CIMC Enric Tank and Process B.V. (CETP), a subsidiary of CIMC ENRIC Holdings Ltd., has completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Briggs Group Ltd. (Briggs).

Evan Evans, a well-known and respected Australian barley/malt/beer scientist, has produced a remarkable family history work, based mainly on his travels to France and Belgium, in the footsteps of two great uncles who fought and died in the service of Australia in World War I. In his introduction, Evan states: “This story is actually of two journeys that are separated by nearly 100 years and three generations of my family. They are of my great uncles, Capt. Gerald Evans MC and Pte Francis (Ken) Evans from Australia to the battlefields of France in the Great War and more latterly, my own journey to revisit those fields. This is a journey in search of echoes, primarily guided by the letters home to Australia from Gerald and Ken during this period.”’

BayWa AG has acquired full ownership of Evergrain KG. The company, which is based in Hamburg, will now operate under the name of "Evergrain – a BayWa Company". BayWa already decided last summer to acquire a majority stake in Evergrain KG. After the anti-trust authorities have approved the transaction, the Munich-based trade and services company is taking full ownership of Evergrain, a company that is specialised in international trading with malting barley. With the take-over, BayWa is expanding its national and international specialities business and will take a leading role in the malting barley trade.

Alpha acid values of hops of the 2015 crop and updated multi-year average values

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Viking Malt Oy and Carlsberg Group have on the 4th of Jan 2016 signed an agreement where Carlsberg sells its subsidiary Danish Malting Group A/S (DMG) to Viking Malt. Parties have also agreed about a long term supply of raw materials for Carlsberg breweries. The transaction is expected to be finalized following the approval of relevant competition authorities. This may take a few months.

Have a beer – the right way

Smaller breweries in particular often do not possess very lavish laboratory equipment that would allow them to have continuous and detailed quality control. It is thus obvious that, in particular, the sensory skills of brewmasters are in demand because a number of analyses can indeed be substituted by professional tasting of beers.

WeissBeerger is a big data and IoT company founded five years ago, developing game-changing solutions for breweries, soft drink manufacturers and their customers (PoCs-points of consumption).

Ziemann Holvrieka – a single company name symbolizing “Everything from a single source”. Over the past few years, the companies from Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and China have grown together under the umbrella of the CIMC Enric Tank and Process B.V. (CETP). These companies will be presenting themselves under a single company name: all companies belonging to the CETP Group will be operating in the market under the corporate name Ziemann Holvrieka. The country-specific assignment is ensured by means of the legal form, such as GmbH or B.V.

Beers of today – A short history of taste

Craft breweries are flourishing all over the world, making the range of available beer flavours wider than ever before. This taste revolution owes its existence to the inventiveness of craft brewers. This article describes the huge diversity available today, and outlines a short history of taste.

Of small creatures that we like and those that we don’t like

No question about it, every brewer loves microorganisms. And in particular yeast. Because without it our beer wouldn’t be worth a lot. Most brewers are more or less familiar with yeast metabolism. Ethanol and carbon dioxide are formed from sugar. Well, a whole series of other substances are also formed but this would go way beyond the scope of this article. Wort and beer are environments in which not just yeast feels on top of the world. Unfortunately (or, meantime with a view to some beer styles, thankfully), other microorganisms also feel completely at ease there. In the following article, let’s have a closer look at them.

Grandpa knew a thing or two …

… but has his knowledge outlived its usefulness? In the age of the Internet and smart phones, the programmes and apps all about beer brewing that can be downloaded from the Internet never cease to amaze one. Complete recipe calculations are possible and with smidgens of basic knowledge, the final alcohol content of a beer can be calculated more or less accurate to within a tenth.