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July 22 - July 24, 2013


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North America News
Brewery news USA: Beer sales decline in the first half of 2013 ...Click here
Brewery news Canada, BC: Dead Frog Brewery releases a new line of beers ...Click here
Brewery news USA and Canada: New Belgium Brewing to sell its beers in British Columbia, Canada ...Click here
Brewery news USA, MO: Boulevard Brewing Co. releases a new low-alcohol I.P.A. ...Click here
Brewery news USA, OR: Hermiston Brewing Company opened in Hermiston, Oregon ...Click here
Brewery news USA, CA: Headlands Brewing becomes a member of the San Francisco Brewers ...Click here
Brewery news USA, GA: Atlanta’s SweetWater Brewing to expand by starting distribution into the state of Kentucky ...Click here
Brewery news USA, NM: Marble Brewery to release two new beers ...Click here
Brewery news USA, NY: Newcastle Werewolf to return on the market ...Click here
Brewery news USA, CA: Anchor Brewing launches BigLeaf Maple Autumn Red ...Click here
World News
Brewery news Germany: Beer sales seen as ‘terrible’ during the first half of this year ...Click here
Brewery news France: Beer sales increase 2.6% in 2012 ...Click here
Brewery news Namibia & Tanzania: Namibian Breweries investigates beer smuggling in Tanzania, mulls establishing local plant ...Click here
Barley news EU: Barley crop to be up 2 mln tons this year - Coceral ...Click here
Barley news Russia & Ukraine: Barley crop expected larger in Russia and similar to last year in Ukraine ...Click here
Brewery news India: Karnataka high court restrains United Breweries (Holding) Limited from selling its assets in any manner ...Click here
Barley news France: Malting barley market livens up ...Click here
Barley news Austria & the Czech Republic & Slovakia & Hungary: Barley plantings hurt badly by long winter, rains, and floods in spring ...Click here
Barley news UK: Total barley harvest area up 26% this year ...Click here
Brewery news UK: Biggest alcohol brand sales falling faster than total drinks market ...Click here
Brewery news Mexico: Craft brewers welcome federal officials’ decision to open up the tightly controlled beer market ...Click here
Barley news UK: Molson Coors interested in new winter barley variety ...Click here
Brewery news Germany & North Korea: Paulaner Brewery declines Kim Jong-un’s proposal to open a beer garden with a brewery in North Korea ...Click here
Brewery news South Africa: Hearing into South African Breweries’ alleged anti-competitive behaviour resumed by the Competition Tribunal ...Click here
Brewery news Japan: Asahi and Orion develop new “third-category” quasi-beer ...Click here
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How to assess the sensory impact of hop varieties used in the boiling process


ABSTRACT
We all know the dilemma of estimating the contribution of a hop variety to the beer flavor when used during boiling. These Japanese researchers propose a standardized protocol for a sensory evaluation of single variety hop samples boiled in water. Using PCA they found that fruity descriptors could be connected to the varieties Citra and a new Japanese variety called Fuano Beauty whereas Saaz and Mittelfrueh hop samples were connected with herbal, tea and spicy flavours. This protocol may help to forecast the flavour contribution of different varieties in the final beer when used as late hop in the wort boiling process.
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Agenda

July 2013:
17-19: China BevTek 2013 (Shanghai, PR China)

August 2013:
06-09: 4th Iberoamerican VLB Symposium 2013 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

September 2013:
10-12: V Anniversary International Scientific and Practical Conference "Equipment Facilities and Raw Material Base for Malting, Kvass and Beer Brewing Production" (Moscow, Russia)
Beer Conference Moscow Russia 2013
12-15: Mondial de la Biere (Mulhouse, France)
16-20: Drinktec 2013 (Munich, Germany)
21/09 -06/10: Oktoberfest (Munich, Germany)
26-27: New World Malt Barley and Brewers Conference (Toronto, Canada)
26-28: Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival 2012 (Stockholm, Sweden)


October 2013:
03-05: Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival 2012 (Stockholm, Sweden)
30/10-01/11: The Latin American Barley Congress (Bahia Blanca, Argentina)


November 2013:
14-17: Mondial de la Biere (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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News Articles


Brewery newsUSA: Beer sales decline in the first half of 2013
U.S. beer sales declined in the first half of 2013 fueled by the payroll tax hike and a jump in unemployment among young men, ...More info on site


Brewery news Canada, BC: Dead Frog Brewery releases a new line of beers
Dead Frog Brewery has taken the opportunity offered by the release of a new sampler pack to unveil a slew of changes to its brand line-up and packaging, Canadian Beer News reported on July, 22.

The new Dead Frog Summer Mixer 12 pack is out now and features three new beers: the Session Vienna Lager, The Bold Belgian Pale Ale & The Seasonal Citrus Wit, along with a slightly renamed older brand, The Classic Nut Brown Ale.

All four beers are packaged in brown glass bottles, replacing the clear glass that was previously used for all 341 ml bottles from the brewery. And in addition to the new naming format, they all sport newly designed labels with improved details including the malts and hops used, IBUs, colour and suggested glassware.

In addition to appearing in the mixed pack, all four beers are available on their own in 6 packs and kegs, the first three year-round, and the Citrus Wit through the summer months. It also appears that older flagship brands Dead Frog Lager and Dead Frog Pale Ale have been retired and replaced in the core line-up by Vienna Lager and Belgian Pale Ale respectively.

Also new in 341 ml bottles is The Fearless ...More info on site


Brewery news USA and Canada: New Belgium Brewing to sell its beers in British Columbia, Canada
Pioneering U.S. craft brewery New Belgium Brewing will soon be selling its beer in Canada for the first time, Canadian Beer News reported on July, 23.

The brewery announced that the it will be on hand to pour beer at the Great Canadian Beer Festival in Victoria on September 6th, after which three New Belgium brands: Fat Tire Amber Ale, Ranger IPA and a seasonal release will be available in 6 packs and on draught throughout British Columbia. These will be followed in December by Rampant Imperial IPA and limited releases of beers from the Lips of Faith, Hop Kitchen and Trip series.

New Belgium has partnered with import agency Beerthirst for the British Columbia market.


Brewery news USA, MO: Boulevard Brewing Co. releases a new low-alcohol I.P.A.
Boulevard Brewing Co. is expanding its I.P.A. offerings with a new year-round addition to the core line, The Kansas City Star reported on July, 22. Pop-Up I.P.A. is now available on tap at some restaurants and bars in Kansas and will be available in six-packs of 12-ounce bottles in the coming weeks.

In a statement, John McDonald, founder and president of Boulevard, said he has been challenging the company’s brewers to experiment with full-flavoured, lower alcohol beers for quite some time.

The newest Boulevard “session” beer measures in at 4.2 percent ABV (alcohol by volume). Session beers are typically brews under 5 percent ABV and come in a variety of styles.

Boulevard is also experimenting with other session beers that could be released soon.


Brewery news USA, OR: Hermiston Brewing Company opened in Hermiston, Oregon
Oregon is home to more than 130 breweries across the state and now Hermiston also prepares to enter the beer market. The Hermiston Brewing Company is the city's first ever brewery, NBC reported on July, 20.

With a total of 13 different beers on tap, the brewery opened last Wednesday, July, 17 and it is already an institution.

"We set our all time record, ever in our eight year history of sales on a Wednesday night, followed by as big a night on Thursday, a larger night on Friday and beat that record on Saturday. As you can see in here today, it hasn't slowed down," said Mitch Myers the owner of Hermiston Brewing Company.


Brewery news USA, CA: Headlands Brewing becomes a member of the San Francisco Brewers
Headlands Brewing Company has become the 16th member of the San Francisco Brewers Guild, Brew Bound reported on Jul, 20.

The company’s first three beers are just starting to go on tap at local bars and restaurants. Those are: Group G Belgian RyePa, Pt. Bonita Rustic Lager and Hill 88 Double India Pale Ale. At the moment they’re available on draft only, but coming in September, they can also be found on the shelf in 16 oz cans.


Brewery news USA, GA: Atlanta’s SweetWater Brewing to expand by starting distribution into the state of Kentucky
SweetWater Brewing starts collaboration with Kentucky Eagle Distributors in order to expand its beer distribution throughout the state of Kentucky, Shanken News Daily reported on July, 22.

Starting with the current month, SweetWater Brewing will launch its 420 Extra Pale Ale on draft, followed by the rollout of 420, India Pale Ale and Blue in bottles.

SweetWater will begin distribution in the state with a launch in the Lexington market, and will move into Louisville in the months to come. It is also slated to move into Louisiana and Virginia this year, which will see SweetWater’s line up of brews, which also includes Georgia Brown, LowRyeder IPA, the Catch and Release seasonals and the Dank Tank series, available in nine states across the Southeast U.S.


Brewery news USA, NM: Marble Brewery to release two new beers
Albuquerque based Marble Brewery is set to roll out two new beers inspired by the “Breaking Bad” television show next month, Shanken News Daily reported on July, 22.

The beers will be available beginning with August, 8, just before the premiere of the show’s final season, on tap throughout Marble’s distribution network in New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado.

Inspired by the two sides of the show’s main character, Walter White, Marble has created Heisenberg’s Dark (6.5% abv), an India black ale, and Walt’s White Lie (7.5% abv), an India white ale. Marble has brewed about 60 kegs of each variant.

The brewery also produces a number of other beers, including Pilsner, Wildflower Wheat, Amber Ale, Red Ale and India Pale Ale, among others.


Brewery news USA, NY: Newcastle Werewolf to return on the market
Newcastle Brown Ale, the leading imported ale in the U.S., announced that it is bringing back its popular Newcastle Werewolf limited edition brew by August, Brew Bound reported on July, 18.

“Werewolf sales increased over 100% versus 2011 and outperformed other major seasonals during this key selling period. This year, we have the incremental support in place to scare up even greater sales and profit for our trade partners,” said Brett Steen, Brand Manager for Newcastle, HEINEKEN USA.

Newcastle Werewolf is available nationally from August 2013 through October 2013 in 6-packs and 12-packs priced comparably to Newcastle Brown Ale. Werewolf will also be available on draught at pubs in most major markets.


Brewery news USA, CA: Anchor Brewing launches BigLeaf Maple Autumn Red
Anchor Brewing announces a new, seasonal addition to its line up of distinctive, handcrafted beers: BigLeaf Maple Autumn Red, Brew Bound reported on July, 22.

BigLeaf Maple Autumn Red was inspired by a native California tree; it is a quaffable, well-balanced red ale with character.

BigLeaf Maple Autumn Redwill be available from August 5th through October in 6-packs, 22-oz bottles and on draught in select bars and restaurants, as well as, at the Anchor Brewing taproom in San Francisco


Brewery newsGermany: Beer sales seen as ‘terrible’ during the first half of this year
Germany's beer industry sees its glass half empty this year, with terrible sales during the first half of the year creating what have been ...More info on site


Brewery newsFrance: Beer sales increase 2.6% in 2012
With total beer sales of 20.643 mln hl, the French beer market achieved a 2.6% growth last year, data by Plato Logic showed.

According ...More info on site


Brewery newsNamibia & Tanzania: Namibian Breweries investigates beer smuggling in Tanzania, mulls establishing local plant
A top official with Namibian Breweries Limited (NBL) is in Tanzania to assess and establish the local market of Windhoek Premium Lager Beer with ...More info on site


Barley newsEU: Barley crop to be up 2 mln tons this year - Coceral
Coceral expects a total EU grain crop of 295 vs. 276.5 mln tons last year: 9 mln tons more corn, mainly in the Balkan ...More info on site


Barley newsRussia & Ukraine: Barley crop expected larger in Russia and similar to last year in Ukraine
Estimates for the total Russian grain crop vary from 93 to 100 mln tons vs. 71.7 mln tons in 2012, an industry report said ...More info on site


Brewery newsIndia: Karnataka high court restrains United Breweries (Holding) Limited from selling its assets in any manner
The Karnataka high court on Monday, July 22 restrained the UB group from parting with its assets in any manner, The Times of India ...More info on site


Barley newsFrance: Malting barley market livens up
France’s malting barley market has become more animated since the middle of week 29, La Depeche reported on July, 22.

Spring barley is seeing demand ...More info on site


Barley newsAustria & the Czech Republic & Slovakia & Hungary: Barley plantings hurt badly by long winter, rains, and floods in spring
According to official statistics, spring barley plantings are – in Austria 64,000 ha (vs. 72,500 ha in 2012), in the Czech Republic 263,000 ha (vs. ...More info on site


Barley newsUK: Total barley harvest area up 26% this year
The total cereals and oilseeds harvest area in Great Britain has fallen by an estimated 4% on 2012 to just over 3.68 million hectares, ...More info on site


Brewery news UK: Biggest alcohol brand sales falling faster than total drinks market
Sales of Britain's biggest alcohol brands are falling faster than the total drinks market, according to a new study.

The overall alcohol market has fallen 2.3% by volume year-on-year – but the nation's biggest players have been hit even harder, with the total volume sales of Britain's 100 largest drinks brands down by 2.8%, research for The Grocer found.

In terms of retail sales, the trend is the same – the major brands have grown an average of 1.3% against a market-wide increase of 2.1%.

The top beer and wine labels have been hardest hit, both dropping 4% by volume year-on-year, with retail sales down 0.3% and 0.7% respectively.

However, there were exceptions with Foster's, Corona, Coors Light, Cobra, McGuigan, Yellowtail and Barefoot recording strong growth.

Meanwhile, the average litre price of the top 100 brands has risen 2.7% year-on-year.

The research also revealed that new products are making the difference between growth and decline for some top brands, such as Jack Daniel's and Strongbow, which both launched new drinks.


Brewery news Mexico: Craft brewers welcome federal officials’ decision to open up the tightly controlled beer market
July 11 may not ever become as momentous as other Mexican holidays, but for beer enthusiasts like Francisco Nuñez, the date is worthy of remembrance, Imperial Valley Press reported on July, 22.

“It was like our beer independence day,” Nuñez, of Mexicali-based 686 Cervecería, said. “July 11 is going to be remembered for years to come by Mexican craft breweries.”

On that historic date, Mexican federal officials opened up the tightly controlled beer market, and put a cap on the number of exclusive contracts its major brewers — Grupo Modelo and Cuahtémoc Moctezuma — could hold. To date, the two major brewers hold exclusive contracts with more than 90 percent of the nation’s point of sales, a figure that must be brought to 20 percent within five years at the risk of financial penalties.

The ruling will allow the country’s burgeoning craft breweries unrestricted access to all restaurants, bars and cantinas, the Mexican Federal Trade Commission announced.

“That’s going to help us (microbrewers) a lot,” Nuñez said.

The group of four former homebrewers made the jump to commercial brewing about a year ago. They recently bought a $3,000, 55-gallon brewing system and figure they will have to brew up to four times a month ...More info on site


Barley news UK: Molson Coors interested in new winter barley variety
Winter barley may see a resurgence in rotations as growers increasingly see its value in enabling an early entry for oilseed rape, and one new malting type has caught the eye of a global brewer, Farmers’ Weekly reported on July, 23.

Molson Coors has a greater reliance on winter barley than its competitors, which means the firm pays close attention to the introduction of new malting varieties when they first appear on the HGCA Recommended List.

So the announcement last month that three winter barley varieties have all moved on to the next stage of the rigorous testing procedure is just what the company's head of raw materials, Jerry Dyson, wanted to hear, as he considers securing future supplies of farm assured grain.

Of immediate interest is Syngenta's SY Venture, which is now fully approved for brewing use, he confirms. But he is also keeping an eye on Talisman from Senova, which has just entered its first year of provisional approval, also for brewing.

"We trialled SY Venture this year, so we already know that it meets our processing requirements," he says.

But just as important to him in the current market is SY Venture's high yield, he stresses. "We've been looking for a malting ...More info on site


Brewery news Germany & North Korea: Paulaner Brewery declines Kim Jong-un’s proposal to open a beer garden with a brewery in North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has asked Paulaner to open a beer garden with a brewery in North Korea, but the Bavarian brewer declined, German daily Bild reported on July, 19.

The brewer told Bild that it cannot afford another store in North Korea because it already plans to open 12 new beer gardens around the world, including one in the U.S. and one each in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia in August.

Based in Munich, Paulaner is Germany's leading wheat beer brewer and has beer gardens around the world including 21 in Asia. Bild said Kim Jong-un has "outed himself as a beer lover" though his father was notoriously fond of cognac.

Bild said that it is not certain why Kim came up with the idea amid the regime's chronic food shortage, but added, "Man does not live by bread alone, but beer alone does not fill the stomach."

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization in a recent report said that North Korea needs food assistance from the international community to feed an estimated 2.8 million vulnerable people "until the next harvest in October."


Brewery news South Africa: Hearing into South African Breweries’ alleged anti-competitive behaviour resumed by the Competition Tribunal
The Competition Tribunal resumed on July, 22 a hearing into allegations of anti-competitive behaviour by South African Breweries (SAB), the local division of SABMiller, BusinessReport said.

The complaints against SAB, which controls about 90 percent of the South African beer market, were first brought to the Competition Commission back in 2004 by a group of liquor wholesalers and retailers led by the Big Daddy group.

The commission investigated the complaint and in 2007 announced that it would proceed with a case against SAB and its appointed distributors.

On the basis of its investigation, the commission alleged that SAB’s agreements with its appointed distributors had the effect of dividing the market between competitors in contravention of the Competition Act. The commission also alleged that SAB favoured its own distributors at the expense of independent distributors and, in that way, placed independent distributors at a disadvantage.

Nico Pitsiladi, the director of Big Daddy, said it had been “almost impossible” for him to compete with SAB’s appointed distributors because they benefited from more attractive discounts than he was able to secure from SAB.

While SAB has vehemently and consistently argued that it does not indulge in anti-competitive practices, its legal team has caused the tribunal hearings to be ...More info on site


Brewery news Japan: Asahi and Orion develop new “third-category” quasi-beer
Asahi Breweries Ltd. and Orion Breweries Ltd. have jointly developed a “third-category” quasi-beer, The Japan Times reported last week.

The product, Asahi Orion Okinawa Dayori, was launched on July, 23 throughout Japan except in Okinawa, where Orion is based, and in the Amami region of Kagoshima.

Only 50,000 cases of the sparkling low-malt beverage will be sold. Each contains the equivalent of 20 633-milliliter bottles.

The quasi-beer is being produced at Orion’s plant in Nago and the marketing is being handled by Asahi. The beverage combines the light taste of Orion’s beers with a clear flavor developed using Asahi’s brewing technology, the two companies said.

The price will likely be set at around ¥140 per 350-milliliter can.

Asahi and Orion formed a partnership in 2002. Asahi has a stake of about 10 percent in Orion.

At a news conference in Tokyo, Orion official Masakazu Miyazato said more joint products were in the pipeline with Asahi.


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