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Saigon-Kien Giang Brewery from Vietnam new VLB member

The Vietnamese Saigon-Kien Giang Brewery (brand name KGB), based in the southwestern province of Kien Giang, became member number 351 of the international network of VLB Berlin in January 2019. The ambitious young company was founded in 2014 and has a production capacity of currently around 1m hl of beer per year.

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10th Ibero-American VLB Symposium in Mexico is a success

The 10th Ibero-American VLB Symposium Brewing & Filling Technology was held in Guadalajara, Mexico from 17 to 19 September and attracted 225 participants. A Spanish language VLB seminar for craft brewers was held as part of the series of events for the first time.

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VLB bids farewell to 44 new Certified Brewmasters

On 28 June, VLB Managing Director Dr. Josef Fontaine handed over the certificates to the participants of this year’s Certified Brewmaster Course. The students had previously spent six intensive months in Berlin. A graduation ceremony with lecturers, friends and families rounded off the official farewell.

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New 6th English edition of “Technology Brewing & Malting” released

“Technology Brewing & Malting” – known in brewing circles as ‘the Kunze’ – has been accompanying countless brewers and maltsters while learning and practicing their trade ever since the first edition was published in 1961.

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VLB Brewery Conferences on 4 Continents in 2019

For the first time in its 136-year history, VLB Berlin is organizing four of its major brewery conferences on four different continents in one single year. Conferences are scheduled for Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Bangkok (Thailand), and Guadalajara (Mexico). The conference in Rust (Germany) already took place.

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Stefan Kreisz new Chairman of the Technical Scientific Committee (TSC) of VLB Berlin

Dr. Stefan Kreisz (Erdinger Weißbräu) was elected to serve as the new chairman during a meeting of VLB Berlin’s Technical Scientific Committee on 11 March in Europa-Park in Rust, Germany. He succeeds Dr. Dietrich Mönch, who had chaired the committee since 2016. Dr. Paul Panglisch also stepped down after many years as Chairman of the TSC working group for Filling, Packaging, and Utilities.