On 26 June 2026, 27 graduates received their certificates at a formal ceremony. VLB Managing Director Dr Björn Ch. Klotzbücher praised the participants’ achievements and thanked everyone involved for their great commitment and hard work.
A total of 274 brewing experts from 36 countries in Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Americas attended the ninth Bangkok Brewing Conference, which took place June 8–10, 2026, in Bangkok, Thailand.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the VLB Certified Brewmaster Course. Since Wednesday, 7 January 2026, 27 more participants have joined the VLB and are working hard so that they too can celebrate their graduation in the summer.
Twelve years after the symbolic laying of the foundation stone (2013) and eight years after moving in, the ‘time capsule’ of the new VLB building reached its final destination on 5 December.
Personnel change in the Department of Brewing and Beverage Technology at the Technische Universität Berlin: Prof. Dr. Brian Gibson has left the TU Berlin at his own request. Dr.-Ing. Philip Wietstock has taken over the scientific direction of the department.
The packaging testing centre at the Research and Teaching Institute for Brewing in Berlin (VLB) has been under new management since July this year. Florian Heukäufer has taken over as laboratory manager, succeeding Susan Dobrick, who left the VLB at her own request.
With 200 participants from different countries gathered in Ponta Grossa, Brazil from November 10-13 to attend the most prestigious brewing technology forum in Latin America.
