Professor Reinhold Schildbach passed away on 14 October 2019 in Berlin at the age of 86. He was known for decades as one of the world's leading experts in brewing barley and hops.

VLB mourns the death of Prof. Dr. Ulf Stahl, who passed away after a short but severe illness on 18 August 2019 in Berlin.

About 300 brewing experts from Southeast Asia, Europe and America attended the 6th Bangkok Brewing Conference, which took place from 9 to 11 June 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.

180 participants from 20 countries gathered together at the 1st African Brewing Conference from 21 to 23 May 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

On 1 April 2019 Gerhard Andreas Schreiber was appointed as Commercial Managing Director of VLB Berlin.

For the first time in its 136-year history, VLB Berlin is organizing four of its major brewery conferences on four different continents in one single year: Europe, Africa, Asia and America.

On its annual meeting in the Europa-Park Rust, Germany, on March 11, 2019, the VLB Technical Scientific Committee (TSC) has elected Dr. Stefan Kreisz, Erdinger Weißbräu, as new Chairman

A joint project of the Thailand Beer Industry Guild (TBIG) and the VLB Berlin. 9 to 11 June 2019, Bangkok, Thailand

Our special event for the brewing industry in Latin America in its 10th edition - in September 2019 again in Mexico.

The inaugural forum for the African brewing industry will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in May 2019