The International Cider Awards | The next International Brewing & Cider Awards will be held March 2024 at Mayfield Depot, Manchester, followed by a festival showcasing the entries and winners direct to the consumer. Registration for the ‘Oscars’ of the brewing and cider world closes on 31 January 2024.

Italian Exhibition Group | The Italian trade fair Beer&Food Attraction will take place at the Rimini Expo Centre, Italy, from 18–20 February 2024, together with BBTech expo (“The Beer&Beverage Technologies Show”). The show presents a comprehensive national and international offer of beers, beverages, food and trends for the out-of-home (OOH) sector.

Welcome to the BrauBeviale 2023! We’ve had to wait four long years for this, but the time has finally come: the brewing and beverage industry will once again be convening for its “Stammtisch” (or its “regulars’ table”) in Nuremberg.

Save the date | The official website for Lille 2024: 39th EBC Congress and 6th Brewers Forum has been launched. The event will be held in the picturesque city of Lille from 26–30 May 2024.

Vietnam | This year’s Brew Asia conference and trade fair, to be held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on October 19th-20th, will see more than 900 brewery owners, brewers, sales & marketing teams, distributors and industry suppliers from across Asia once again join for the latest innovations in ingredients, operations and equipment.

Korea | The Korea International Beer Expo (KIBEX) 2024 is all set to take place from 11–13 April 2024 at COEX C Hall, Seoul, Korea.

Practical approach | Since 2008, VLB Berlin organizes this technical conference, especially focused on the Iberoamerican beer sector. The 13th Iberoamerican VLB Symposium Brewing & Filling Technology (IBS) 2023 will take place on this occasion in Bogotá, Colombia at Hotel Cosmos 100 from September 4 to September 6, 2023. The symposium will be held in English and/or Spanish with simultaneous translation.

India | The 4th edition Brews & Spirits Expo 2023 will be held 13–15 September 2023 at the Manpho Convention Centre, Bangalore. This trade fair and conference is designed to cater to the beer, wine, and spirits industries.

Germany | Two of the most important international trade fairs for the beverage and liquid food industry, drinktec from Munich and Nuremberg's BrauBeviale, have joined forces to form the joint venture "Yontex", effective as of 1 July 2023, in order to strengthen their positions in the world market.

European Beer Star | In its 20th edition, the European Beer Star once again proves its importance for the international brewing industry. Breweries interested in taking part at the competition have time until 12 July 2023 to register their beers in order to compete with the world's best breweries.