Brewing Industry Guide Staff

From our upcoming Spring issue of the Brewing Industry Guide, here’s a roundup of some recent news, notes, and announcements from around the industry.

• Beer Ticker
• Industry News
• Black Is Beautiful

The Heidelberg-based maltster is inviting brewers around the world to brew an altbier with Bestmalz ingredients and enter their competition.

• Malt
• Ingredients
• Competitions

After the purchase by the energy drink maker, the collective that includes Cigar City and Oskar Blues still counts as “craft,” according to the Brewers Association.

• Acquisitions
• CANarchy
• Energy Drinks

The aluminum can manufacturer has agreed to delay until March 1 policy changes that disproportionately affect smaller, independent breweries.

• Cans
• Supply Chain
• Ball Corporation

Organized by City Brew Tours, the scholarship supports women from diverse backgrounds who aim to make positive changes to the beer industry. The application deadline is February 1.

• Diversity
• Scholarships
• Training

Through its Lion subsidiary—the same that bought New Belgium in 2019—Kirin has purchased the Michigan-based craft icon. Founder Larry Bell says, “this was the right time.”

• Acquisitions
• Exit Strategy
• Retirement

An unusual lot of Idaho Gem hops is helping to directly support breast-cancer patients while raising awareness about the disease.

• Idaho Gem
• Collaboration
• Charity

Breweries worldwide have until November 10 to register for entry into the 2022 World Beer Cup, with beer samples due in March.

• World Beer Cup
• Competitions
• Awards

Launched by beer professionals, the Safe Bars PACT encourages codes of conduct and training to help prevent gender-based harassment.

• Training
• Discrimination
• Gender

Produced and made freely available by New Belgium Brewing in Colorado, the new resource is meant to help breweries of all sizes make plans to measure and reduce their carbon footprints.

• Climate Change
• Carbon Neutrality
• Sustainability

The Brewers Association has issued new guidance to help prevent dangerous boilovers in the brewhouse.

• Safety
• Injuries
• Boilovers

The recent social media–fueled reckoning in the beer industry has led to a new open-source collaboration. Brave Noise aims to continue the conversation about sexism, discrimination, and workplace culture at breweries worldwide.

• Collaboration
• Brave Noise
• Sexism