Bacteria, Brueghel, Barrels, Blending and Brett (Part 5)

The Americas

US dietary guidelines to be published by August

USA | The federal government revises the dietary guidelines every five years, and the previous administration began that process in 2024. In December, the Biden administration released the scientific report that was to undergird the guidelines. But Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has since promised to start from scratch and remake the recommendations to match his convictions about how Americans should be eating.
Europe/Russia

AB InBev can’t get rid of Russian subsidiary

Russia | Once again, Russian authorities have blocked the sale of AB-InBev’s stake in its Russian joint venture with Turkish brewer Anadolu Efes. The brewer has been trying to get rid of the Russian subsidiary for years.
The Americas

TransLink and Patina Brewery release collab beer Platform Pilsner

Canada | TransLink, the publicly-owned and -operated transportation authority for metro Vancouver, has teamed up with Patina Brewery for a limited edition Pilsner four-pack, media reported on 19 June. TransLink will receive a portion of every sale of the Platform Pilsner beer.

Europe/Russia

Germany’s Erdinger brewery now owned by a non-profit

Germany | Werner Brombach, 85, the owner and sole shareholder of Erdinger Weißbräu, who turned his brand into a global player, has transferred his shares in the business to a foundation. In June, the Werner Brombach Family Foundation, a non-profit, officially became its new owner.

Reviews

The right to a perfect draught beer

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.

The Americas

Albertans continue to buy local after the province lifted ban on US liquor

Canada | Ahead of the G7 summit (16–17 June), which was hosted by Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney in Kananaskis, Alberta, the province of Alberta lifted its embargo on American liquor imports. The move was meant to smooth negotiations for a new Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement. The Saskatchewan liquor board similarly relented and said on 11 June that it will start buying and distributing American booze to retailers again.

Europe/Russia

Duvel Moortgat is brewing La Chouffe beer in the US

Belgium | The secret is out: Duvel Moortgat has been brewing its La Chouffe beer, a Belgian Blonde, which is popular with American drinkers, at the Boulevard brewery in Kansas, Missouri since December last year, Belgian media reported on 18 June.

Beer/Brewing history

Giants of brewing history: Peter Schoenhofen and Louis Lehle

Forgotten titans | This series recounts the extraordinary deeds of those involved one way or another in the brewing industry. Though their works and labors may have been memorable, for whatever reason, some of these innovators and pioneers have faded from our collective memory. Among them, a few have been almost completely forgotten or are only known to those specializing in brewing or brewing history. Two men, who fall into this category emigrated from Germany to the United States and became wealthy and renowned in their time but are largely unknown today.

Current issue

BRAUWELT International 3

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15 Sep 2025 - 19 Sep 2025

Over a pint

The laws of nature and non-alcoholic beers

Magpie & Marten | Dear readers: The following discussion continues once we started in our previous column in the print edition of BRAUWELT International, which is about non-alcoholic beer (NAB) and how it differs from normal beer.

Company news

BrewingScience issue May/June 2025 out now

Nuremberg | In June 2025, the latest BrewingScience issue was published online. 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.

Market

BarthHaas Report 2024/2025: Brewing industry in transition worldwide

Nuremberg | In 2024, the world’s 40 largest brewing groups together produced 1639 million hectoliters of beer – 0.6 percent less than in 2023. These figures are taken from the BarthHaas Report Hops 2024/2025, the latest annual report on global developments in the beer and hop markets.

Reviews

VLB Africa Brewing Conference 2025

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.

Previews

Brussels Beer Challenge 2025: Registration open

Major brewing event | From 3–5 November 2025, the city of Marche-en-Famenne will host a major brewing event: the Brussels Beer Challenge. For its 14th edition, this international beer-tasting competition will be held for the first time in the heart of the Famenne-Ardenne region, making Marche the temporary capital of craft beer.

People and Positions

Petr Košin new chairman of EBC Brewing Science Group

Brussels | At the recent 14th Technical Meeting of the EBC Brewing Science Group, held 20–22 May in Budapest, members were asked to approve the successor to Gert De Rouck, the director of the brewing pilot plants at KU Leuven (Technologiecampus Gent). Gert De Rouck had become the chairman in 2019 and the end of his term of office necessitated the search for a replacement chair. This was forthcoming in the person of Petr Košin, the production director at Budweiser Budvar, based at České Budějovice, Czech Republic, a national brewery run and supported by the Czech state.

Previews

drinktec 2025 - Close to the customer

Munich | A press conference at the Lindenkeller in Freising on June 3, 2025, almost exactly 100 days before the opening of this year's drinktec, marked the end of the roadshow organized by trade fair organizer Yontex to promote the trade fair highlight of the year worldwide. The drinktec Roadshow is a tried-and-tested format for discussing the current market situation with multipliers from the global markets.

Company news

Proof of sustainability

Companies increasingly have a responsibility to operate sustainably. They are disclosing their carbon footprint and showing how they intend to specifically reduce their emissions. Ziemann Holvrieka is now using a tool to record environmentally relevant data. Plant operators in breweries can use it to document the carbon footprint of their new tanks.