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Base Currency: Euro
on February 10, 2021
Base Currency: US Dollar
on February 10, 2021
      1 EUR = 1.2094 USD
1 EUR = 0.8773 GBP
1 EUR = 1.5384 CAD
1 EUR = 1.5655 AUD
1 EUR = 126.6700 JPY
1 EUR = 6.5046 BRL
1 EUR = 89.5453 RUB
1 EUR = 7.7875 CNY
      1 USD = 0.8268 EUR
1 USD = 0.7254 GBP
1 USD = 1.2721 CAD
1 USD = 1.2944 AUD
1 USD = 104.7300 JPY
1 USD = 5.3784 BRL
1 USD = 74.0425 RUB
1 USD = 6.4393 CNY


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February 10, 2021
French Barley/Malt
Crop 2020
Bulk
EUR/T %
2RS Malting Barley (FOB Creil) 208.00-210.00 -
6RW Malting Barley (FOB Creil) 203.00-205.00 -
Feed Barley (FOB Creil) 200.00-202.00down0.99%
2RS Malt (FOB Antwerp) 412.50-414.50 -
6RW Malt (FOB Antwerp) 406.50-408.50 -
French Barley/Malt
Crop 2021
Bulk
EUR/T %
2RS Malting Barley (FOB Creil) 208.00-210.00 up0.48%
6RW Malting Barley (FOB Creil) 198.00-200.00 up0.51%
2RS Malt (FOB Antwerp) 410.00-412.00 up0.30%
6RW Malt (FOB Antwerp) 398.00-400.00 up0.31%
German Malting Barley
Crop 2020
Bulk
Ex Farm
EUR/T %
Average Malting Barley Price nq  
Danish Malting Barley
Crop 2020
Free on truck
Ex Farm
DKK/T %
Malting Barley (East) 1,394.00-1,396.00 up0.72%
Malting Barley (West) 1,394.00-1,396.00 up0.72%
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Top Industry News


Brewery news World: Heineken reports 204 mln euros net loss for 2020 ...Click here
Brewery news World: Sales of no- and low-alcohol ‘spirits’ increase 32.7% between 2019 and 2020 ...Click here
Brewery news Nigeria: Guinness Nigeria’s revenue increases by 6% in first half through December 2020 ...Click here
Brewery news Japan: Kirin Brewery focusing on its core beer brands and canned craft beer business this year ...Click here
Brewery news Zimbabwe: Delta Corporation’s beer sales up 20% in January-September and 48% in September-December last year ...Click here

Barley news France: Spring barley area could fall by up to 40% this year ...Click here
Barley news Russia: Government approves formula-based export tax system for wheat, corn and barley ...Click here
Barley news UK: Simpsons Malt completes acquisition of Scottish grain merchanting business W.N. Lindsay ...Click here

Hops news USA: Commercial hop acreage up 3.37% but total production falls below 2019 crop ...Click here


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Brewery news Germany: Bavarian Brewers' Association fears a wave of upcoming bankruptcies in the industry ...Click here
Brewery news Japan & China: Suntory now seeing China as its most important market in the world ...Click here
Brewery news World: Heineken to cut 8,000 jobs and try to ‘move beyond beer’ ...Click here
Brewery news USA: AB InBev to start brewing Stella Artois in the US ...Click here
Barley news Uruguay & China: Uruguay to ship its first cargo of barley to China this month ...Click here
Brewery news Thailand: Craft Beer Association proposes new rules in hope of reopening Bangkok’s bars ...Click here

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Scientific Digest


Stabilize your bitterness by dry-hopping

ABSTRACT
It is well known that the bitter substances in beer undergo different degradation processes over time once bottled. However, there is not much data on the stability of bitter substances in dry-hopped beers available. A new study investigated the stability of various bitter compounds in a lager type beer that was late and dry-hopped. The brewed beers were stored for two years at 4 °C, 22 °C and 30 °C. The aging of the beers stored at 4 °C resulted only in minor changes. The beers stored at warm temperatures confirmed the high susceptibility of trans-iso-alpha acids versus the cis version to degradation (up to 8 times higher). The interesting result was found in the dry-hopped lager: all of the bitter substances in the dry-hopped beers showed less degradation due to ageing than those in the late-hopped beers. Whether the higher stability of the bitter substances in dry-hopped beer can be attributed to the changes in its composition through the addition of dry-hops was not clearly established. Additional polyphenols may play a beneficial role in this context.

REFERENCES:

A. Gahr, A. Forster, F. Schuell, S. Faltermaier and F. Kellerer. The stability of bitter substances in beer during the ageing process. Brewing Science, 73 (November/December 2020), pp. 149-157


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These Days in Business History


08 February
1883 - Louis Waterman begins experiments to invents fountain pen
1926 - Walt Disney Studios forms
1971 - NASDAQ market opens for stock trading, as the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation system first displays the median price for more than 2,500 "over-the-counter" securities

09 February
1585 - The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is established
1955 - US federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO
1969 - World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight

10 February
1635 - Academie Francaise forms in Paris (by Cardinal Richelieu)
1933 - Delivery of 1st singing telegram
1961 - Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power

Agenda

February 2021:
09 - 13: Great British Beer Festival Winter 2021 (Online)
23 - 24: IBD Asia Pacific Convention 2021 (Online)

March 2021:
16 - 16: Beviale Mexico 2021 (Online)
16 - 18: Beviale Moscow 2021 (Moscow, Russia)
23 - 23: Beviale Mexico 2021 (Online)
30 - 30: Beviale Mexico 2021 (Online)

April 2021:
12 - 14: Beer & Food Attraction 2021 (Rimini, Italy)
16 - 18: Cerveza Mexico Expo 2021 (Mexico City, Mexico)
16 - 18: Barcelona Beer Festival 2021 (Barcelona, Spain)
20 - 20: EBC Symposium 2021 (Online)
30 - 02 May: Finest Spirits 2021 (Munich, Germany)
30 - 01 May: Tallinn Craft Beer Weekend 2021 (Tallinn, Estonia)

May 2021:
12 - 14: Craft Beer China 2021 (Shanghai, China)
17 - 23: Budapest Beer Week 2021 (Budapest, Hungary)
18 - 20: Beer 2021 (Sochi, Russia)
27 - 29: Copenhagen Beer Festival 2021 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
27 - 30: Wiener Bierfest 2021 (Vienna, Austria)

June 2021:
08 - 09: Bev Expo 2021 (Manchester, UK)
13 - 15: Bangkok Brewing Conference 2021 (Bangkok, Thailand)
15 - 17: Brasil Brau 2021 (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

July 2021:
01 - 03: Helsinki Beer Festival 2021 (Helsinki, Finland)
13 - 15: Fdt Africa 2021 (Midrand, South Africa)

August 2021:
12 - 14: VIETFOOD & BEVERAGE - VIETNAM 2021 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

September 2021:
09 - 12: Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America 2021 (Denver, Colorado, USA)
16 - 18: Zurich Bier Festival 2021 (Zurich, Switzerland)
18 - 03 October: Oktoberfest 2021 (Munich, Germany)
22 - 24: Beer and Soft Drinks Industry 2021 (Kyiv, Ukraine)

October 2021:
04 - 08: Drinktec 2021 (Messe München, Munich, Germany)
07 - 10: Mondial de la Biere 2021 (Montreal, Canada)
13 - 15: Drink Japan 2021 (Makuhari Messe, Japan)
17 - 20: 14th International Trends in Brewing 'Beer & Society' 2021 (Leuven, Belgium)

November 2021:
04 - 05: Sea Brew 2021 (Taipei, Taiwan)

December 2021:
07 - 08: Brewers Congress 2021 (The Brewery, 52 Chiswell Street, London, UK)

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BreweryBrewery News Brewery


Brewery newsWorld: Heineken reports 204 mln euros net loss for 2020
Heineken Holding NV on February 10 set out a target to restore its adjusted operating profit margin to around 17% by 2023 as part ...More info on site


Brewery newsWorld: Sales of no- and low-alcohol ‘spirits’ increase 32.7% between 2019 and 2020
Sales of low- and no-alcohol ‘spirits’ increased 32.7% between 2019 and 2020, with the sector expected to witness the biggest volume growth by 2024 ...More info on site


Brewery newsNigeria: Guinness Nigeria’s revenue increases by 6% in first half through December 2020
Guinness Nigeria Plc, a leading beverage and alcohol company in Nigeria and a subsidiary of Diageo Plc, has announced its unaudited results for its ...More info on site


Brewery newsJapan: Kirin Brewery focusing on its core beer brands and canned craft beer business this year
Kirin Brewery is focusing on its core beer brands and canned craft beer business, amid a not-so-positive outlook for the low-malt happoshu sector and ...More info on site


Brewery newsZimbabwe: Delta Corporation’s beer sales up 20% in January-September and 48% in September-December last year
For the nine months ending 30 September 2020, Zimbabwe’s leading beer maker Delta Corporation registered a 20 percent growth in beer volumes compared to ...More info on site


Brewery news Germany: Bavarian Brewers' Association fears a wave of upcoming bankruptcies in the industry
Beer is a massive part of German culture - particularly in Bavaria. But the shutdown is hitting small breweries hard, The Local Germany reported on February 5.

Like many sectors, Germany's beer industry has been hit hard by the pandemic, with sales down around 4.1 percent.

But while large breweries are profiting from increased sales in the food retail trade due to people buying a lot in supermarkets, smaller beer producers are struggling to survive.

Last year most beer festivals like Oktoberfest in Munich as well as smaller ones were cancelled - but that's only the tip of the iceberg as bar and restaurant closures have hit these breweries the hardest.

Above all, the many smaller beer producers who do not have a retail presence need pubs, bars and public festivals to survive.

Georg Schneider, President of the Bavarian Brewers' Association, told local broadcaster BR24: "If there is no turnover but the costs are there, you simply have a business problem."

According to the brewers' association, about 30 percent of Bavarian beer is sold in restaurants, bars, cafes and clubs.

As these places have been closed for months and no beer is being sold, the association fears a wave of upcoming bankruptcies in the beer industry. ...More info on site


Brewery news Japan & China: Suntory now seeing China as its most important market in the world
As 2021 marks the beginning of China's 14th Five-Year Plan, Tetsuho Kikuchi, director president of Suntory (China) Holding Co, shared his goals for the next five years, Shine.cn reported on February 8.

Kikuchi plans to further promote the Suntory brand to more regions in the country, hoping it becomes more of a household name in China.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company suffered a 5 percent retreat in its global business, while the Chinese market turned out to be a rare bright spot where Suntory saw positive figures for 2020 sustaining its performance in 2019 "thanks to China’s effective prevention and control of the pandemic and the steady economic recovery," he said.

“Based on the surprising performance of the Chinese market in 2020, our Japanese headquarters has asked us to further increase our sales in China from around 2 billion yuan (US$310 million) to 20 billion yuan over the next decade, expanding its business from the East China market to the whole country,” he added.

“We now see China as the most important market in the world, and Suntory wants to keep pace with China’s growing economy.”


Brewery newsWorld: Heineken to cut 8,000 jobs and try to ‘move beyond beer’
Heineken is cutting 8,000 jobs and trying to "move beyond beer" after the pandemic hammered sales, CNN reported on February 10.

The brewer of Moretti ...More info on site


Brewery news USA: AB InBev to start brewing Stella Artois in the US
Long known as a product of Belgium, premium beer brand Stella Artois will soon lose its “import” status and be manufactured in the United States, as parent company Anheuser-Busch rolls out a major $1 billion, two-year domestic investment across its portfolio that’s aimed at stimulating the American economy, AdAge reported on February 9.

Under the terms of the arrangement, Stella’s bottling will first shift to St. Louis this summer with cans and draught production transitioning before the end of 2021. Four existing Anheuser-Busch breweries are slated for long-term upgrades to handle the increase in volume, with facilities in Los Angeles, Newark and Jacksonville, Fla., joining the company’s St. Louis flagship in taking on the brand’s manufacture.

In addition, AB is set to invest a further $296 million in Stella’s domestic distribution over the next two years.

“Throughout the pandemic, our advanced planning and proactive actions have put our U.S. supply chain in a strong position; however, we are subject to the instability of the international supply chain when it comes to some of our imports,” says Brendan Whitworth, AB’s chief sales officer in the U.S.

The large-scale investment in Stella will “help create and sustain jobs” across the country, Whitworth adds, while cutting more ...More info on site


Brewery news Thailand: Craft Beer Association proposes new rules in hope of reopening Bangkok’s bars
Thailand’s Craft Beer Association has proposed new rules in the hope that Bangkok’s bars might be allowed to re-open after a month-long closure aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19, The Thaiger reported on February 6.

The rules include limiting drinks to 2 per customer, limiting sitting time to 90 minutes, and banning dancing and toasts. The association says it has come up with the rules on behalf of craft beer venues adding that, while they might not cover cocktail bars and other pubs, they could serve as a blueprint for those businesses to design their own rules.

Last week, representatives from bars and breweries in the capital staged a protest outside the Ministry of Health, emptying kegs of spoiled beer down the drain. The measure was aimed at highlighting the financial fallout from the enforced closure of bars and the ban on alcohol sales in the capital’s restaurants.

Association member Artid Sivahansaphan says the new rules have been drawn up in the hope that bars might be allowed to re-open.

“We felt the need to come together and form this association in order to represent ourselves, our ideals, and our hopes and dreams for elevating the drinking culture here in Thailand. Instead ...More info on site



BarleyBarley News Barley


Barley newsFrance: Spring barley area could fall by up to 40% this year
Spring crop sowing in France could fall sharply this year, including a near 40% drop in spring barley area, after exceptionally high levels last ...More info on site


Barley newsRussia: Government approves formula-based export tax system for wheat, corn and barley
The Russian government on February 8 approved a formula-based export tax system for wheat, corn and barley that is designed to help combat domestic ...More info on site


Barley newsUK: Simpsons Malt completes acquisition of Scottish grain merchanting business W.N. Lindsay
Simpsons Malt has announced that it has completed the acquisition of a Scottish grain merchanting business, Bdaily reported on February 9.

The malting company, headquartered ...More info on site


Barley news Uruguay & China: Uruguay to ship its first cargo of barley to China this month
Uruguay is expected to ship its first cargo of barley to China this month after first approving the country as a supplier to the Chinese market back in February 2019, AgriCensus reported on February 9.

Local newspaper El Observador reported that the initial shipment of 35,000 tonnes is scheduled to depart from the Nueva Palmira port this month.

Ruber Martinez, director at the port operator Corporacion Navios said that this shipment is exceptional as the country does not usually export barley, as it is mostly oriented for consumption in the domestic market.

“I believe that this is a very interesting news as Uruguay has the capacity to produce and export barley as it currently does with wheat. With this initial shipment we can open up new opportunities to export this grain,” he said.

According to the report, the protocol conditions signed by China and Uruguay for this initial barley shipment will be revealed later this month.

The Chinese General Administration of Customs (CGAC) originally approved the import of corn and barley from Uruguay into China two years ago, with the imports subject to GMO regulations in China and can only be imported through "designated ports" and processed by "designated crushers".

Uruguay is expected to export 100,000 ...More info on site



HopsHops News Hops


Hops news USA: Commercial hop acreage up 3.37% but total production falls below 2019 crop
Commercial U.S. hop acreage increased another 3.73% in 2020, although total production fell below the 2019 crop by 7.29%, the Hop Growers of America said in their latest report published on January 25.

Citra®, HBC 394 widened its lead as the US hop acreage leader, while CTZ retained the #2 spot. Cascade fell to fifth place as Mosaic®, HBC 369 and Simcoe ®, YCR 14 took over the third and fourth place slots. Proprietary hop varieties now account for six of the top ten acreage slots.

Average yields in the Pacific Northwest fell to 1,770 pounds per acre due to severe weather challenges and heavy smoke cover during harvest, while most production regions outside of the PNW experienced average or better yields. Washington was hardest hit with a 12.56% yield reduction from 2019, followed by Idaho with 8.8% lower yields than last year. A severe storm on Labor Day brought sustained high winds, breaking many bines from the trellis and desiccating the ripe hop cones. Serious wildfires erupted as a result of this storm, blanketing much of the Pacific Northwest with heavy overcast skies and sending hop plants into early dormancy due to the lack of sunlight – causing dry cones that ...More info on site


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