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Base Currency: Euro, EUR
on 27-May-2009

1 EUR = 1.3963 USD
1 EUR = 0.8789 GBP
1 EUR = 1.5718 CAD
1 EUR = 1.792 AUD
1 EUR = 132.42 JPY
1 EUR = 2.8397 BRL
1 EUR = 43.8825 RUB
1 EUR = 9.5495 CNY
Base Currency: US Dollar
on 27-May-2009

1 USD = 0.7163 EUR
1 USD = 0.6294 GBP
1 USD = 1.1258 CAD
1 USD = 1.2834 AUD
1 USD = 94.8371 JPY
1 USD = 2.0338 BRL
1 USD = 31.4286 RUB
1 USD = 6.8394 CNY
Currency Rates, EUR/USD Chart

Equities of the Largest Breweries

Equities of the Largest Breweries

Average Market Prices Change trend

May 27, 2009

Type Crop 2008 Crop 2009
2rs Barley EUR114.0-118.0 4.50% EUR150.0-154.0 0.66%
6rw Barley EUR109.0-113.0 3.74% EUR139.0-143.0 2.17%
2rs Malt EUR329.5-333.5 1.84% EUR365.0-369.0 0.27%
6rw Malt EUR322.5-326.5 1.56% EUR350.5-354.5 1.00%
Feed Barley EUR103.0-107.0 nq

Note: Just click on the price link and you will be led to our Market Price History. Average barley market prices are French and are estimated on FOB Creil basis. Average Malt Prices are theoretical and based FOB Antwerp being estimated on French malting barley. The changes are compared to last Newsletter's prices. Arrows indicate the direction of the change.


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The Czech Republic: Brewer Plzensky Prazdroj increases revenues by 1% in the financial year ended March, 31 ...Click here
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Thailand: Thailand’s brewing industry threatened with another danger after excise tax hike ...Click here
United Kingdom & India: Cobra Beer's future still unclear - sources ...Click here
France: Barley production in 2008/09 estimated at less than 12.3 mln tons - FranceAgriMer ...Click here
Canada & Australia: Viterra’s CEO sees huge potential in taking over ABB Grain ...Click here




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Brewery News

The Czech Republic: Brewer Plzensky Prazdroj increases revenues by 1% in the financial year ended March, 31
Plzensky Prazdroj, a leading Czech producer and exporter of beer, announced on May, 22 its financial results for the fiscal year ending on 31 ...More Info

India: APB’s gaining full control of its JV in India is a precursor to a settlement between Heineken and UB - report
Decks have been cleared for the merger of the Indian operations of Asia Pacific Breweries (APB), makers of Tiger beer, with the Vijay Mallya-led ...More Info

Italy: Beer consumption growing slowly, but surely
Despite reaching a historically high beer consumption level, Italy is still ranked among the European countries with the lowest beer consumption rate, Euromonitor analysts ...More Info

Poland: Beer sales drop by 10% in Q1
Poland’s beer producers report a decline in sales during the first quarter of this year, Rzeczpospolita communicated on May, 25.

According to industry participants, sales ...More Info

The Czech Republic: Budweiser Budvar’s sales drop 1.6%, revenues grow 2.28% in January – April 2009
The economic crisis has not been significantly affecting Budweiser Budvar, N.C. for the time being, the Czech brewer posted on its web site on ...More Info

Thailand: Thailand’s brewing industry threatened with another danger after excise tax hike
After Thailand’s government raised the excise taxes on beer, another danger is impending over the nation’s brewing industry - the Asean Free Trade Agreement ...More Info

United Kingdom & India: Cobra Beer's future still unclear - sources
The cash crisis at Cobra Beer, the Indian lager group controlled by Lord Bilimoria, is expected to precipitate a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) or ...More Info

Barley News

France: Barley production in 2008/09 estimated at less than 12.3 mln tons - FranceAgriMer
France’s barley production in 2008/2009 will not reach 12.3 mln tons, ONIGC cited a FranceAgriMer report on May, 13.

About 10.7 mln tons will be ...More Info

Canada & Australia: Viterra’s CEO sees huge potential in taking over ABB Grain
Canada's biggest grain business Viterra Inc's chief executive says ABB Grain Ltd shareholders have been offered a premium price and the chance to increase ...More Info
Scientific Digest

Bitter is better - a review on the knowledge about bitterness in beer

Ch. Schönberger

Introduction
Bitter is, or should be, a descriptive term for beers. What makes the beer bitter in the first place is the use of hops. The range of bitter units in beers used to be between 20 and 50 IBU (International Bitterness Units). Nowadays there is a very clear trend towards mild beers with bitter units between 10 –25 and sometimes even lower. Originally used as a preservative in beer, newest findings show us what hop-derived substances offer in regard to health benefits. So there is hope that a new triumphant success of hops might go along with a new increase of bitterness in beer. Bitterness is a topic which is very important for all brewers and being a question of taste it can be discussed to everyone’s taste. This article is to give a review on the knowledge about bitterness in beer and the challenges in sensory and analytical evaluation of bitterness. The bitter taste reception is different from the reception of the other four taste qualities, which are sour, sweet, salty and umami, because evolution told us to be alert to bitter foods and rightly so since it can be equated with dietary danger. Rancid fats, hydrolysed proteins, plant-derived alkaloids, and toxins generally have an unpleasant bitter taste. Also microbial fermentation often results in bitter tasting compounds (1). But bitter flavours also contribute to the palatability and digestibility of food and beverages. Beer is not the only consumer good with the tendency of decreasing bitterness. Responding to taste-driven consumer demand of less bitter food, the food industry generally tries to remove bitter compounds like phenolic compounds, flavonoids, isoflavones, terpenes, and tannins from foods destined for human consumption. Because of such efforts, current food supply is less bitter than it might otherwise be (2,3). Load full article, 15 pages, 286 Kb, PDF file

Barley prices.
Malting and Feed Barley Prices


Theoretical Malt Prices

NB: Prices published are theoretical malt prices including financial cost, THC (for bulk and bags container) and all administrative costs. This prices may fluctuate according to the quantity per delivery and technical specifications.

* - 70/30 = 70% Average two Rows Spring and 30% Six Rows Winter
** - 50/50 = 50% Average two Rows Spring and 50% Six Rows Winter

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Malt Market Prices, Crop 2008
Prices evolution

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Source: Hop Growers of America

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