The Spirit Sensory Analysis Course gives you the skills, knowledge and tools required to recruit, train and run such a panel. After the course you will be able to run the sensory tests that can guide you to delivering a product your customers will love again and again. You will also get to know the compounds responsible for the flavour of the main spirit types.
Steve Price, IBD Trustee and member of the Midlands Section, and Jon Meneses, 37th Asia Pacific Convention Chair and member of the APAC Section have become new fellows of the Institute. The IBD fellowship recognises the extra mile done by some of our members, not just within the IBD but also in the drinks industry. Jon and Steve have contributed significantly with their talent, passion and encouragement to others to succeed too.
Our Learning Partner for Ibero-America, Ricardo Solis, hosted an IBD stand at the third edition of InnBrew: The Brewers Convention in Barcelona, one of the most specialised and innovative annual brewing industry events in Spain.
34 IBD members at all levels of their careers and a passion for brewing, beer and practical learning traveled recently to the Czech Republic to participate in the European Brewery Study Tour organised by the IBD Southern Section and its Secretary, Steve Wilkinson.
Sensory analysis is one of the aspects of brewing that many may think is not part of a brewer’s role, but something the lab does for us. Even if this is the case for you, you need a practical understanding of the process to be confident that what the lab is telling you is what you need to know.
Dr Suzanna Drew (IBD training specialist) represented the IBD at the 4th ICBR (Independent Craft Brewers Roundtable) hosted by the Macedonian Thrace Brewery (ΖΥΘΟΠΟΙΙΑ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑΣ ΘΡΑΚΗΣ Α.Ε.) in Komotini, Northern Greece. The event was attended by brewer, supplier, university and taproom representatives from Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Albania.
Almost 600 distilling professionals, suppliers, exhibitors and scientists from 32 countries have gathered in Edinburgh to learn, connect and share experiences and knowledge at the 8th edition of the WDSC.
The Journal of the Institute of Brewing (JIB) is now exclusively published online in its new digital format at its new website – jib.ibd.org.uk All papers are now available ‘open access’ without any fees for the authors or readers with full and free access to all published papers in ‘early view’.
We are dedicating March this year to celebrate the role of women at the IBD and by extension, in the drinks industry. We are introducing some of our talented female colleagues in the IBD team whose stellar work makes the IBD. Suzanna Drew, Training Specialist at the Education & Professional Team; Alice Kim, Digital Marketing Executive; and Chloe Falodun, Examination Officer, explain briefly their roles at the IBD and their impact on the industry.