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Dear readers,
The news (20 November) that the Siebel Institute will leave Chicago, where it has been operating since 1872, sent ripples through the brewing industry. The school, which was founded by the German immigrant and chemist Dr John Ewald Siebel, would soon become the Siebel Institute of Technology, one of the world’s leading brewing sciences schools. As of 1 January 2026, it will be operating out of Montreal. Antoine Chagnon, CEO of Lallemand, has owned the Siebel Institute since 2000 and plans to open a baking academy alongside the brewing school at a short distance from the historic Molson brewery site. One of the reasons given for the move is “increased student visa challenges” to enter the United States. Earlier this year, the Trump administration enacted cuts to academic research, curtailed visas for foreign students, especially those from China, and increased taxes on elite schools. But who would have thought that the administration’s public spat with Ivy League universities over accusations that they promote woke ideologies, which led to the revoking of Harvard University’s ability to enrol foreign students - a move later blocked by a federal judge – would also affect a brewing school? The fact alone that US visa policies for foreign students are currently under review must have dented enrolment figures at Siebel, where the majority of students nowadays come from overseas. Brewers in Chicago talk of a cultural loss, of class photos lined with the surnames that built the American brewing industry, while craft brewers in Montreal and the surrounding province of Quebec rejoice. The craft beer industry in Quebec has grown in recent years, fuelling rural economies where a quarter of the more than 200 registered breweries have set up shop. On paper, the move looks like a pragmatic business decision as Canada’s student visa system appears more navigable. In practice, it could quietly recast Montreal as North America’s new brewing education capital. Marie-Eve Myrand, head of the Association des Brasseurs du Québec, told the news site CBC that Siebel’s opening is going to put Montreal and Quebec on the map for that knowledge. Yours, Ina |
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Asahi says 1.5 million customers' data potentially leaked in cyber-attack
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Japan | Japanese brewer Asahi revealed on 27 November that in a massive cyber-attack on its system on 29 September the personal information of more than 1.5 million customers - specifically their names, gender, addresses and contact information - could have been leaked. Data belonging to about 107,000 current and former employees and 168,000 family members of staff were also potentially leaked. Those affected would be notified soon. Read more » |
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Every issue we also present selected articles from our print and digital portfolio. Only available for BRAUWELT International subscribers.
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Verifying the hygiene status in a dispensing system Rapid microbiological tests | Beverage dispensing systems are designed to serve beer and non-alcoholic beverages as well as wine and e.g. fruit juices to patrons in the hospitality sector. They are subject to food safety regulations due to their role in beverage treatment. Consequently, European and national food-related regulations have to be complied with and thus specific cleaning processes and, if required, checks have to be in place. |
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Oregon craft brewer Rogue abruptly closes after 37 years USA | The US beer industry is in shock: Rogue Ales & Spirits, one of craft beer's oldest, recognizable, and at one time one of the largest craft beer producers, completely and abruptly halted production in Newport, Oregon, on 14 November and closed its pubs and restaurants after 37 years in business. The 47 people who worked at the production facility suddenly found themselves out of work as did staff at its several venues. Rogue’s executives have not spoken about what led to the brewer’s sudden closure. |
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Heineken sells brewery in war-hit eastern Congo The Netherlands | With more than 100 armed groups fighting Congolese forces in the mineral-rich eastern DR of Congo, Heineken has done the only sensible thing and transferred its brewery in Bukavu, the second largest city in eastern Congo, to a Mauritia-registered company for a token 1 EUR. |
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Carlsberg explores sale of minority stake in Asia unit Denmark | Carlsberg is considering selling a minority stake in its Asian operations, with Sapporo Holdings identified as a leading contender to acquire the interest, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. |
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Krones continues profitable growth path in third quarter
Krones continues its profitable growth course in the third quarter of 2025 despite the overall economic uncertainties.
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First Key Consulting appoints new CEO and Managing Director
Kelly Heyworth has joined First Key Consulting and will be stepping into the role of CEO & Managing Director at the end of 2025.
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When brewers build a distillery: Coopers’ move into whisky Australia | Many will have wondered how the family-owned Coopers brewery in Adelaide could spend AUD 70 million (USD 46 million) on a visitor centre - or what is nowadays called a “brand home”. That is a lot of money even when considering Australia’s high construction costs. But the figure becomes less extravagant if you bear in mind that the visitor centre also features a sizeable copper distillery and an underground temperature-controlled stillage capable of holding up to 5,000 casks of 200 litres each. |
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Australia’s Coopers defies beer market decline with sales growth Australia | Privately-owned Coopers Brewery has bucked the overall beer market contraction trend, selling 806,000 hl beer in 2024-25, up2.4 percent from 2023-24. The figure excludes the sales of non-alcoholic beers and Coopers’ contract manufacture beer, and is a sharp contrast to the 0.9 percent total contraction of the national beer market (including keg sales) over the corresponding period. |
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Applied Mathematics for Brewing and Malting Technologists
The goal of this reference book, available for the first time in English, is to provide an overview of the technological calculations and benchmarks relevant to those in the brewing and malting industries. The authors supplement this overview with correlations and statistically reliable relationships they have researched during their carriers.
69 €
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Brewing Techniques in Practice
This handbook addresses both students of brewing technology and technological practitioners. It provides a comprehensive overview of raw materials, modern plant and process engineering, quality characteristics, stability values, sensorics, microbiology, speciality beers and health aspects.
99 €
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