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Bicycles, Burgers ’n Brew - Brewing studies at UC Davis

By: Charlie Bamforth, Michael Lewis

01/07/2011

2010 saw the hat trick. The success of Stephen Bossu in claiming the J S Ford prize as the top student in the IBD Diploma made it the third consecutive year in which a student in the Extension programme at University of California, Davis took the honour. Bossu also claimed the Crisp Malting Award for the best answer to Paper One in the examination, making it the second year in succession that the prize came to a Davis candidate.

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As close to brewery-fresh as possible: A look at the challenges of achieving beer stability

By: Dave Thomas

01/07/2011

A recent Google search of ‘stale beer’ yielded a whopping 17.2 million hits, whilst one for ‘hazy beer’ totaled 10.3 million. ‘Stale beer’ seems to be a catchall term used by misinformed beer drinkers and bloggers with smart phones describing a panoply of faults with the beer in hand, including warm, flat, oxidized and skunky, among others. ‘Hazy beer’ on the internet is found more in the domain of home brewers seeking help with their latest batch, many of whom also appear to be somewhat misinformed.

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Can real-time biofilm monitoring save you water?

By: Rene Grant

01/07/2011

Considering the current economic focus and environmental pressure on water consumption, a pro-active approach towards hygiene practices in a brewery packaging hall can potentially improve any brewery’s water utilisation. ImproChem and SAB Ltd tested a real-time biofilm probe in 2010 and investigated the potential savings.

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Brand new brewery on the Black Isle…

By: Frank Robson

01/07/2011

If you think brewing is complicated or that starting a micro-brewery is fraught with danger then the person to dispel these notions is the enthusiastic David Gladwin, brewer and farmer. The story of his enterprise, Black Isle Brewery, sounds a bit like a fairy tale.

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Scots wha hae - A report from the 33rd EBC Congress in Glasgow

By: Roger Putman, Mike Butterworth

01/07/2011

There were murmurings at the 32nd Congress held in Hamburg about the reputation of the venue for the next one. Built on nineteenth century mercantilism, much like Hamburg, Glasgow was said to be the Empire’s second city with goods coming in and the ships to carry the Empire’s trade being built on its River Clyde. A quarter of the world’s steam railway locomotives were built here. In 1900 only London, Paris and Berlin had more inhabitants. Suffering more that most from the post Great War depression, its reputation for heavy drinking, high unemployment, poor diet, poor health and poor housing grew.

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Tusker, a new beginning

By: Samuel Gathuru

01/07/2011

Tusker, the flagship brand of East African Breweries (EABL) has changed its look! Marking perhaps the largest change to the iconic brand since its inception in 1922, the same refreshing malt-based lager now comes in a new look bottle code named ‘Everest’ – an analogy to the size of the brand and of this milestone in its history.