The 2nd Ludwig Narziss Award was bestowed at BrauBeviale 2016 in Nuremberg on November 10th. The award, valued at 2500 EUR, went to Dr. Konrad Müller-Auffermann, Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, Prof. Fritz Jacob, Dr. Mathias Hutzler, TU Munich, Research Centre Weihenstephan for Brewing and Food Quality, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany, and Alirio Caldera MSc, Polar Brewery C.A., Caracas, Venezuela, for research: “Characterization of Different Bottom Fermenting Saccharomyces pastorianus Brewing Yeast Strains“ (BrewingScience, vol. 68 (March/April 2015), pp.46-57).

Brewing scientists meet in Denver

This year’s World Brewing Congress (WBC) was held in Denver, Colorado, USA from August 13th to 17th. As in the past, it never fails to deliver an impressive program of events and educational opportunities. There was never a dull moment for the attendees during the two general sessions, twenty technical sessions, 70 lectures and nine workshops, along with 180+ posters, various technical excursions, pre-congress courses and sessions hosted by suppliers, not to mention the individual symposia held by the European Brewery Convention (EBC), Brewery Convention of Japan (BCoJ) and the Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD).

Craft is about who brews the beer

Every year it grows by leaps and bounds. The Brewers’ Association of Boulder, Colorado, USA sent out invitations to the Craft Brewers’ Conference & BrewExpo America and almost 13 000 answered the call. Also, the number of beers submitted for the 20th World Beer Cup, held immediately prior to the conference, defied all predictions – but more on that later.

The Brewers Association (BA) announced the results of one of the largest commercial beer competitions to date, the 2016 World Beer Cup. The awards were presented at the conclusion of Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America® in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The 2016 Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America (May 3-6, Philadelphia) saw more attendees (13,600) and exhibitors (835) than ever. Atop the Rocky steps, more than 6,000 conference-goers gathered at the Philadelphia Museum of Art to enjoy the fine arts while savoring the fruits of the craft community’s creative endeavors.

At the Craft Brewers Conference in Portland, Ziemann Holvrieka performed a competition in which various prizes were drawn. The first prize was the technological advice by a Ziemann “brew doc”.

Beer Attraction 2016, an Italian trade event focusing on beer specialties and craft beers, took place from 20-23 Fabruary 2016 in Rimini, Italy.

Dr. Adrian Forster and Andreas Gahr are the first winners of the Ludwig Narziß Award for Brewing Science. On Thursday, 12 November 2015, Professor Ludwig Narziß himself presented the award during BrauBeviale to the two brewing scientists for their contribution "A Comparison of the Analytical and Brewing Characteristics of Cascade and Comet Hop Varieties as grown in Yakima (USA) and in Hallertau (Germany)", published in BrewingScience no. 67 (2014), pp. 137-148.

The winners of the European Beer Star 2015 have been announced

With a grand total of 1,957 beers (previous year: 1,613) from 45 countries and all continents, this year more beers than ever before were submitted to the European Beer Star competition. It took the 115-member international jury two days to complete the blind taste test at the world-renowned beer competition.

The Institute of Brewing & Distilling (IBD) has presented its prestigious Cambridge Prize to a talented young brewing scientist working for SABMiller UK.