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VLB institutes and departments

VLB Berlin, Seestrasse 13, 13353 Berlin, Germany  + 49 (30) 450 80-0,  brewmaster@vlb-berlin.org ,  www.vlb-berlin.org

Managing Directors

Dr.-Ing. Josef Fontaine (CEO)  + 49 (30) 450 80-292  fontaine@vlb-berlin.org Gerhard Andreas Schreiber (CFO)  + 49 (30) 450 80-292  g.schreiber@vlb-berlin.org  www.vlb-berlin.org/en/gf

Research Institute for Beer and Beverage Production (FIBGP)

Dipl.-Ing. Jan Biering  + 49 (30) 450 80-132  biering@vlb-berlin.org  www.vlb-berlin.org/en/fibgp

Testing Laboratory for Packaging

M.Eng./Dipl.-Ing. Susan Dobrick  + 49 (30) 450 80-242  dobrick@vlb-berlin.org  www.vlb-berlin.org/en/vp

Research Institute for Biotechnology and Water (FIBW)

Dr.-Ing. Martin Senz  + 49 (30) 450 80-153  m.senz@vlb-berlin.org  www.vlb-berlin.org/en/fibw

Department for Bioprocess Technology and Applied Microbiology (BEAM)

Dr.-Ing. Martin Senz  + 49 (30) 450 80-153  m.senz@vlb-berlin.org  www.vlb-berlin.org/en/beam

Microbiology & Brewing Biology

Dr. Martin Hageböck  + 49 (30) 450 80-157  m.hageboeck@vlb-berlin.org  www.vlb-berlin.org/en/bl

Department for Water Quality, Management and Technology (WMT)

Dr. Alfons Ahrens  + 49 (30) 450 80-294  ahrens@vlb-berlin.org  www.vlb-berlin.org/en/wmt

VLB LaboTech GmbH

 + 49 (30) 450 80-220  labotech@vlb-berlin.org  www.vlb-berlin.org/en/labotech

Research Institute for Raw Materials (FIR)

Henrike Vorwerk  + 49 (30) 450 80-154  vorwerk@vlb-berlin.org  www.vlb-berlin.org/en/fir

Research Institute for Beer and Beverage Analysis (FIBGA)

Dr.-Ing. Nils Rettberg  + 49 (30) 450 80-106  n.rettberg@vlb-berlin.org  www.vlb-berlin.org/en/fibga

Central Laboratory

Dr.-Ing. Nils Rettberg  + 49 (30) 450 80-262  n.rettberg@vlb-berlin.org  www.vlb-berlin.org/en/cl

Special Analyses

Dr. Sarah Thörner  + 49 (30) 450 80-250  sarah.thoerner@vlb-berlin.org  www.vlb-berlin.org/en/fis

Spirits and Sensory Analysis

Johannes Fuchs  + 49 (30) 450 80-233  fuchs@vlb-berlin.org  www.vlb-berlin.org/en/spirits-sensory

IfGB – Events Spirits & Distilling

Wiebke Künnemann  + 49 (30) 450 80-270  kuennemann@vlb-berlin.org  www.ifgb.de

International Sales / Coordination Iberoamerica & Africa

Roberto Biurrun  + 49 (30) 450 80-185  biurrun@vlb-berlin.org

Research Institute for Management and Beverage Logistics (FIM) / Event Management and Further Education

Dipl.-Ing. Norbert Heyer  + 49 (30) 450 80-139  heyer@vlb-berlin.org  www.vlb-berlin.org/en/fim

PR and Publishing Department / Editorial Office “Brauerei Forum”

Dipl.-Ing. Olaf Hendel  + 49 (30) 450 80-255  hendel@vlb-berlin.org  www.vlb-berlin.org/en/pr Imprint

Brauerei Forum

Technical periodical for breweries, malthouses, the beverage industry and their partners Information service of VLB Berlin www.brauerei-forum.de ISSN 0179–2466

Publisher Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei in Berlin (VLB) e.V. Seestrasse 13, 13353 Berlin, Germany

Editorial Office Brauerei Forum Seestrasse 13, 13353 Berlin, Germany Phone: + 49 (30) 4 50 80-251 Fax: + 49 (30) 4 50 80-210 Email: redaktion@brauerei-forum.de Internet: www.brauerei-forum.de

Editorial Department Olaf Hendel, Editor-in-Chief (oh) hendel@vlbberlin.org Eva Wiesgrill (ew) e.wiesgrill@vlbberlin.org Julia Bork (jb), j.bork@vlbberlin.org

Brauerei Forum Advisory Board Dr.-Ing. Josef Fontaine, Dr. sc. techn. Hans-J. Manger

Advertising Sales VLB PR and Publishing Department Phone +49 (30) 450 80-255 media@brauerei-forum.de

Publication Dates Appears with 8 editions a year, in German plus 2 issues in English. Day of publication: 21 May 2021

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VLB SCHEDULE 2021/2022

 2nd VLB Symposium on Acidic Fermented

Non-Alcoholic Beverages

25 to 27 May 2021

Online event

 2nd VLB Africa Brewing Conference 24 to 26 August 2021

Online event

 Training “Craft Brewing Online” 13 to 24 September 2021

Online event

 Ibero-American VLB Symposium

Brewing & Filling Technology

21 to 23 September 2021 event format to be announced

 VLB Packaging Conference 5 to 7 October 2021

Online event  VLB Annual Brewing Conference 2021,

incl. Malting Barley Seminar and VLB General Assembly

25 to 26 October 2021 event format to be announced

 2nd International Brewing Web Conference 16 to 18 November 2021

Online event

 Training “Applied Microbiology” 22 to 26 November 2021, Berlin, Germany

On-site event

 Certified Brewmaster Course 2022 10 January to 22 July 2022

Hybrid course: part 1 online / part 2 on-site in Berlin, Germany

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