Mission Statement

To be the pre-eminent expert organisation of choice in Europe for all brewing, governmental and technical organisations acting co-operatively in fundamental areas of brewing and malting science and technology for the benefit of the brewing industry, consumers and the community.

Purpose

EBC is the expert technical organisation for co-operation and joint activity between European brewers and maltsters.

EBC is the scientific and technological arm of The Brewers of Europe.

Objectives

To promote

• development of brewing and malting science and technology
• application of best practice in brewing and malting technology
• transfer of knowledge from other industries into brewing and malting

To act as the European advisory expert body on science and technology in brewing and malting in co-operation with The Brewers of Europe and other organisations

To identify and communicate new scientific and technical opportunities

To stimulate pro-actively and communicate developments in product safety, environmental issues, beer wholesomeness and health in support of moderate and responsible beer drinking

To enable and enhance co-operative activity on all pre-competitive technical aspects of beer quality

Primary activities

To organise biennial EBC congresses

To create and administer committees and working groups

To organise Symposia on speciality topics

To publish material from Congresses, Symposia and Committees/Groups

To provide technical expertise to the Brewers of Europe and participate in their issue management teams (IMT)

To foster working relationships with all representative bodies world-wide of the brewing and malting industries and research institutes