Category Archives: News in the Brewing Industry

Great Central City Beer Fest 2021

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Come sample some of Colorado’s Best. Two dozen hand-picked local breweries will be on-hand along with their brewmasters and beer-production teams. Make some new friends who are all about beer.

Saturday, August 28, 2021 • 1pm – 6pm 

Tickets: $40 advance / $50 day of
VIP: $70 advance / $80 day of
One Ticket = Many tastes.
Food and additional refreshments are available.
Bring your to-go cups in and out of licensed establishments.
(beverages must be purchased on-site, no outside alcohol allowed)

Bus service available from the Denver metro area.

Click here for more details

Scandinavian School of Brewing enters New Agreement with University of Copenhagen

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A new contract agreement between Scandinavian School of Brewing (SSB) and University of Copenhagen, SCIENCE (FOOD) take effect as per September 1st, 2021.

Together with the brewers’ associations of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland it is agreed that

  • The Master Brewer education is transferred completely to UCPH SCIENCE to be fully integrated into the specialisation ‘Brewing Science and Technology’
  • The subjects from the present courses Brewing 1 and Brewing 2 will form part of a new optimised course structure
  • The Diploma Craft Brewer education will be offered by UCPH SCIENCE as continuous education.

When UCPH SCIENCE take over these two educations, the director of SSB (Kim L. Johansen) will be employed at the University to ensure continuity.

The Scandinavian School of Brewing will still exist:

  • Granting the Diploma Master Brewer title
  • Granting the Diploma Craft Brewer title
  • Offering shorter courses (one to three days) upon request from Brewers’ Associations or other groups.

Two committees are established:

Education Contact Committee (already existing) dealing with the overall structure of the education

Technical Committee dealing with the technical and scientific content of the education and for planning of internships.

As a consequence of the agreement:

  • The modular structure of the Master Brewer education for students from the brewing industry will no longer exist. The Master Brewer education will be less relevant for students from the industry, although, available under open education, if free seats.
  • The Diploma Brewery Engineer title no longer exists for students taking only the theoretical part of the Master Brewer education.
  • The Certified Brewer education will be offered for the last time in the spring 2021.

The courses Brewing Project in Practice and Brewing Summer Course will continue unchanged.

For more detailed information please click here to download.

Great Central City Beer Fest 2019

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Central City proudly presents the Great Central City Beer Fest. Committed to delivering Coloradans a great experience, one pint at a time. Come sample some of Colorado’s Best Brews. The pours will be flowing all day. 18 breweries will be on hand to serve you up a cold one.

Saturday, August 24th, 2019 • 1pm – 6pm 

Tickets: $40 advance / $45 day of
VIP: $60 advance / $70 day of
One Ticket = Many tastes.
Food and additional refreshments available.
Bring your to-go cups in and out of licensed establishments.
(beverages must be purchased on-site, no outside alcohol allowed)

Bus service available from the Denver metro area.

Click here for more details

Great American Beer Festival 2019

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The Great American Beer festival is not only about sampling quality beer but is also a beer competition. Breweries enter their beers to be judged by the festival’s Professional Judge Panel. Festival attendees can also sip the beer entered in the competition during the tasting sessions.

The Great American Beer Festival invites industry professionals from around the world to sit together in small groups and, without knowing the brand name, taste beers in each specified style category. The ultimate goal of the Great American Beer Festival Judge Panel is to identify the three beers that best represent each beer-style category as described and adopted by the Great American Beer Festival.

The Professional Judge Panel awards gold, silver or bronze medals that are recognized around the world as symbols of brewing excellence. These awards are among the most coveted in the industry and heralded by the winning brewers in their national advertising.

Five different three-hour judging sessions take place over the three-day period during the week of the festival. Judges are assigned beers to evaluate in their specific area of expertise and never judge their own product or any product in which they have a concern.

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The Great Central City Beer Festival 2016

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The Great Central City Beer festJoin us for the 5th Annual Great Central City Beer Festival on August 27, 2016 from 1pm – 6pm!

Committed to delivering Coloradans a great experience, one pint at a time. Central City loves the mountains, the laid back atmosphere of the front range, but most of all, the wonderful breweries that CO has to offer, come share in this love. Come sample some of Colorado’s Best Brews. The pours will be flowing all day. 18 breweries will be on hand to serve you up a cold one.

$30 advance / $40 day of / $50 VIP – One Ticket = Many tastes.
Food and additional refreshments available.

2016 GCCBF posterBring your to-go cups in and out of licensed establishments.(beverages must be purchased on-site, no outside alcohol allowed)

Bus service available from the Denver metro area.

Click here for more information, and to purchase tickets!

Colorado Malting Company enters European markets in collaboration with Viking Malt

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Press release – Alamosa, Colorado / Lahti, Helsinki, USA (September 24, 2015)

The new collaboration between Colorado Malting Company (CM) and Northern European Viking Malt opens up the European markets to the American craft malt pioneer. Starting in spring 2016 Colorado Malting Company will also start offering various Viking Malt malts to its American customers.

The craft beer boom that has taken Europe by storm has always been greatly influenced by the beer culture from the US. However, until now, the availability of American craft malts has been limited in Europe.

The new collaboration contract between Colorado Malting Company (CM) and Viking Malt gives Viking Malt a license to produce CM’s malts for the European markets. With this collaboration CM is specifically targeting the rapidly growing European small-scale brewery sector.

– We are very excited. We believe that American craft malts can be very successful in Europe and this collaboration opens up many new possibilities for us. Joining forces with a company that has a proven track record will give us instant access to the European markets, says Jason Cody, the president of Colorado Malting Company.

The new collaboration between CM and Viking Malt naturally goes both ways. From now on, CM can also offer Viking Malt’s wide selection of quality malts to its American customers.

– The state of Colorado has a lot in common with Northern Europe: harsh conditions, relatively short growing season, clean water and nature, and high quality of products. Also the same barley variety is grown both in Colorado and Northern Europe. It’s a good match. It takes character to produce a good beer, and we both share that unique character, says Timo Huttunen, Business Unit Manager of Viking Malt.

Media inquiries and additional information

Timo Huttunen

Business Unit Manager and Brewmaster
Viking Malt, Lahti, Finland
Tel. + 358 50 561 3431
Email: timo.huttunen@vikingmalt.com

About Viking Malt
Viking Malt is the leading Nordic malting company whose client list includes big and small beer breweries and distilleries around the world. The malt houses of Viking Malt are located in Finland, Sweden and Lithuania. The grain used for its malts also come mainly from the same area. The head office of Viking Malt is located in Lahti, Finland. The same family has owned the company for more than 130 years.
www.vikingmalt.com

About Colorado Malting Company
Colorado Malting Company, based in Alamosa, USA, and founded in 2008, is a rapidly growing American family business that produces various types of malts specifically for craft beer breweries all around the US.
www.coloradomaltingcompany.com

The Great Central City Beer Festival 2015

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The Great Central City Beer festJoin us for the 4th Annual Great Central City Beer Festival on August 22, 2015 from 1pm – 6pm!

Committed to delivering Coloradans a great experience, one pint at a time.  Central City loves the mountains, the laid back atmosphere of the front range, but most of all, the wonderful breweries that CO has to offer, come share in this love.  Come sample some of Colorado’s Best Brews. The pours will be flowing all day. 18 breweries will be on hand to serve you up a cold one.

$30 advance / $40 day of / $50 VIP – One Ticket = Many tastes.
Food and additional refreshments available.

beerposter_11x17Bring your to-go cups in and out of licensed establishments.
(beverages must be purchased on-site, no outside alcohol allowed)

Bus service available from the Denver metro area.

Click here for more information, and to purchase tickets!

The Great Central City Beer Festival

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The Great Central City Beer festJoin us on August 23, 2014 from 1pm – 7pm for the Great Central City Beer Festival for Great Beer and Great Music! Come sample some of Colorado’s Best Brews. The pours will be flowing all day. 18 breweries will be on hand to serve you up a cold one.

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Master Brewers Association of the Americas – RMD 2014 Technical Summit

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MBAA LogoMBAA-RMD is holding their semi annual all day 2014 Technical Summit on May 7, 2014 at the Drake Center, at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.

The program consists of eight oral presentations, 10 posters, and 14 sponsor displays. Several brewers have donated their beers as samples during the sessions. Continental breakfast, lunch and snacks are served during the day. After the technical sessions their will be an all evening social at the Black Bottle Brewing located close to the Drake Center.

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