has once again demonstrated the diversity and creativity of the international craft beer scene Over 100 people from twelve countries took up the challenge of creating and submitting an oatmeal stout using identical basic ingredients – including this year's mandatory Best Oat Malt.

Visitors at the entrance to drinktec 2025, a trade fair for the beverage industry (Photo: BRAUWELT)

Munich | 58,281 visitors from 164 countries gathered inspiration for future product concepts, business strategies, and technical solutions. With 70 per cent of attendees coming from international markets, drinktec 2025 once again lived up to its reputation as the industry’s premier global platform. Approximately 30 per cent of visitors came from Germany, around 40 per cent from the rest of Europe, and the remaining 30 per cent from other regions worldwide.

Two of the Gold medal winners at the European Beer Star 2025, proudly presenting their trophy (Photo: Private Breweries / Volker Martin)

Germany | The European Beer Star has been organized by the Association Private Brauereien since 2004 and has long since become one of the most important beer competitions in the world. At this year's edition, an international jury of experts selected the best representatives in a total of 74 categories from 2202 beers submitted. The winners were announced on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, during drinktec in Munich.

Audience at the Brewing Summit 2025 in California

USA | At the Brewing Summit 2025, which took place from 13–15 August 2025 in California, set against the desert landscape and sunrise views of Palm Desert, the international brewing community came together to discuss market trends, climate change, and fresh impulses for the brewing industry.

Group shot of the World Beer Awards Judges 2025 (Photo: World Drinks Awards)

United Kingdom | On Wednesday 13 August, the winners for the World Beer Awards 2025 were officially announced. The announcement took place at The Great Hospital, a historic event space in Norwich UK. The World Beer Awards has proven to be one of the World Drinks Awards’ biggest competitions and as we’ve seen this year, the volume of entries only seems to be increasing every year.

Delegates and speakers at the EBC Symposium 2025 in Budapest, Hungary

Draught beer | The theme of the EBC Symposium 2025 that took place from May 19–20  on the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Buda Campus was sustainable packaging for beer, with special consideration of beverage dispensing systems and the associated quality assurance thereof.

View of the auditorium at the Africa Brewing Conference 2025 (Photo: VLB)

South Africa | 130 participants met at the Hotel Sky Sandton in Johannesburg/ Republic of South Africa for the 5th African Brewing Conference from 2–4 June 2025.

Two people stand in the spotlight and seem very happy. They have one arm around each other, one person is wearing a Weihenstephan t-shirt and is holding a World Beer Cup trophy in the other arm, the other is giving a thumbs up. The audience can be seen sitting in the background

Indy-pendent brewers | The Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America, the largest gathering in the US for the beverage alcohol industry, was held from April 27 to May 1 in Indianapolis this year, a city that one might fly over on a trip within the US – but definitely shouldn’t! Even though this year’s CBC was a less buoyant and euphoric affair than previous ones had been pre-Covid, the attendees, exhibitors, vendors, suppliers, presenters and, of course, World Beer Cup award winners nevertheless found reasons to be optimistic, while circumspect, about the future of the industry. This year’s CBC offered 60+ educational seminars in 12 areas, and 550+ exhibitors displayed innovative products and services at the BrewExpo America. The conference concluded with the awards ceremony for the World Beer Cup, the world’s most prestigious beer competition.

Ten people cheer into the camera. They stand on a stage in front of a glittering background with the World Beer Cup 2025 logo and wear yellow sashes with the same logo and the inscription GOLD in capital letters (Photo: BA)

Indianapolis | Last week, the Brewers Association (BA), the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American craft brewers, announced the winners of the 2025 World Beer Cup, one of the world’s most prestigious professional beer and cider competitions. The awards ceremony was held at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, in conjunction with the Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America.

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