Pure Yeast & Starter Cultures

Yeast strains and functional micro organisms for the brewing, distilling and beverage industry

+ Top fermenting yeasts

+ Bottom fermenting yeasts

+ Yeasts for low alcohol beers and speciality beers (e.g. sour beers)

+ Spirits, wine and champagne yeast strains

+ Lactic acid bacteria for biological acidification

+ Cultures for alternative beverages (e.g. Kombucha, Water Kefir) www.vlb-berlin.org/en/yeast

 VLB INSIDE

4 VLB network: VLB Berlin warmly welcomes its new members

6 Heike Flohr, coordinator of VLB's Certified Brewmaster course, retires / VLB graduate gallery found a place of honour

8 Guild House, I: Re-roofed with the support of VLB Alumni Association / Guild House, II: Radeberger hands over new counter

10 VLB General Assembly 2022 elects new Administrative Board

11 VLB Birthday: 140 th anniversary of the founding of VLB Berlin

 IFGB – TRAINING & EVENTS

12 VLB's First Training Course for Korean Distillers in Berlin

 TRAINING & EVENTS

14 VLB October Convention 2022: Research enjoys top priority at VLB Berlin

16 New VLB research projects in 2022/2023 for the brewing and beverage industry – an overview

18 Brewing know-how: Check your expert knowledge!

20 VLB International: 12th Ibero-American VLB Symposium in Uberlândia was a great success

22 VLB international activities in 2022/2023

23 “Brewed according to the German Purity Law” in Brazil

24 Excursion: Bratwurst, beer, and brass band – or how to brew under historical conditions

26 VLB course offerings 2023/2024

 MARKETS

27 Interview: “In Nicaragua, the craft beer sector is starting to grow”

30 VLB Berlin offered trainings at the Balashi Brewery in Aruba

 OTHER

31 Imprint / VLB institutes and departments – Contacts

32 VLB event schedule editor@brauerei-forum.de

Cover photo: ew/Practical brewmaster training in the VLB pilot brewery “Wilfried-RinkeTechnikum

At the VLB General Assembly 2022, a regular election took place and the existing Administrative Board was confirmed in its current composition for another four years

Prof. Chul Cheong and 35 distillers from South Korea arrived at VLB Berlin on January 30, 2023 in order to take a two-day training course “Distillation – a brief overview“ at IfGB Berlin

Now that the Corona pandemic is over, the VLB Berlin staff are on the road again. They visit breweries, trade fairs and give courses all over the world