Europe faces challenges in meeting plastic bottle recovery target

The European recycling industry is going to miss a 2025 target for recycling PET bottles unless there is a reversal of the slowing growth rate in recycling, according to a new study by ICIS on the 2018 market. The study also found evidence that bottle-deposit schemes are working better as an incentive than market prices for recycled material.

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Embossing: succeeding under pressure

Ardagh Group | The challenge of replicating the distinctive flutes of Jupiler’s glassware in an embossed can has led to tooling innovations that enable the global supplier of metal and glass packaging to render embossed designs with greater definition, creating new branding opportunities for its customers.

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New version of zenon Software Platform available

Copa-Data GmbH | Together with zenon 8.10, the Salzburg-based manufacturer is also releasing a new version of its zenon Analyzer 3.30 reporting and analytics software.

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Spring barley in Europe: Average yields on smaller acreage expected

On a smaller acreage a good average crop of spring barley is currently growing in many European countries. The growth conditions were good in many regions, even with drought and sometimes too much rain. From today's perspective, a good proportion of malting barley is expected.

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Launch of apprenticeship brews opportunity for beer industry in Scotland

A brewing Modern Apprenticeship, offering training in the art of beer production, has been announced, with backing from industry leadership and employers.

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Rent a keg – Ship and forget

For years, the beer industry has been challenged with keeping track of keg assets, aware that distance from the brewery increases the likelihood of losing expensive stainless steel kegs. Market expansion becomes a more expensive proposition when one factors in the cost of lost or stolen kegs.

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Apply for the Anton Paar Research Award 2019

Anton Paar invites researchers and scientists to submit projects for the first research prize for instrumental analysis and characterization with a value of EUR 20,00.

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Spring barley in Europe: smaller acreage and unpredictable outcome

As expected, the acreage for spring barley in Europe will be smaller this year than in the exceptional year before. The sowing conditions have been good in most regions so far. However, rain is already scarce in the south and east of Europe again.

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SACMI now a partner of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Since 1st March 2019 SACMI has been a member of the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Industrial Liaison Program. Signed by Paolo Mongardi, President of SACMI Imola, and Karl F. Koster, executive director of MIT corporate relations, this agreement reinforces SACMI's research role even further.

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Collaboration on new brewing innovation centre

Emerson (NYSE: EMR) announced on 9 April 2019 a collaboration with Colorado State University (CSU), USA, to build the Emerson Brewing Innovation Centre, where students will get hands-on experience using the latest automation technologies. Funded by a joint investment, the centre will serve as the main educational hub for the Fermentation Sciences and Technology programme and will reinforce advanced competencies for digital transformation as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) era continues to evolve the industry.

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New hybrid yeast strain Gulo Ale released

The Chicago-based company released a new hybrid yeast, GuloTM Ale. This new tool was created by their Research and Development team by mating two strains in the Omega catalog, the Irish Ale (OYL-005) and the French Saison (OYL-026). It is a true genetic hybrid rather than a blend of the two strains.

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Brewers adopting AI must be wary of challenges

After disrupting different industries, artificial intelligence (AI) now finds its way through the beverage industry.

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Good news for brewers

Australia’s largest hop grower, Hop Products Australia (HPA), part of the Barth Haas Group, has planted the first 50 hectares at their new farm in Victoria’s Buffalo River Valley. The AUD 35 million expansion project aims to increase HPA’s total hop production by 50% over a period of six years, further increasing supply of their proprietary hop varieties to Australian and international brewers.

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New production lines in Europe

To support growth, flexibility and sustainability, Lightweight Containers, the producer of KeyKeg and UniKeg is expanding with several new production lines in Europe.

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New hop kiln

The Tongham-based Hogs Back Brewery is building a new hop kiln on the brewery site at Manor Farm in Tongham, Surrey, which is believed to be the first traditional style kiln to be constructed in the county for over 100 years. It will cost GBP 350,000 to complete, taking total investment in the brewery and hop garden over the last 12 months to GBP 700,000.

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First soju barrel aged beer

The Busan-based Gorilla Brewing Company announced that it will release a world first soju barrel aged imperial stout in a global release on January 26th, 2019. The event will provide craft beer drinkers a unique experience of Korean Somaek.

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Exports boost Europe’s beer production to eight-year high

Europe’s beer production rose to an eight-year high in 2017 bolstered by record exports, a rise in micro-breweries and increased low-alcohol products.

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Group targets for 2017 confirmed

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.

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Brewers Association Funds Public Hop Breeding Program

The Brewers Association (BA) announced on 30 October an agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to fund public hop breeding for the purpose of developing and releasing disease resistant aroma hop cultivars into the public domain, in support of hop growing efforts throughout the US. The trust agreement between the BA and USDA-ARS provides funding for a program located in Washington and Oregon to leverage significant existing academic and operational infrastructure.

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Registration for 2018 World Beer Cup open

The Brewers Association cordially invites your brewery to compete in the 2018 World Beer CupTM, the most prestigious beer competition in the world.

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Diversey Becomes Standalone Company

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.”

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The Comprehensive Guide to Brewing

Gabriela Basařová, J. Šavel, P. Basař, P. Basařova, T. Leysek: The Comprehensive Guide to Brewing – From Raw Material to Packaging, 2017, 856 pages, hardcover, Fachverlag Hans Carl GmbH, Nuremberg, 159.00 EUR, ISBN: 978-3-418-00842-4.

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2017 Great American Beer Festival Winners

The 2017 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition (from 5 to 7 October 2017 in Denver) awarded 293 medals to some of the best commercial breweries in the United States, plus three GABF Pro-Am medals to teams of homebrewers paired with professionals. Presented by the Brewers Association (BA), GABF is the largest commercial beer competition in the world and the premier symbol of brewing excellence.

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RMI Analytics Canadian Crop Tour 2017

On August 28th and 29th RMI Analytics conducted a crop tour of commercial barley fields and malting facilities in Central Alberta in Western Canada.

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Ludwig-Narziß-Award for brewing science goes to TU Berlin

On September 13th, 2017 the third Ludwig-Narziß- Award for brewing science was bestowed at the drinktec trade fair in Munich. In her opening address, Dr. Lydia Junkersfeld, Editor-in Chief of BRAUWELT International, emphasized that the Award, endowed with EUR 2,500 and a trophy of Sahm GmbH & Co. KG, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany, is designed to honour authors for publications in the scientific journal BrewingScience the results of which are particularly relevant for application in brewing. The most important criterion is the transfer of science to brewing. The Award was initiated mainly by former PhD students of Prof. Ludwig Narziß. The price money is managed by Weihenstephan Jubilee Foundation 1905 in the Association of Weihenstephan Alumni of the Department of Brewing (VeW).

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Cold-tolerant yeast strains for cider and wine makers

The Finnish company developed new cold-tolerant hybrid strains that enable fermentation at lower and higher temperatures than before. In 2015 the company generated the first new lager brewing yeast strains in 500 years, and has now applied the knowledge obtained to create new yeast strains for the production of wine and cider. A key characteristic of these strains is that they can tolerate a wide range of temperatures from 10 to 37 °C. Importantly, the low temperature range reduces the risk of contamination during fermentation, possibly allowing for reduced sulphate use.

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Joined forces for PET recycling

Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, and Erema Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen GmbH, Ansfelden, Austria, have agreed to collaborate in the field of PET plastic recycling. The aim of this alliance is to incorporate the technical expertise of both companies into the planning and design of PET recycling lines and indeed complete factories, so as to be able to offer clients from both the beverage and PET recycling industries an optimal line or an entire factory.

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Extended Range of Filter Cartridges

The Filtration Division of the power management company Eaton has developed a new BECO filter cartridge range that can be combined to provide effective pre-filtration and final filtration for stable and bright beer.

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13th Trends in Brewing: Call for Abstracts

The International Malting and Brewing Symposium "13th Trends in Brewing", will take place in Ghent, Belgium from 8 until 12 April 2018 at the KU Leuven Technology Campus Ghent.

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Surface hardening of stainless steel

The Danish company developed a new process to increase surface hardening of stainless steel by a factor of 10. At the same time, the solution improves corrosion resistance and makes it possible for beverage manufacturers to reduce downtime and costs.

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2017 Microsoft Internet of Things (IoT) Award

Microsoft has crowned the Austria-based software manufacturer for industrial automation, as its global Microsoft Partner of the Year in the Internet of Things (IoT) category. The award was presented at this year's Microsoft Inspire, the company's worldwide partner conference, which was held between July 9 and 13, 2017 in Washington, D.C., USA. This award is a recognition by Microsoft of Copa-Data's innovations and software solutions based on Microsoft technology.

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CraftBeer.com Beer & Food Course Update

The Brewers Association (BA) has expanded its CraftBeer.com Professional Beer & Food Course to nearly 100 pages and now offers four supplemental digital videos to showcase the practices featured in the course. Co-authored by BA Executive Chef Adam Dulye and Julia Herz, craft beer program director of the BA and Certified Cicerone, the curriculum is the definitive beer and food course for culinary institutions, restaurateurs, chefs and beer educators.

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Craft Breweries Across the U.S. Unveil Their Beer Recipes

Love beer? And your nearby brewery? Celebrating local, independent breweries, the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) unveiled on 19 July 2017 its inaugural 50-State Commercial Beer Clone Recipes Guide. The AHA compiled the list, which features recipes scaled down to five to ten gallon batches, after reaching out to breweries nationwide.

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Stable growth in the first half of 2017

The Neutraubling-based company continued its stable growth in the first half of 2017. Overall, revenue improved 13.8 per cent year-on-year to EUR 1,775.2 million. Adjusted for acquisitions, revenue was up 10.2 per cent. The increase was partly due to a relatively low baseline of sales in the first half of 2016. The strongest revenue growth came in the North and Central America, Asia-Pacific, and South America/Mexico regions in the period from January to June 2017.

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Independent craft brewer seal

In an effort to educate beer lovers about which beers are independently produced, the Brewers Association communicated in a press release on June 27, 2017 that it launched a new seal touting independent craft brewers.

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Dr. Klaus-Dieter Schumacher in a newly created adviser role

The management at RMI Analytics announced on 27 June 2017, that the renowned international grain markets expert, Dr. Klaus-Dieter Schumacher, will, on a part time basis, support the RMI team in production of publications such as the Brewing Raw Material Journal, in future seminars and workshops, on the World Barley Malt and Beer Conference and other future RMI activities.

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Who will be the next Ludwig-Narziß-Award prize winner?

The preparations are already running: the Ludwig-Narziß-Award will be bestowed for the 3rd time. The event will take place on Wednesday, 13 September 2017, at 11.30 a.m. at the drinktec trade fair 2017 in hall A2, drinktec Forum. Once again, the award’s eponym, Prof. Ludwig Narziß, will not miss the chance to bestow it in person. Everyone interested is invited to attend the award ceremony.

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Brazil as part of Latin American growth strategy

The plastic packaging supplier has launched a stand-alone business in Brazil as part of its growth strategy for the Latin American region. The company is targeting the rapidly growing craft brewing sector in Brazil and large regional brewers with its one-way PET kegs.

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