The Brewers Association’s Beer Style Guidelines are reviewed and revised annually by the BA. These guidelines serve as a model resource for brewers, beer judges and competition organizers, and celebrate the great diversity of beer around the world.

The Neutraubling-based manufacturer of filling and packaging technology released its annual report on 15 March 2018.

In addition to classic automation projects at field level, the demand for scalable solutions that offer connectivity from the sensor to the cloud and with mobile devices is increasing among industrial manufacturing firms. Copa-Data is responding to this demand by integrating its zenon software with the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Thanks to its knowledge and wealth of experience in cloud-based smart factory and smart city solutions, the Austria-based software manufacturer for industrial automation has now achieved Gold status in the Microsoft Cloud Platform competency.

The acquisition of an Asco CO₂ recovery plant for natural sources pointed gas supplier Messer BH Gas the way to an exclusive contract for suppling high-quality carbon dioxide to Coca-Cola in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Shortly before the end of 2017 we received great news: the scientific journal BrewingScience (the former „Monatsschrift für Brauwissenschaft“), published by Fachverlag Hans Carl, Nuremberg, has been selected for coverage in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). ESCI is a new database within Clarivate Analytics, a Thomson Reuters spin-off which has been in charge of the journal selection process since 2016. Thus, BrewingScience has reached the preliminary stage to receiving the Thomson Reuters Impact Factor, which is highly sought after in the scientific community, and has been represented in the Web of Science since the first edition of 2017, when coverage begun.

We are pleased to report that The Beer Monopoly by Ina Verstl and Ernst Faltermeier and published by Brauwelt International made it on to the Forbes List “Best Booze Books of 2017”.

70 Years of EBC (Part 1)

The Early Years | The European Brewery Convention celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. Before World War II there was no international organisation looking after brewers, brewing and beer. In those days, there was a clear dichotomy of brewing practices – the Anglo-Saxon and Irish top fermented beers on one hand, the Bohemian-Czech, German-Austrian and Danish bottom fermentation systems on the other. Brewing practices were often a mix of time-honoured recipes and continuous improvements tying up tradition and observation.

One year after moving into the premises in Regensburg’s TechBase and successful completion of its first projects, the Innovation Lab was officially inaugurated in October 2017.

The Neutraubling-based company communicated in a press release dated 25 October 2017 that order intake increased 10.0 per cent to EUR 2,696.8 million in the first three quarters. Adjusted for acquisitions, the increase was 5.9 per cent. The orders growth was especially strong in Western Europe. Orders on hand at the end of September 2017 were up 14.2 per cent year-on year, from EUR 1,167.0 million to EUR 1,332.6 million.

On September 6, 2017, Diversey announced that the purchase of the business by Bain Capital Private Equity from Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) is complete. They will now be a standalone company that will include the Diversey Care division of Sealed Air as well as the food hygiene solution business that was part of its Food Care division. Dr. Ilham Kadri, appointed CEO of Diversey upon completion of the sale, commented: “As an independent business, we will have the ability to be smarter and more agile than ever before as we introduce enhanced technology and innovation. As we work together with our formidable new ownership, our customers will be our singular focus.”

IBD Masterclass Explores Sensory Science

As the UK continues to sever its political ties with the EU, it was only fitting that the Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD), an organization with 5000+ members, re-established its links to its continental constituents by organising a two-day seminar in Salzburg, Austria at the end of June 2017.