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Are we starting to invest again?
By: Roger Putman
01/12/2011
It hardly seems like a year since I was penning the last report about the Brau Beviale exhibition. I sit in my garret in Burton on Trent feeling lucky that I, and also my suitcase, managed a thirty-minute transfer at Frankfurt Airport. But I am nursing the odd blister from so much walking and trying to get my metabolism back to normal after an eating fest of pretzels, bratwurst and large pieces of porcine anatomy, plus of course immoderate quantities of fine German beer.
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‘Confounded’ at the Beer and Health Symposium
01/12/2011
The sixth ‘Beer and Health’ Symposium organised by the Brewers of Europe was held in September in the library of the splendid Solvay Bibliotheque in Brussels, almost 100 years to the day since the same venue hosted a meeting of scientists including Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Max Planck and Ernest Rutherford.
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Amongst the lakes and mills - The MBAA meets inMinneapolis
By: Roger Putman
01/12/2011
America’s Master Brewers had not had a conference on their own since Palm Springs in 2009 and there were concerns about how the numbers might stack up. There was no need to worry for over 520 folk registered for two days of intense lectures, workshops, networking and exhibition.
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Man’s first encounter with ethanol - Mead
By: Ian Hornsey
01/12/2011
Brewer & Distiller International • December 2011 • www.ibd.org.uk 11 The honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) preceded Homo sapiens on our planet by around 10–20 million years and, from an anthropomorphic viewpoint, is one of the most important forms of animal life, having served man since prehistoric times. It is highly likely that honey formed the basis for mankind’s first encounter with ethanol, since honey and water left together in a pot (or any recess) will ferment spontaneously. Indeed, one has to make a concerted effort to prevent it!
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The Great Canadian Beer Festival
By: Clay Potter
01/12/2011
Located in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, the GCBF has come a long way from its humble beginnings inside the Victoria Conference Centre. It began in 1993 as the brainchild of Gerry Hieter, a veteran of the Canadian Craft brewing scene. Its primary focus remains the same today; ‘to introduce beer lovers to new beers and to celebrate the art of brewing quality craft beer.’
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Yeast handling - The challenges of the modern brewing industry
By: Chris Boulton
01/12/2011
In this era of accountant-led brewing companies it is perhaps sometimes forgotten that, along with the workforce, yeast is the single most precious asset that the company owns. Of course, all stages of the brewing process contribute to the final product; nevertheless, it is a sobering thought, or at least it should be, that without the transforming abilities of yeast we would all be left with nothing much more than very sticky fingers and a lot of unhappy customers.
