Barley and Ca na fruit | In February 2024, the latest BrewingScience issue was published online. This issue focuses on barley and the tropical Ca na fruit. The scientific online-journal BrewingScience features peer-reviewed scientific papers with impact on the brewing industry. The brief article abstracts below provide a good initial overview of the content.

Anniversary block | Ever since the first ErgoBloc L from Krones was unveiled at drinktec 2009, it has been an integral part of bottling plants. With its market launch, Krones realised a vision at the time: the complete filling and packaging line combined in one block.

Novonesis | At the end of January 2024, the proposed combination of the legacy companies Novozymes and Chr. Hansen was successfully completed, establishing the company Novonesis.

Bühler AG | In 2023, Bühler successfully navigated a complex and volatile global landscape and increased its profitability. The equity ratio also further improved. As an innovative solution provider, the company benefited from many opportunities and gained market share from transitions in its key markets.

Burton-on-Trent | Any beer lover somehow interested in the history and legacy of beer has to remain strong these days: On 19 Jan 2024, the English Gastro-Magazine „The Morning Advertiser“ published an announcement from Marston’s Brewery (Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company, CMBC) in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, saying Marston‘s will retire their remaining four Burton Union Systems soon.

Hop research | In December 2023, the latest Hop Special was published in the BrewingScience Newsletter, this time sponsored by BarthHaas. The scientific online-journal BrewingScience features peer-reviewed scientific papers with impact on the brewing industry. The brief article abstracts below provide a good initial overview of the content.

Long-term partners | In December 2023, Carlsberg and Liverpool FC have extended their existing long-term partnership for another ten years. The inking of this agreement will bring the partnership to an incredible 42 years, and reiterates its standing as the longest partnership in Premier League and club history.

Bühler AG | Bühler’s Energy Recovery Center (ERC), built in partnership with Belgium company Vyncke, is fully operational and ready for customer trials. Officially opened on 20 November 2023, the facility provides heating for Bühler offices in Uzwil by using biomass generated at its application and training centers. Moreover, the Energy Recovery Center, the world’s only application center of this kind and size, works as a platform for customers to explore the potential of using side streams through energy recovery, which can lead to the reduction of their carbon footprint, waste, and energy costs.

Sponsorship | BarthHaas, the international hop specialist, has awarded one of the 2023 BarthHaas Grants for scientific advancement to Dr. Nils Rettberg and Florian Schrickel of the Research Institute for Raw Materials and Beverage Analytics at the Research and Teaching Institute for Brewing in Berlin (VLB). This year’s other grant recipients are Guillaume Willemart and Prof. Sonia Collin who are both research scientists at the Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology (LIBST) of the Catholic University of Louvain in the Belgian city of Louvain-la-Neuve.