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November 21 - November 24, 2013


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1 USD = 1.0478 CAD
1 USD = 1.0777 AUD
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North America News
Barley news Canada: Barley production to increase by 18% in 2013-14, malting barley quality reported as high ...Click here
Brewery news USA: Goose Island Beer Company releases Ten Hills Pale Ale ...Click here
Brewery news USA, NE: Goldenrod Brewing to change name ...Click here
Brewery news USA, MA: Wormtown Brewery moving into bigger facility in Worcester ...Click here
Brewery news USA, CO: New Belgium Brewing Company increases wood aging capacity ...Click here
Brewery news USA, CA: Barley Forge Brewing Co. to open in Costa Mesa early 2014 ...Click here
Brewery news USA, FL: Wynwood Brewing Company is set to open ...Click here
Brewery news USA, CO: Strange Brewing settles trademark dispute with homebrew shop ...Click here
Brewery news USA, IL: Two Brothers Brewing to add new fermenters by the end of 2013 ...Click here
Brewery news Canada, AB & ON: Big Rock Brewery to release SAAZ Republic Pilz in Ontario ...Click here
World News
Brewery news World: SABMiller reports a rise in first half profits ...Click here
Brewery news Russia: Beer output declines by 8.6% in January - October ...Click here
Brewery news UK: Miller Brands UK’s lager sales up 5% in the six months to September 30 ...Click here
Brewery news Africa: SABMiller to expand its Ghana brewery ...Click here
Barley news World: World grain crops plentiful this year, the question is whether barley will follow corn markets fully or to a limited extent ...Click here
Barley news Mercosur: Barley crop prospects in Argentina are quite good, export trade rather slow ...Click here
Malt news UK: Barley usage for brewing, malting, and distilling increases in July-September ...Click here
Brewery news Australia: Asahi Premium Beverages to facilitate the production of one-off craft beers ...Click here
Brewery news Australia: Molson Coors and Coca-Cola Amatil introduce Australian publicans to the Blue Moon craft beer range ...Click here
Brewery news China: Craft beer pubs proving to be hugely popular in Beijing ...Click here
Brewery news Australia: Australia’s most expensive beer hits shelves ...Click here
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Discoveries in the bitter reception world


ABSTRACT
Flavonoids and Isoflavonoids, not only from hops but also from other plants, are in the focus of several health related investigations and potent candidates for nutraceuticals. However they have a relatively strong bitter taste. These researchers discovered the relevant bitter taste receptors for these compounds namely hTAS2R14, a recepter that has been regarded as a more broadly tuned receptor (also know to interact with isohumulones), and hTAS2R39 a less "famous" bitter receptor. These Dutch researchers were able to identify many different flavonoids as intrinsically bitter and elucidated the structural requirements for bitterness of (iso)flavonoids. However their objective is not to take advantage of the bitterness these compounds cause but rather to prevent the introduction of bitter taste in the design of functional foods enriched with (iso)flavonoid bioactives. Isn't this bitter?
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These Days in Business History


November 21
1877 Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention (phonograph)
1930 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper)
1977 1st flight of Concorde, London to New York
1930 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper)

November 22
1906 International Radio Telecommunications Com adopts "SOS" as new call for help
1927 1st snowmobile patent granted to Carl Eliason (Sayner Wisc)
1954 Humane Society forms

November 23
1863 Patent granted for a process of making color photographs
1936 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce
1992 10,000,000 cellular telephone sold

November 24
1914 Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/Flemish People Party, dies
1951 British auto manufacturers Austin/Moris Motors merge


Agenda

November 2013:
08-10: Somos Cerveceros 2013 (Tandil, Argentina)
14-17: Mondial de la Biere (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)



World Beer Cup 2014
World Beer Cup 2014 key dates:
-Call for Entries: Oct. 28, 2013-Nov. 1, 2013
-Judging: April 7-8, 2014 in Denver, Colorado
-Gala Awards Ceremony: April 11, 2014 in Denver, Colorado

February 2014:
02-05: RHEX - Rimini Horeca Expo 2014 (Rimini, Italy)
19-22: National Winter Ales Festival 2014 (Derby, UK)


March 2014:
12-15: Brazilian Beer Festival (Blumenau, Brazil)
18-19: Food and Drink Technology Africa 2014 (Johannesburg, South Africa)
23-28: IBD Convention - Asia Pacific Section (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)


April 2014:
07-08: World Beer Cup 2014 (Denver, USA)
08-11: Craft Brewers Conference 2014 (Denver, USA)
13-17: Trends in Brewing 2014 (Ghent, Belgium)
22-24: Pivovar (Brewer) 2014 (Moscow, Russia)

26-27: Zythos Beer Festival 2014 (Leuven, Belgium)


May 2014:
21-24: Pivo (Beer) 2014 (Sochi, Russia)
22-24: Copenhagen Beer Festival 2014 (Copenhagen, Denmark)


June 2014:
11-15: Mondial de la Biere 2014 (Montreal, Canada)

August 2014:
12-16: Great British Beer Festival 2014 (London, UK)

September 2014:
08-11: Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference 2014 - IBD Scottish Section (Glasgow, UK)
25-27: Drink Technology India 2014 (Mumbai, India)


October 2014:
13-16: China Brew and Beverage 2014 (Beijing, China)

November 2014:
11-13: Brau Beviale 2014 (Nuremberg, Germany)
12-14: Vietbrew 2014 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)


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News Articles


Barley newsCanada: Barley production to increase by 18% in 2013-14, malting barley quality reported as high
For 2013-14, Canada’s barley production is estimated to increase 18% or 9.4 million tonnes but record low carry-in stocks will limit the increase in ...More info on site


Brewery news USA: Goose Island Beer Company releases Ten Hills Pale Ale
Anheuser-Busch-owned Goose Island Beer Co. has introduced Ten Hills Pale Ale, the first of three limited release brews set to launch through 2014, Shanken News Daily reported on November 20.

Made with Perle, Cascade and Saaz hops sourced from Idaho’s Elk Mountain Farms, the new 6.2%-abv offering is brewed at the Anheuser-Busch breweries in Fort Collins, Colorado, and Baldwinsville, New York.

Ten Hills will be available from December 2 through the end of March 2014, both in six- and 12-pack bottles and on draft. Goose Island’s next two limited releases, meanwhile, will also use hops sourced from Elk Mountain Farms, which currently grows more than 200,000 hills of hops for the Chicago-based craft brewer.


Brewery news USA, NE: Goldenrod Brewing to change name
It's back to the drawing board for the founders of Goldenrod Brewing Company. The soon-to-open brewery will have to change its name, Omaha World-Herald reported on November 21.

The brewery formerly known as Goldenrod received a cease-and-desist letter from Los Angeles-based Golden Road Brewing about a month ago. Goldenrod cofounder Tony Thomas said they tried to work it out with Golden Road, but the California brewers decided the names sounded too similar.

“We're struggling with coming up with a name that is as suitable as Goldenrod was to the Nebraska community,” Thomas said.

The brewery is hoping to come up with something similar to Goldenrod so that they will not have to rebrand.

Thomas hopes they will be up and brewing before Omaha Beer Week starts on February 14.


Brewery news USA, MA: Wormtown Brewery moving into bigger facility in Worcester
Wormtown Brewery, which has been brewing several types of beer in a cramped former ice cream shop connected to Peppercorn's Restaurant on Park Avenue, Worcester, MA has leased about 10,00 square feet of new space on Shrewsbury Street, Worcester Telegram reported on November 21.

Master Brewer Ben Roesch said the brewery has leased space in the former Edward Buick building at 72 Shrewsbury St.

The building, which is also home to Volturno Restaurant, is a renovated former auto dealership. Wormtown plans to use the former dealership's detailing and repair bays as warehouse space.

Roesch said the move will happen next summer, and the brewery will eventually offer tours and tastings.

Wormtown Brewery had considered moving into warehouse-type space at Union Station, but that plan fell apart when the Worcester Redevelopment Authority offered to pay for some of the brewery's equipment as part of $400,000 loan order, but the costs for the equipment came in far above that. The loan was never approved, and the plan was officially scrapped by the WRA earlier this summer.

Wormtown Brewery brews Seven Hills Pale Ale, Be Hoppy IPA, Turtle Boy Blueberry Ale, Hopulence, and seasonal beers like Wormtown Pumpkin Ale and Wintah Ale.


Brewery news USA, CO: New Belgium Brewing Company increases wood aging capacity
New Belgium is about to double its wood beer aging capacity by adding 32 new French Oak foeders to its Fort Collins, CO headquarters by the end of the year, bringing the brewery’s grand total of foeders to 64, according to Brewbound.

New Belgium began expanding its wood collection back in May, when it added 12 new foeders as part of a 140,000-barrel expansion project.

Beside the initial foeders, the expansion also created an additional 400 metric tons of malt capacity, four 2,200 hectoliter hL bright beer tanks and twelve 2,200 hl fermentation vessels.

The expansion allowed for current growth trends to be sustained while the brewery works to get its second production facility in Asheville, North Carolina online by 2015.

New Belgium plans to be distributed in all 50 states by 2018.

ABOUT NEW BELGIUM BREWING

New Belgium Brewing, makers of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a host of Belgian-inspired beers, is recognized as one of Outside Magazine’s Best Places to Work and one of the Wall Street Journal’s Best Small Businesses. In addition to Fat Tire, New Belgium brews eight year-round beers; Ranger IPA, Rampant Imperial IPA, Shift Pale Lager, Sunshine Wheat, 1554 Black Ale, Blue Paddle Pilsener, Abbey Belgian Ale and Trippel.


Brewery news USA, CA: Barley Forge Brewing Co. to open in Costa Mesa early 2014
Barley Forge Brewing Co. has received federal and city approval to operate in Costa Mesa, California’s hip SOBECA district – making it the city’s first-ever Type 23 production brewery. State approval is pending final inspection, Brewbound reported on November 20.

Barley Forge will be a 15-barrel production brewery located in a 10,000 square-foot space making many different styles of beer, primarily ales but also some lagers within the first year. Beers will be available via on-premise and off-premise accounts and at the brewery’s public tasting room.

The brewery’s President and Co-founder Greg Nylen says, “The SOBECA area is a perfect location for us, with its mixed uses and Barley Forge’s potential synergy with the businesses there.” City of Costa Mesa Commissioner Colin McCarthy agreed at Barley Forge’s Conditional Use Permit hearing.

Barley Forge Brewing Co. plans to open in early 2014, pending final construction and staffing.


Brewery news USA, FL: Wynwood Brewing Company is set to open
Miami's first production craft brewery is getting ready to open in the heart of Wynwood Art District, WLRN reported on November 21.

The building housing it was, not long ago, another piece of real estate in the old warehouse district. Owner Luis Brignoni, a Puerto Rican-American and Wynwood native, says he spent months working to get the necessary permits for a type of business the city had never seen before, in a part of Miami where zoning laws cause much debate.

After roughly one week of events promoting the brewery's soft opening in late September, WBC will be ready to open December 4.

Brignoni hired a new brewmaster just this November, now-defunct Gordon Biersch's Nik Mebane. Mebane, a Pennsylvania State grad, moved to Miami just four months before the Brickell brewpub shuttered. Before the move, he worked at Otto's Pub and Brewery in State College, PA.

Now he's in charge of producing Wynwood's La Rubia blonde ale, Pop's Porter and the brewery's other signature suds.


Brewery news USA, CO: Strange Brewing settles trademark dispute with homebrew shop
After more than a year of heated exchanges, Denver's Strange Brewing Company has settled its contentious federal trademark battle with Strange Brew Beer & Wine Making, a Massachusetts homebrewing store. Neither company would disclose the details of the settlement until the paperwork has been signed. But the full terms will be revealed in the next few weeks, according to a joint statement released Thursday, November 21 by both companies, Westword reported.

Still, the statement hinted at what the settlement might involve, including the fact that Strange Brewing will be able to keep the word "Strange" in its name, and that the homebrew shop will retain its trademark and is planning to start its own brewery.

"As a small craft brewery, our objective is to create exceptional craft beer for our local, Denver community," said Strange Brewing co-founder Tim Myers in the statement. "We're extremely optimistic about the future and look forward to finalizing the agreement so that we can continue doing what we love -- brewing quality, small-batch craft beer."

"I am glad that we were finally able to come to a resolution which respects our right to the Strange Brew trademark while still keeping Strange Brewing Strange," said Brian Powers, owner of ...More info on site


Brewery news USA, IL: Two Brothers Brewing to add new fermenters by the end of 2013
Two Brothers Brewing is set to expand its brewery with four new 200 barrel fermenters, developed by US-based Paul Mueller, before the end of 2013, Drinks Business Review reported on November 20.

Earlier Paul Mueller has developed six fermenters currently in use and a bright tank, where the brewery matures its beer and naturally carbonates through secondary fermentation.

The brewery will have 800 barrels of fermentation space with the addition of these new tanks, which will increase their cellar space 30%.

Two Brothers Brewing also plans to install a new centrifuge for the beginning of 2014. This centrifuge is under construction by GEA Westfalia of Germany.



Brewery news Canada, AB & ON: Big Rock Brewery to release SAAZ Republic Pilz in Ontario
One of Canada's oldest and pioneering craft breweries is positioning themselves for a resurgence in Ontario. This week, Big Rock is releasing Saaz Republic Pilz, the first of three upcoming new releases in Ontario, MarketWatch reported on November 20.

Dating back to the mid-1800s, Pilsners are a pale lager in style that take their name from their birthplace: Pilsen, Czech Republic.

Brewmaster Paul Gautreau has created a Pilsner that pays homage to original European style Pilsners while continuing Big Rock's tenacious pursuit of local innovation. "I believe that in a craft segment dominated by ales, there is a place for a true European style Pilsner," says Paul. "SAAZ Republic Pilz is a light lager generously spiced with Czech hops which fills that niche."

SAAZ Republic Pilz has a distinct but mild bitterness on the front end followed by a slight hop middle and a clean, refreshing finish.

In addition to launching new brews to the province, Big Rock has appointed the newly launched Craft Brand Company as their new agency and branding partner in Ontario.

"Big Rock is in a transformation of sorts by returning to our roots by being bolder and brewing beers with different methods that haven't been seen for hundreds of ...More info on site


Brewery newsWorld: SABMiller reports a rise in first half profits
SABMiller, the world's second-largest brewer, reported on November 21 a rise in profits for the first half of its financial year, as strength in ...More info on site


Brewery newsRussia: Beer output declines by 8.6% in January - October
Russia’s beer output in January – October 2013 declined by 8.6% as compared to the same period in 2012, Rosstat reported earlier this week.

In ...More info on site


Brewery newsUK: Miller Brands UK’s lager sales up 5% in the six months to September 30
Lager sales for Miller Brands UK, the UK subsidiary of SABMiller, have risen by 5% in the six months to 30 September 2013, driven ...More info on site


Brewery newsAfrica: SABMiller to expand its Ghana brewery
SABMiller PLC plans a $100 million extension to its brewery in Ghana, the latest advance by a major brewer in the rush to expand ...More info on site


Barley newsWorld: World grain crops plentiful this year, the question is whether barley will follow corn markets fully or to a limited extent
World grain crops are plentiful this year. Northern hemisphere crops (except corn) are safely in the bins, Australia started harvesting and prospects are for ...More info on site


Barley newsMercosur: Barley crop prospects in Argentina are quite good, export trade rather slow
Crop estimates for Argentinean barley are 4.3 to 4.5 mln tons. Dryness and frost affected only a very small part of the malting barley ...More info on site


Malt newsUK: Barley usage for brewing, malting, and distilling increases in July-September
UK’s brewers, maltsters and distillers total wheat usage in September 2013 was 69 thousand tonnes, unchanged from the same month last year, Defra reported ...More info on site


Brewery news Australia: Asahi Premium Beverages to facilitate the production of one-off craft beers
Asahi Premium Beverages will acquire a pilot brewery to facilitate production of one-off beers for recently acquired boutique brand Cricketers Arms, as the Laverton, Victoria site increases its overall focus on beer, The Shout reported on November 22.

Beer currently represents just five per cent of the output of the former Independent Distillers facility, which to date has been predominately about production of ready-to-drink spirits.

But beer is forecast to eventually represent 25 per cent of production, following the redevelopment of the Laverton plant with considerable investment by new owner Asahi.

Unveiling the new kit this week, Asahi Premium Beverages CEO Greg Ellery told journalists the future growth in beer production will come from Cricketers Arms, as well as the company’s private label business, for which it already counts Coles, Woolworths and Aldi as customers.

“It’s very common knowledge, we’re very acquisitive,” he added.

“We’ll continue to buy businesses that we believe fit our portfolio.”

Ellery said Cricketers Arms will be developed to an optimum scale of 400,000-plus cases annually, which he believes would still preserve its credibility as a craft beer brand.

“How big do you take Cricketers before it loses its sexiness [or] quirkiness? We won’t take it over that level,” he said.

Developed by ...More info on site


Brewery news Australia: Molson Coors and Coca-Cola Amatil introduce Australian publicans to the Blue Moon craft beer range
Molson Coors and Coca-Cola Amatil executives introduced Australian publicans to the Blue Moon craft beer range this week, as CCA reaffirmed its ambitions for its December 17 re-entry into beer and cider, The Shout reported on November 22.

At the Sydney launch function at Black By Ezard restaurant, CCA managing director of Australian Beverages, John Murphy told customers the company has retained valuable intellectual property from its previous beer venture, enabling it to hit the ground running in a few weeks’ time.

He was referring to capabilities such as draught beer services, CCA’s FORMULA app and on-line beverage training technology, its in-house point of sale and promotions agency and existing beer and cider sales force.

“We’ve spent the last two years getting ready,” he said.

“A lot of it’s been with your help as well and a lot of other customers in Australia as to how we would do that.”

“Tonight, we won’t be able to take any orders, but we can take IOUs,” Murphy joked.

The dinner was hosted by Blue Moon founder and brewmaster Keith Villa, who introduced the brand’s flagship Belgian White Ale, which is served with an orange garnish.

Guests also experienced several other beers from Blue Moon’s total portfolio of 28 different ...More info on site


Brewery news China: Craft beer pubs proving to be hugely popular in Beijing
Brew pubs offering hearty English-style real ales and beers with unusual ingredients such as watermelon, Sichuan peppers and tea are proving to be hugely popular in Beijing, packed with drinkers who, at last, have an alternative to bland local offerings, South China Morning Post reported on November 22.

The main three newcomers, Great Leap Brewing, Slow Boat Brewery and Jing-A Brewing Company, initially targeted their craft beers at expatriates. They knew they would have a ready-made clientele of British, Americans and Germans pining for the high alcohol-content beer and pub atmosphere of their homelands.

But the alehouses have quickly developed a strong following of mainlanders, who have acquired a taste for more complex beers. All nationalities appreciate that the craft ales are brewed with real expertise - and sold at prices that undercut already-established outlets serving imported keg beers.

Serious drinkers, especially those who endured the wasteland years of having a choice of only bland lager, or paying a hefty price for a properly brewed pint at the German-style brauhaus operations, still can't quite believe places such as Great Leap Brewing offer up to 16 beers at any one time, all brewed on the premises by owner Carl Setzer.

"The beer I am proudest ...More info on site


Brewery news Australia: Australia’s most expensive beer hits shelves
With a recommended retail price of A$99 for 750ml, Crown Ambassador Reserve Lager 2013, Australia's most expensive beer, has hit retailers' shelves, Food Magazine reported on November 22.

Ten thousand individually boxed bottles of the beer, Carlton and United Breweries' (CUB) sixth vintage, are now available, and were brewed from 100 percent Australian malt and hops, it is reported.

CUB produces the beer once a year to coincide with the Myrtleford, Victoria hop harvest, using Galaxy hops which are hand harvested and added to the kettle within 24 hours.

A portion of the beer is matured in French oak barrels, and the product boasts a 9.6 percent alcohol content. This, combined with its level of hops, means the beer can be cellared.


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