EBC Symposium 2023 – Save the date

Come together | The next EBC symposium will be held from 8–10 October 2023 at Stiegl Brewery in Salzburg, Austria! This was the outcome of deliberations set in motion a few months ago when the Italian Brewers Association Assobirra announced that they would not be able to host the meeting in Rome, as had been originally planned.

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Europe’s beer sector ready to return, stronger and better, in 2023

Perspectives | Europe’s beer sector is optimistic about returning to its pre-pandemic heights in 2023, The Brewers of Europe Secretary General Pierre-Olivier Bergeron said today at the ninth edition of Beer Serves Europe in Brussels on December, 8.

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Limiting the packaging

Protection guidance | Europe’s brewers support minimising packaging’s impact on the environment and will now work together with the European Parliament and Member States to ensure a final Regulation that is proportionate, well-targeted, non-discriminatory and coherent.

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Brewers Forum 2023 announced

International meet-up | The next edition of the Brewers Forum will take place on 21–23 May 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic. Once again, the global community will unite discussing trending issues in the brewing industry and networking while cheering around a glass of beer.

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Brewers celebrate 10 years of the EU Beer Pledge

The Brewers of Europe | At an event at The Brewers of Europe House in Brussels, Ivan Štefanec, Member of the European Parliament and President of the EP Beer Club, hailed delivery against the #EUBeerPledge, the Brewers of Europe’s pioneering commitment to the promotion of responsible beer consumption, through hundreds of activities as a vital step for the sector ahead of expected EU legislative proposals around alcohol labelling.

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Beer Serves Europe returns in December

Save the date | After a two-year hiatus due to the Covid pandemic and the restrictions placed on large social gatherings, the Brewers of Europe recently announced the long-awaited return of #BeerServesEurope.

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Conference report: Brewers Forum in Madrid

Spain | Take it as a sign of the times that ESG targets will dominate brewers’ lives for years to come: The Brewers Forum, the annual shindig organised by the Brewers of Europe, which took place in Madrid (30 and 31 May 2022), devoted one of its four lecture tracks to the “E” (Environment) in ESG.

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Brewers back Europe’s Beating Cancer plan

The Brewers of Europe supports Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and the overall stance taken by the European Parliament in its opinion adopted this evening (February 16), advocating a comprehensive approach to cancer that includes prevention, early diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care.

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Europe needs to keep up its support for the beer sector

Call for support | As Europe continues to battle the pandemic, it must maintain its support measures for the beer sector, The Brewers of Europe said at the end of December 2021. The call comes as The Brewers of Europe, the voice of more than 12 000 breweries, released its 2021 European Beer Trends Statistics Report, which revealed how overall beer sales had collapsed in the first year of the pandemic.

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Brewers sign new EU Code of Conduct on sustainable food systems

Europe | The Brewers of Europe, an industry body, has added its name to a new EU-wide pledge to support the shift towards sustainable food systems. By signing up, Europe’s brewers pledged to pursue and build upon their six-year long commitment to label ingredients and energy on beers across Europe.

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Brewers of Europe Forum: Make beer more sustainable, innovative, diverse and responsible

Belgium | It was a big event by any standards. Though conducted virtually over four days, the Brewers of Europe Forum (1–4 June 2021) attracted an unprecedented number of delegates: nearly 2 500 industry members attended the Forum’s 19 sessions, which covered a wide range of topics, from recycling and recovery to innovative brewing techniques, beer styles, marketing and packaging.

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First issue of BrewUp Magazine available now

Biannual publication | At the end of May, The Brewers of Europe released the first issue of BrewUp Magazine, its biannual publication that covers items of importance for the brewing sector at European and national levels. It is made of contributions by brewers, maltsters, hop growers, national brewing association leaders, technical advisors and policy directors and aims at informing their readers about the latest developments and upcoming trends in the European brewing industry.

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Beer hospitality to drive Europe’s recovery

Belgium | The figures make grim reading. Europe’s brewers lost more than 40 percent in on-premise beer sales in 2020, due to covid restrictions and bar closures. Last year, beer sold in the hospitality sector dropped to 75 million hl from 126 million hl in 2019.

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Brewers Forum 2021: Programme now online

Wide range of topics | The programme of the Brewers Forum 2021, which will take place online only from 1–4 June 2021, is now online and presents a wide range of topics as well as inspiring speakers who will lead the audience through four conference days, showcasing best-practices, highlighting upcoming trends, offering practical advice to perfect brewing, improve marketing and storytelling and reaching out to the customers in this tough time.

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The Brewers of Europe

Mit Sitz in Brüssel repräsentieren The Brewers of Europe die nationalen Brauerverbände von 29 europäischen Ländern mit 10154 Brauereien, deren 132737 Beschäftigte rund 406 Mio hl Bier produzieren. Der Verband fördert die positive Rolle, die das Bier und der Brauereisektor in Europa spielen, und engagiert sich für die Schaffung rechtlicher Rahmenbedingungen, die es den Brauern erlauben in Freiheit, kosteneffektiv und nachhaltig in ganz Europa Bier zu brauen und zu vermarkten.

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The Brewers Forum 2021: At the heart of what brewers are doing

Difficult times | The European brewing industry has been hit very hard by the Covid pandemic and the ensuing shutdown. BRAUWELT International spoke with Pierre-Olivier Bergeron, Secretary General at The Brewers of Europe, about where the Brewers Forum fits into this picture.

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The Brewers of Europe Sustainability Forum 2020: videos online

Technical solutions | The virtual Brewers of Europe Sustainability Forum took place from 20 - 21 October 2020, and the two-day event was an unprecedented success, with over 700 participants joining for quality keynotes, outstanding panel events and insightful Q&A sessions.

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Hospitality and COVID-19 exit planning

The Brewers of Europe | In a letter to the European Commission The Brewers of Europe is calling to consider setting up a special task force on hospitality and tourism including bars, pubs and cafes as part of its ‘European Roadmap’ towards lifting of COVID-19 lockdowns.

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Brewers of Europe address EU-leaders to take measures to support hospitality sector

Corona crisis | In an open letter to the Presidents of the European Commission, Council, Parliament, Eurogroup and EBC, and the national finance ministers across Europe, the Brewers of Europe plead for a number of measurements to support the hospitality sector.

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EU rules on listing ingredients and nutrition information should apply to all alcoholic drinks

The Brewers of Europe welcomes the European Commission’s call of 13 March 2017 for alcoholic drinks to list ingredients and nutrition information, matching the requirement for non-alcoholic beverages that came into force in December 2016. EU rules oblige producers of beverages below 1.2 per cent ABV to list ingredients and provide the seven nutritional values per 100 ml. The EU Regulation also requires companies voluntarily providing ingredients and calorie information for alcoholic beverages above 1.2 per cent ABV to do so per 100 ml.

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Number of breweries in EU rises to over 10,000

Belgium | Thanks to the rise of craft beer, there were more than 10,000 breweries operating in the European Union in 2018, up from 4,800 in 2012, according to figures released by the Brewers of Europe in December 2019.