INTERNATIONAL VLB BREWING CONFERENCES

+ 3rd VLB Africa Brewing Conference

DSM Food Specialties, Delft, Netherlands

DSM is a global, science-based company specializing in nutrition, health and sustainable living. Applications cover dairy, bakery, plant-based proteins, food and beverages, among others. For breweries, DSM offers supportive enzymes for raw fruit processing, beer stabilization and brewhouse yield optimization.

www.dsm.com/food-beverage

Luhe Minerals, Winsen/Luhe

Luhe Minerals GmbH specializes in the trade and distribution of minerals and products in the field of filtration and functional fillers for the beverage industry. The experts in the field of food & beverage have many years of experience and a technical background in the brewing industry, oenology and the chemical industry. The company's portfolio includes diatomaceous earth, perlite and cellulose products.

www.luheminerals.com

Thai Spirit Industries/Udom -

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Brewhouse (Thailand)

Thai Spirit Industry Co. Ltd. was founded in 2003 and initially specialized in the production of fruit wine-based mixed drinks. In 2019, the company, which is located around 60 km east of Bangkok, entered the beer business and started a brewery with a 50 hl brewhouse. Mainly Craft beers are produced there using the contract brewing process. Brewery trainings have already been held there together with VLB.

www.thaispirit.co.th

VLB‘s conference for the brewing industry in Africa

12 to 14 June 2023, in Douala, Cameroon www.vlb-berlin.org/en/africa2023

+ 13th Iberoamerican VLB Symposium Brewing & Filling Technology

The VLB Ibero-American Symposium 2023 comes to Colombia

4 to 6 September 2023, Bogotá, Colombia www.vlb-berlin.org/en/colombia2023

+ 108th International Brewing & Engineering Congress

One of the leading brewing congress for the brewing and beverage industry – incl. Grand Opening of Holland Malt's Zero Emission Malthouse in Eemshaven

13 to 15 March 2024, in Groningen, The Netherlands www.vlb-berlin.org/en/groningen2024

Renault Trucks Deutschland, Ismaning

French truck manufacturer Renault Trucks has been providing solutions for sustainable www.barthhaas.com www.vlb-berlin.org/en/events

BarthHaas UK, Kent BarthHaas, headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany, is a leading global supplier of hop products and hop-related services. The eighth-generation family business has been a member of VLB Berlin for many decades. Now the subsidiary from England has also become a member and would like to play a greater role in the Technical Scientific of VLB Berlin.

Heike Flohr, coordinator of VLB's Certified Brewmaster course, retires

Heike Flohr was employed at the VLB Berlin for 41 years. She began her career as secretary to Prof. Dr. Karl Wackerbauer. For the past 17 years, she was the course coordinator for the Certified Brewmaster course. Heike Flohr retired on April 1.

(ew) In February 1982, Heike Flohr began her service at the VLB Berlin. Initially, she worked in the Research Institute of Technology for Brewing and Malting under the direction of Prof. Dr. Karl Wackerbauer as his right-hand woman. After Wackerbauer's final retirement from teaching in September 2004, Flohr moved to VLB event management and was from then on responsible for the organizational supervision of the international brewing courses. Over the years, she provided advice and support to more than

600 students, organized visas and sometimes accommodation, listened to all their concerns, and was just as excited as her students during the exams. Heike Flohr leaves with one laughing and one crying eye. “The pandemic has made my work arduous. Nevertheless, I will miss meeting all the passionate people.” She gave her official farewell on

March 22. VLB Executive Director Dr. Josef Fontaine reviewed the past four decades with anecdotes. Longtime companions, including former colleagues, said goodbye on- and offline over a snack. Heike Flohr is happy to know that her protégés are in good hands: Sibylle Young, a new dedicated colleague, has officially taken over.

VLB graduate gallery found a place of honour

Since last fall they are “hanging ” again: The portrait photo series of the graduates of the VLB continuing education courses since 2006. The graduates gallery includes about 650 alumni from 21 completed courses. The action was financially supported by ehem. VLBer (VLB Alumni Association.

(oh) The photos with the portraits of all graduates of the VLB Certified Brewmaster Course since 2006 hung in the Hövelhaus lecture hall in the old VLB building until 2017. After moving to the new building, the pictures in DIN A1 format initially disappeared into the archive. Now they have found a worthy place on the first floor of the new VLB building. In addition, the gallery was supplemented with the photos of the graduates of the German Braumeister Course, which has been held again at the VLB since 2019. The older images were reprinted and the younger ones were reframed. In addition, a flexible system for hanging was installed. “This gives us room for more classes in the future,” says Jan Biering, second executive chairman of the ehem. VLBer (VLB Alumni Association) and head of the German Braumeister Course. Burghard Meyer, lead instructor of the VLB Certfied Brewmaster Course, adds: “This gallery is an expression of our bond and appreciation towards our alumni.” The VLB Certified Brewmaster Course is an English-language 6-months full training course that was launched in 2006 as a successor and extension of the “E2 Course” by Prof. Dr. Wackerbauer. Since then, more than 600 brewers from more than 60 nations have successfully completed this demanding advanced training course. The German Braumeister course, which concludes at the Berlin Chamber of Crafts (HWK), has been back in the VLB program since 2019. A total of 50 people took part in the first three courses, and the fourth course started last October with 21 participants.