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Hop Breeding in the 21st Century
By: Klara Hajdu, Peter Glendinning, Will Rogers
11/01/2024
Get an insight into how new hop varieties are bred to safeguard the future of the brewing industry at the IBD Great Northern section's webinar!
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Wild & Mixed Culture Historic Brewing
By: Dan Wye
14/12/2023
Dan Wye (Origins Brewer, Fyne Ales) gives a brief outline of historic brewing as practised today at Origins Brewing at Fyne Ales, with emphasis upon its mixed culture scenario and barrel-ageing process. This process gives his Origin Beers their special and unique character, focussing upon the real flavour determinants, whether ingredients, brewhouse parameters, terroir, mixed culture, barrel-ageing or maturation, or whether a combination of some or all. The session concludes with a Q&A session.
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Setting up a Sustainable Distillery and the Challenges of Grain Processing with Rye
09/11/2023
At the webinar, you will learn about a research project focussed on grain processing of rye and understand the journey to strive to become a carbon zero distiller. Hear from Alan Phelp, Distillery and Blend Manager at Reivers Distillery in Tweedbank, and Ben Murphy, Head Distiller at Ad Gefrin. Alan is a grain distiller working at an experimental grain distillery in the Borders and currently studying a PhD at Heriot Watt University on grain processing using rye. Ben is at the newly opened Ad Gefrin Distillery and will give insight into the opening of the distillery 5 years in the making and the first to open in Northumberland for 200 years.
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“Drink Cask Fresh” - The Way Forward For Cask Beer?
01/08/2023
From March to May 2023, a cross-industry group ran the Drink Cask Fresh campaign. This pilot phase was designed to learn if a category-wide marketing campaign in pubs could help make cask more visible and relevant to the younger drinkers it needs to attract. Beer writer and consultant Pete Brown oversaw the campaign and worked with researchers to collate and evaluate the results. In this session Pete will present what worked, what didn’t, and provide suggestions for the way forward for a national roll-out to revitalise the image of cask ale.
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Career Advice in the Drinks Industry
By: Stuart Watts, Alistair Longwell, Keith Lugton, Stephanie Macleod, Colin Gordon, Gillian MacDonald
06/04/2023
Hear from industry professionals about their career development and experiences, and their reflections on their careers so far. By sharing their stories we hope to inspire others in the industry to further develop their careers in brewing & distilling. With Alistair Longwell, Head of Distillation & Environment, Beam Suntory Keith Lugton, Master Brewer, C&C Group Stephanie Macleod, Director of Blending, Scotch Whisky, John Dewar & Sons Ltd Colin Gordon, Distillery Manager, Ardbeg Distillery Gillian MacDonald, Master Blender and Head of Whisky Creation, The Glenmorangie Company
career, drinks industry, career development, how to progress in the drinks industry, career advice, Scottish Section Webinar
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Growth Opportunities in the Brewing & Distilling Industry for the Future Generation of Professionals
By: Jan Hodel, Dave Quinn, Dr Catherine Barry-Ryan, Dr. Graham O'Neill, Dr. Ciara Walsh, Ekene Umego, Prof. Christine O'Connor, Dr. David Ryan, Dr. Sinead Morris, Eoin Murphy, Richard Whyte
27/04/2023
Discover what you can achieve in a career in the brewing & distilling industry. Find out what qualifications are available to help you start your career in the industry.
Irish Section Webinar, hybrid event, career in drinks industy, professional development, younger professionals, career opportunities
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Current Research in Brewing and Distilling
By: Rutele Marciulionyte, Joel Saunderson, Alan Philp, Hannah Proctor, Barnaby Pownall, Sally MacGarry
23/02/2023
Learn about the latest research taking place in the drinks industry in Scotland. Six speakers from Heriot-Watt University have been invited to give short talks on the current state of their research, into varied themes across the brewing and distilling sector. Sensory science, yeast and fungal microbiology, and the impact of process and raw materials on the production of beer and whisky are the key themes of the talks, which will be followed by a Q&A for the speakers.
Scottish Section, Research, Heriot-Watt University, Sensory science, yeast and fungal microbiology, raw materials, beer, whisky
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Authentication of Scotch Whisky
08/06/2023
Scotch Whisky is a premium global product and therefore a major target for counterfeiters and those who wish to take unfair advantage of its high reputation. As well as the concerns over safety, fake and misleadingly labelled products result in a direct loss of sales and are damaging to the reputation of genuine products. This webinar will give an overview of some of the work that is carried out by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) and the Scotch Whisky Research Institute (SWRI) in protecting Scotch Whisky in the UK and further afield.
Scottish Section, Scottish Section Webinar, whisky, authentication, Scotch Whisky Research Institute, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky