Committees and Groups
The Analysis Committee
The work of the EBC Committees and Groups is perhaps best known through the Analysis Committee and ANALYTICA-EBC. Over the years, the Analysis Committee has developed, standardised, critically tested and published more than 170 analytical methods to cover the whole beer production process from its cereal base to final beer. The EBC analytical methods are widely used in brewers' and maltsters' laboratories to control the process and product quality as well as in the international trade to check the quality parameters in commercial transactions. The EBC Analysis Committee also works closely together with the 'American Society of Brewing Chemists' (ASBC) to establish so-called 'International methods' with world-wide recognition of applicability. A partnership declaration between EBC and ASBC has been signed. The integration of the IOB methods of analysis and EBC methods is nearing completion.
Within the EBC Analysis Committee there is a special subcommittee concentrating on microbiological methods. The work has proceeded to preparation of 'recommended methods' and the preparation continues with a target to publish the collection of standardised microbiological methods for brewing shortly.
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Important documents for meetings
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The Barley & Malt Committee
The aim of this Committee is to support the adequate supply of good quality malting barley in Europe. The Barley and Malt Committee of EBC concentrates on testing new barley varieties bred for malting and brewing purposes and on evaluating the suitability for the industry. The field trials are carried out under very variable conditions all around Europe, from the Mediterranean to Scandinavia and from west to east. The major task of EBC has been the development of methods for evaluation and selection of suitable barley varieties from the maltster's and brewer's point of view and spreading the information of the field trials on different barley varieties to barley breeders, maltsters and brewers.
The Brewing Science Group
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Technology and Engineering Forum
The EBC Technology and Engineering Forum was established within the framework of EBC to treat the more practical topics in the industry in addition to well-established scientific issues. The target was to document the good manufacturing practices in the brewing and malting industry by preparing a series of 'Good Practice Manuals' of the basic processes and operations of the industry. In addition to the existing technologies, special emphasis was also put on the development needs to identify areas for the continuous improvement of the industry.