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ASBC Newsletter
Volume 55, Number 3 - Summer 1995

President's Column

The recent annual meeting in San Diego continued to build on our past successes. A record attendance (392), an outstanding technical program, and the beautiful Hotel del Coronado added up to a remarkable annual meeting. Jim Munroe is to be congratulated for the clockwork precision of the meeting and thanked once again for the fine job he did last year as president. I know that I inherit a strong ASBC from Jim and the other past presidents.

As the first active brewer to be president in a long time, I believe I send a message to the brewing industry that the ASBC has merit not only for chemists, microbiologists, and lab analysts; that there is something that brewers can learn as members of our association.

I would like to share with the members that were unable to attend the annual meeting some of the items I touched on in my presidential address. The main theme dealt with current buzzwords in our industry and how they relate to our Society and our industry, in the past and in the future.

You always hear the phrase "the one true constant in life is change". In our industry, change has become a way of life; it's the degree of change that is variable. When I began in 1981 in the Canadian industry we still had the stubby industry bottle, our whole marketing department was only four people, and operations called all the shots. Within two years, that had all changed, a myriad of bottle shapes had appeared, as had the twist-off crown, and the rapid change to a marketing driven way of doing things had commenced. I attended my first ASBC meeting in 1982 (Kansas City). When I walked into that first technical session, I was somewhat intimidated by the fact that there were not many attendees without a jacket and tie at the meetings. I think at the time my hair was to my shoulders, and the only tie I owned was a clip-on.

If you think of the current meetings, you will note a change in our Society. I think that the meetings overall have become less formal, more relaxed, and more conducive to the information sharing that is an important part of what the ASBC provides its members. In 1982, the number of female attendees, never mind board members, was few. Look at our membership listings today, and you will see that a profound change has taken place.

There certainly have been changes in the makeup of the membership. Our international representation (I suppose I am one of them) has never been better. This, I think is a direct result of technical liaisons with the other brewing associations such as EBC, IoB, and BCOJ through the work of the Technical Committee. Building on these associations, ASBC is now taking a leadership role in the organization of the World Brewing Congress, to be held in Orlando in June 2000.

Change in the industry, mergers, downsizing, reduced volume, restricted advertising, and the new prohibition have put enormous pressures on ASBC in the last 10 years. The board at that time saw that these industry pressures would have a profound effect on our membership numbers and industry support. They initiated the draft of a five-year strategic plan, now in its seventh year. Predictions of loss of industry support and membership decline never materialized, directly due to the implementation of some of the key strategies suggested in that plan. Jim Munroe began, and I will continue, to work on updating the five-year strategic plan.

One of the other buzzwords heard frequently in our industry today is empowerment, the process by which the decision-making process is pushed down the management levels, even as far as the line personnel. In industry, this is proving to be a difficult process. In the ASBC, we have successfully empowered our membership to fully participate in the operation of the Society. The local and board members are elected by the membership. We continue to expand the number of people involved in the locals and in national committees, grooming these people for future positions in the service of the Society. Last year, Jim Munroe sent letters to key members of our industry, asking for names of ASBC members within their company who have the potential to contribute to the work of the Society. I will be following up on this again during my tenure as president. Again, that companies allow their people to participate in ASBC activities on company time shows that the industry feels that ours is a necessary society.

Our various activities are conducted by committee. The most important function of the Society, evaluation of methods of analysis, is conducted in a collaborative fashion and the results discussed in a final committee meeting for acceptance.

The ASBC exists to serve the industry as well as the Society members. To ensure that we are serving both of our customers, a membership survey was recently sent to all members asking for comments, critique, and suggestions on all services provided by the Society and to note any apparent deficiencies. (The survey also appears in this issue of the Newsletter. Please take the time to fill it out and send it in.) The results of this survey will be used to restructure the strategic plan.

One of the next challenges for the Society will be to assist our industry in this empowerment process. It's a natural fit, the analysis of the product and process is being done on-line with the information going directly to line operators who have the right to shut down the process if the product or operation goes out of specification. In many cases, that operator does not possess the fundamental knowledge that would permit him or her to make the proper decision. Through short courses, handbooks, perhaps video training, and the use of the Internet, the opportunity exists for the ASBC to take a leadership role in this process. This process has begun, and I will work in the coming year to advance this role.

A final buzzword I would like to discuss is networking. ASBC has always been and continues to be the greatest single conduit for networking in this industry. Each of us has the opportunity to help out our individual companies through information freely exchanged at the technical sessions, poster sessions, and social functions at the meetings. An associate of mine from the United Kingdom, a member of the Brewers Guild, was amazed at the friendliness and openness he experienced at his first ASBC meeting. Having participated in a few Brewers Guild meetings in the United Kingdom, this is high praise indeed.

Finally, I am looking forward to the next year. I think that the membership has assembled an outstanding board, and as always, the staff from St. Paul are the best at what they do. I look forward to working for you in the coming year.

Rob McCaig
President

ASBC 1996 First Call for Papers

The ASBC Program Committee has begun solicitation of papers and posters for the 62nd Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, May 11-15, 1996. As expected, the technical program will continue to provide the latest scientific information and technologies.

Preliminary plans call for sessions revolving around raw materials, fermentation, finishing, packaging, yeast technology, flavor stability, and related issues. Prospective papers in these areas as well as those that present new analytical protocols will be considered. Subject matter for both oral presentations and posters may be original research and development, describe advances or progress in brewing and/or packaging technology, show modifications to brewing techniques, analytical procedures, or applications, or be of technical review format.

Potential authors should consider topics and material for presentation proposals as soon as possible. ASBC abstract forms were distributed in the Fall 1994 issue of the Newsletter, will be presented again in an upcoming issue, and can be obtained from members of the Program Committee or the St. Paul office. We encourage use of this form. Submission of titles and authors is required by December 15, 1995, and submission of abstracts is required by January 15, 1996.

The Committee welcomes all contributions for consideration. Please accept this invitation and extend it to your colleagues. Any questions or correspondence may be directed to: Nona Mundy, ASBC Program Committee Chairman, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Brewing Technical Services, One Busch Place, Bldg. 365, St. Louis, MO 63118; 314/577-3273; Fax 314/ 577-1055.

ASBC Goes on the Internet

The American Society of Brewing Chemists announced at the recent annual meeting that it will begin development of a database product that will be accessible through the Internet. ASBCnet will contain annual meeting registration information, programs and abstracts, journal abstracts, the ASBC membership directory, and membership information.

Product development will continue this summer with a final product ready by fall. As this product is being designed, we would like your input. Please tell us what information would be useful to you in your everyday work.

To give us your ideas or for more information, contact Maureen Mullin at ASBC headquarters, (651) 454-7250, or maureen@scisoc.org .

Board of Directors' Profile

Rob McCaig is AS BC's new president. He has worked in the brewing industry since 1981 where he was a research microbiologist at Molson Breweries in Canada, investigating the physiology and metabolism of brewing yeast and bacteria. In 1984, he was named group leader of research and development and began work on the fermentation process and the byproducts generated by the process.

McCaig was named a brewer at Molson's Pilot Brewery in 1989, where he was responsible for managing the development of new products and new process procedures, qualifying new materials, and assisting in developing new production efficiencies. In 1995, he was named corporate brewer in the technical development group, responsible for pilot brewing operations and routine analysis.

He has given presentations and authored over 15 papers of interest to brewers and brewing chemists through the ASBC and the MBAA. Besides being chairman of the Technical Committee, McCaig has served as a member of that committee and as chairman of Local Section 6-Canada. McCaig received an Hon. B. Sc. degree in microbiology and biochemistry and an M. Sc. in applied microbiology related to brewing from the University of Guelph, Ontario.

Bruce Sebree has been elected president-elect. He received his bachelor's degree in food engineering in 1978 from Kansas State University. After working a short time in industry as a practicing engineer, he returned to the university to pursue advanced degrees at the Department of Grain Science and Industry.

Upon completion of his master's and Ph.D. degrees in cereal science in 1983, Sebree was hired by Kurth Malting Company as technical director. In 1986, the company merged with Fleischmann Malting Company to form the Fleischmann Kurth Malting Company, first headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, later in Minneapolis, MN, and finally in Decatur, IL, as the ADM Malting Division. Sebree remained with the merged company as vice-president in charge of research and quality control, the position he currently occupies.

Sebree is active in the ASBC, MBAA, IoB, AACC, IFT, the AMBA Technical Committee, and several other organizations. Positions held with ASBC include national vice-president; Section 4 Milwaukee/Chicago secretary, chairman, program chairman, and past chairman; chairman of the Soluble Starch Advisory Committee; and member of several subcommittees.

David A. Thomas remains on the board, now as vice-president. He received a B.S. degree in molecular biology from the University of Colorado in 1974. In 1983, he received an M.Sc. degree in brewing biochemistry from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the International Centre for Brewing and Distilling. He has worked in quality control, quality assurance, and research and development at Coors Brewing Company since 1975 and was currently promoted from department head of Malting R&D to director of Brewing R&D. He has presented and authored several papers and book chapters in malting and brewing research and holds a U.S. patent in laboratory analysis equipment design. Thomas completed four years on the Technical Committee of the ASBC and is presently the ASBC liaison officer to the American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC). He has held several division offices in AACC, including Carbohydrate Division chairman and program chairman, and he co-chaired the first-ever malting and brewing cereal research symposium at the AACC annual convention in 1985.

Thomas' continuing personal mission is to encourage the malting and brewing scientists of the ASBC to "confer, converse and otherwise hob-nob" with the larger group of academic and cereal scientists in the AACC to their mutual benefit.

In addition to the ASBC and AACC, Thomas is a member of the Institute of Brewing-Scottish Section, the HeriotWatt University Former Brewing Students Association, and Sigma Xi.

Kathryn Nelson remains on the board as ASBC secretary. She was born in Monterey, CA, but has lived in Washington state for most of her life. She received a B.A. degree in biology and chemistry in 1972 from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA. After graduation, she worked as a quality control technician in the Seattle area for the aerospace industry.

Upon settling in the Yakima Valley in 1979, Nelson took a position at Hop Extract Corporation. Before undertaking her current position as quality manager for Mueller Hop Products, Inc. in 1992, she worked as a laboratory technician at S. S. Steiner and John 1. Haas, Inc., Yakima. During her last year of employment at Haas, she worked as a research assistant for Dr. Lloyd Rigby.

Nelson is a member of both ASBC and MBAA. In ASBC, she has served as secretary through chairman for Local Section 7 and participated on various technical subcommittees.

Peter L. Freeman joins the board as treasurer. He graduated in natural sciences from Trinity College in Dublin in 1974. Since then, he has spent his entire career associated with the malting and brewing industries. After four years as laboratory manager with Minch Norton/ Irish Malt in Dublin, he moved to Scotland to study at the Brewing School of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. He received a diploma in brewing, with distinction, in 1979, becoming a Brewers' Society Scholar and remaining at HeriotWatt to complete his Ph.D. degree in malting physiology in 1982. He returned to Ireland and spent two years as a brewer with Beamish & Crawford Ltd. in Cork before joining Moray Firth Maltings in Scotland as technical manager in 1984, a position he held until joining Canada Malting Co. as director of R&D in 1991. Since 1993, he has held the position of vice-president, technical services, and is based at Canada Malting's Worldwide Technical Centre in Calgary, Alberta. He is a fellow of the Institute of Brewing and a member of the Incorporated Brewers Guild, MBAA, and ASBC.

James Munroe remains on the board as past president. He received a B.S. degree in chemistry and mathematics from Marquette University and an M.S. degree in physical chemistry from the University of Illinois. He began working in the brewing industry in 1973 at the Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. as a research chemist, studying chemical systems relating to product, process evaluation, and new product development. He joined the Fermentation Section of the Research Department at Miller Brewing Company in 1979 as section manager. His studies included the influence of amino acids on VDK production, C02 evolution rate measurements, and cornputer-coupled fermentation systems.

In 1990, Munroe was named new product and brewing development manager in the Process Improvement and Development Department, where he was responsible for the development of new products and the evaluation of raw materials and process improvements at both pilot plant and production scales. In 1993, he joined Anheuser-Busch, Inc. as associate director, Brewing Technical Services, the position he currently holds.

Munroe has given presentations and has co-authored papers of interest to brewers and brewing chemists through the ASBC and the MBAA. He is a member of ASBC, MBAA, IoB, ACS, and AAAS. He has served the Society in many ways, in the capacity of Technical Committee chairman and, most recently, as vice-president, president-elect, and president.

Nona Mundy remains on the board as chair of the Program Committee. She was born in Kansas City, MO, but has lived in St. Louis for all but the first five years of her life. She received a B.S. degree in chemistry in 1967 from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

Mundy began employment at AnheuserBusch in July 1967 as a chemist in the analytical laboratory of the technical center. Until February 1994, she remained in the same laboratory assuming various duties and job descriptions, including supervisor, instrument section (12/79); laboratory supervisor (2/86); and manager, analytical services (9/85). In February 1994, she assumed the position of manager, project and task control, Brewing Technical Services. She has served the ASBC on the local level as secretary through past president.

Along with membership on ASBC subcommittees and the publication of a paper in the Journal in the past, Mundy most recently served as editor of the Newsletter for the past five years. She relinquished that position to join the board as chairman of the Program Committee.

Mundy is an avid theater goer and animal/wildlife enthusiast. She lives in south St. Louis County with her three dogs and seven birds.

David Hysert remains on the board as chairman of the Publications Committee. He received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Toronto in bio-organic chemistry in 1971. After two years of postdoctoral research, Hysert joined Molson Breweries, where he held various positions in an 18-year career in research and quality control, including director, Technical Services, from 1981 to 1985 and vice-president, Research and Quality Assurance, from 1985 to 1992. In 1992, he joined John 1. Haas, Inc. in Yakima, WA, as vice-president, technical director, his current position.

Hysert is a member of many professional societies, including IoB and MBAA. He was president of the Hop Research Council in 1992 and 1993. He has served the ASBC in several capacities including member of the Editorial Committee (1981-1082), member of the Technical Committee (1982-1984), and chairman of the International Methods Subcommittee (1984-1992).

Rena Crumplen joins the board as chairman of the Technical Committee. She received a diploma in science laboratory technology from Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, Canada; a B.S. degree from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario; and a Ph.D. degree in biochemistry from Heriot-Watt University, International Centre for Brewing and Distilling, Edinburgh, Scotland. After 13 years in the Research Department of Labatt Breweries of Canada in various areas related to brewing, fermentation, and the genetic manipulation of industrial yeast strains, she joined the Research and Development Department of Ault Food Limited, Canada's largest dairy, in London, Ontario, in 1993. She is currently head of microbiology.

Crumplen has been involved in the ASBC as chairman of Local Section 6-Canada, participant in many technical subcommittees, chairman of two subcommittees on microbiological methods, and as a member of the Technical Committee for the past four years. She is a member of the IFT and ASBC and has published over 30 papers dealing with yeast fermentation, sugar uptake systems, and strain development.

Highlights of the ASBC Board of Directors Meetings

President Jim Munroe presided over the Saturday, April 8, ASBC Board of Directors meeting. Reports were presented from the president, president-elect, vice-president, and secretary. Staff announced that pre-registration was at 355, and 152 membership surveys had been returned so far. Vice-President Bruce Sebree reported for the ASBC Training and Education Committee that the second session of On-Line Process Monitoring Instruments for the Beverage Industry has been scheduled for May 24-26, 1995, with Dr. Karl J. Siebert as the course director. Plans for a short

course on Application of Statistics and Statistical Quality Control to the Brewing Industry are also underway with Anne Marie Fraga as the course director. Treasurer Dave Thomas reported that the Society is in excellent financial condition. Membership equity is up 10.6% over 1994, and membership is holding steady at 771 with six new members in the recently approved "student member" category.

Technical Committee Chairman John Grigsby reported that 10 subcommittees were in operation this year, with four leading to submission to the Board of Directors for Methods of Analysis inclusion. The four methods are as follows: Bitterness in Beer by Automated Flow Analysis (Tom Hassinger), Differentiation of Ate and Lager Yeast by Fermentation of Melibiose (Michael Barney), Spent Grains Moisture (Michael Joyce), and Closure Seal Integrity Test (Tom Fetters). John turned over chairmanship of the technical committee to Rena Crumplen at the end of the annual meeting.

Reports were presented from the Publication Committee, Program Committee, past president, Constitution and Bylaws Committee, Society Procedures Committee, Soluble Starch Committee, and the liaison officers (FBC, BCOJ,

IoB, AMBA, BMBRI, AOAC, and AACC). The meeting concluded with a discussion about providing ASBC information at the upcoming EBC meeting in Brussels, Belgium.

The Thursday, April 13, board meeting was presided over by incoming President Rob McCaig. The recently completed annual meeting was critiqued. Steve Nelson reported that 392 were in attendance. The few complaints were minor. -Reaction to the continental breakfast was favorable, and the subcommittees were well attended at the 11-12 time slot. The technical sessions were well attended even with the warm California sun shining outside. The spouse/guest program was discussed, and it was decided to have the staff look into ways to restructure it for the future. Jim Munroe reported that Norm Kendall will be the new BMBRI liaison and Mark Constant will be the new AOAC liaison.

The technical committee for the coming year will consist of Chairman Rena Crumplen, Jim Murphey, Mike Munar, Greg Casey, and Tom Hassinger, with John Grigsby as ex-officio. Four new subcommittees were formed: Water Sensitivity in Barley, Whole Grains by NIR for Protein and Percent Moisture, Rapid Spin Method for the Determination of Yeast Percent Solids, and Lower Boiling Point Volatile Compounds in Beer by Headspace Gas Chromatography. Bruce Sebree reported that there is interest for two new local sections (one in Colorado and one in the Los Angeles area). The WBC 2000 was discussed at length.

President Rob McCaig announced that the next board meeting would be held in Minneapolis, MN, September 10-11,1995.

-Kathy Nelson
Secretary

1995 Annual Meeting Committee Reports

PRESIDENT'S REPORT

It is with great pleasure that I can report that your Society had another strong year financially and otherwise, having built on the long line of excellent preceding years. In reporting that the ASBC had a good year, I must point out that the success is actually the result of the hard work of many, many others as outlined in the following paragraphs.

Financially, the year ended with membership equity at $215,400, up from $194,000. This was due to continued strong sales of the new Methods of Analysis book and favorable results from the Toronto annual meeting. These gains were partially offset by lower starch sales. We expect to improve investment income by moving funds available for investment to higher yielding instruments.

Because of this continuing excellent financial performance, the Board of Directors has not had to increase membership dues for three years. In fact, we were also able to lower the member fee for the annual meeting. Despite the consolidation in the industry over the last decade and a half, our membership has held remarkably stable. Our membership stands at 771, compared to 770 at the end of the last fiscal year. The Board attributes this stability to its reaping the benefits of the implementation of the strategic plan initiated in 1989, which focused our efforts on strengthening the annual meetings and technical publications to keep member interest in our programs and attract new members.

And now to our annual meeting. The meeting is always our showcase event, in which the Society provides a forum for scientists to present their latest research results, discuss new analytical methodology, speak with vendors about their products and services, renew acquaintances, and meet new friends. As our meetings have drawn more international participants, more opportunities exist to discuss items of mutual interest with a greater number of individuals.

The meeting in San Diego will mark the third year in a row in which an increased attendance record has been set. The Board is excited to see this growth. We see it as a vote of confidence that we are providing a valuable event for our membership. We are proud of the technical achievements of our Society. Although attendance at the meetings may increase, we will strive to keep the usual friendly atmosphere of these meetings.

The Program Committee is crucial to a successful annual meeting, and we are fortunate to have Nona Mundy chair this committee. In the fine tradition of past Program Committee chairs, Nona and her committee arranged an extra-ordinary program. And she structured the sessions to provide more free time for all of us to enjoy the pleasant California afternoons. The final count shows 42 oral presentations and 29 posters.

Further supporting the technical part of the annual meeting is the Technical Committee, chaired admirably by John Grigsby. Finishing his two-year term this year, John has guided the. committee through 12 collaborative studies, of which four have been approved for inclusion in the Methods of Analysis. These four are Beer Bitterness by Automated Flow Analysis, Differentiation of Ale and Lager Yeast by Growth on Meliblose, Moisture in Spent Grain, and the Closure Seal Integrity Test. John is also the primary technical liaison with overseas technical organizations. In this capacity, he is working closely with the EBC and BCOJ to reach agreement in the area of harmonization of international methods for the three organizations.

Our publications are doing very well. The Journal has been approved for listing in Current Contents. This resource to researchers around the world includes only peer-reviewed publications. The Board views this action as an important step for promoting the integrity of our Journal and making the Journal visible to readers around the world. This year, we have begun including Spanish abstracts of articles in the Journal

Reliance on the annual meeting as a source of articles ended in 1972, when the present Journal format was chosen. In the past, the Journal was known as the Annual Proceedings of the ASBC and contained only presentations and subcommittee reports given at the meeting. The move to a quarterly publication, as well as the stress placed on quality by Dr. Eric Kneen throughout his many years as editor, has drawn many unsolicited manuscripts for publication in the Journal. We are proud of the confidence shown by researchers in our Journal

Over the years, we have spoken about our strategic plan, which has served us well. But it is over six years old, and a new plan is needed for the future. And that plan will focus on you, the member, and your industry. As you are aware, businesses all over the world are focusing on customer service to help them stay viable and relevant. The ASBC needs to look to its membership and industry to ensure that we are meeting your needs. We want to develop the next strategic initiatives around customer or member service. Members should have already received a membership survey, asking them to tell us how well the board is doing in meeting your needs. The survey also asks them for suggestions about new areas for the ASBC to serve its members and the industry. This survey asks for your input and your opinions about the annual meeting, in particular. Your views will help guide the ASBC in the future, and help draft initiatives with regard to its new strategic plan in line with what members want. Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey.

Let me mention some other strategic initiatives. First, there is the new Training and Education Committee headed by Pete Gales. We will again offer the successful short course OnLine Process Monitoring Instruments, and we plan to offer an additional course on Statistical Quality Control this year. Our plan for publishing monographs has been redirected, but we hope to offer some type of technical publication program in the near future.

Second, we are exploring the Internet. The Internet is a worldwide amorphous agglomeration of computers that allows people to communicate with each other around the world. At this meeting, we had a display showing its potential for the Society. We hope to provide ASBC information over the Internet in the near future. We welcome your comments and suggestions in this area.

And finally, we also have plans to encourage participation by students. Letters have gone out to university professors likely to have students interested in the ASBC. We have plans to establish a student traveling grant, administered by Dr. Gary Fulcher of the University of Minnesota. The objective is to encourage student participation at the annual meeting by subsidizing presentations of their work. There will be more to come on these subjects.

Discussions regarding the WBC 2000 are continuing. We expect to have a number of issues settled over the next few months, so that more extensive planning can proceed. We have hopes that this event will be unique in the industry, providing special opportunities for reflection on the progress of our industry in the past and providing special opportunities for reflection on the progress of our industry in the past and providing direction for the future.

I wish to close by thanking everyone who contributed to such an outstanding year. The list is a long one, making it almost impossible to mention every individual. Thanks to the Board of Directors for their support, all the committee chairs for their outstanding coordination efforts, the technical subcommittee chairs for their hard work, and individual collaborators for their laboratory efforts, the local section chairs for their work at the local level, and all the various committee members who contribute to much of the success of the ASBC. Thanks to the staff in St. Paul for their support, suggestions, and professionalism. Each person contributes time and energy to the success of the various programs of which they are a part. And, as we all recognize, all of these individual parts build a successful ASBC. Thanks to all.

-James H. Munroe

TREASURER'S REPORT

As of February 28, 1995, the unaudited balance sheet shows total assets of $396,182. Total liabilities are $180,781 and membership equity is $215,401 (up 10.6% from FY94). Income for FY95 was $294,041 and expenses totaled $273,335 for a net operating surplus of $20,706.

Methods of Analysis book sales continue to run strong with over $21,000 so far this fiscal year. The annual meeting in Toronto also produced income of $21,528 over budget. Soluble starch sales, on the other hand, remain soft at $10,964 behind plan. The upcoming 1995 On-Line Sensors short course will fall in FY 1996, therefore expenses and income are not reflected in FY 95 statements.

Investment income is currently $7,648 (3.3% yield). This return should be strengthened by recent investments in laddered, federally insured portfolios, yielding 5-6%.

ASBC membership is holding steady at 770, equal to FY94, with six new members in the recently approved "student member" category.

Many thanks to Larry Hartman for supporting me during my two years as treasurer, as he has done for many of my predecessors and will continue to do for your next treasurer.

-Dave Thomas

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT

The Publications Committee has been very active since our 1994 meeting in Toronto and continues to produce first-class publications for our Society and our industry. All is well with the Journal, the Newsletter, and Methods of Analysis thanks to the dedicated efforts of the respective editors.

Journal

Four issues of the Journal, containing 35 refereed articles, were published. We thank the Editorial Board, the referees, and the authors for their contributions in making this possible. The winter issue of 1995 contained abstracts in Spanish for the first time. Many thanks are due Antolin Sierra for his hard work in translating the abstracts for us.

Gregory Casey, Al Haunold, and Manfred Moll completed their terms on the Editorial Board in 1995. We thank them for their efforts on our behalf.

Norman Kendall will complete his first three year term as editor-in-chief in 1995 and has agreed to continue on a year-by-year basis. Thank you, Norman, for your past and future work.

Newsletter

Four issues of the Newsletter were published. We congratulate Jenette Wheeler for a job well done in completing her first year as editor. Jenette thanks Nona Mundy, Linda Kadlec, the secretaries of the local sections, and the St. Paul office for their assistance and support.

Methods of Analysis

The target date of publication of a supplement to the 8th edition of the Methods of analysis is May 1996, at the Chicago annual meeting. Lydia Marinelli, the editor, is progressing well to meet this target. She has compiled a list of new methods, additions, and changes to be included in the supplement and will circulate the list to ensure nothing is missing. Twenty-one new methods, four from 1992, seven from 1993, five from 1994, and four from 1995, are planned for inclusion. Lydia has reviewed all published methods and is working with Ann King to transfer method revisions by diskette. We thank Lydia for her hard work on our behalf.

Other Issues

After substantial debate, the Board decided to consider the publication of a series of handbooks rather than the monographs previously suggested. The Publications Committee is currently developing this idea, recognizing a recent EBC announcement that they will publish a series of Good Practice Manuals, covering 16 of the most important technical areas in production.

In completing my first year as Publications Committee chairman, I wish to thank my predecessor, David Ryder, for his many contributions and for leaving the committee in such good shape and the committee for making my job so easy.

-David W Hysert

LOCAL SECTIONS REPORT

Reports were received from each local section demonstrating the uniqueness of each. Each section is finding creative ways to increase membership and attendance at meetings. Membership numbers vary considerably. Local sections generally cover large geographical areas, which causes difficulties in maintaining active participation in events.

Local Section I -New York. Membership has declined from 14 to seven in the past year. No formal meetings were held, although many informal meetings were conducted because all members work for the same company. Discussions continue on ways to expand the membership, although to date, none have been successful.

Local Section 2-St. Louis. Nine meetings were held during the past year, one a joint meeting with the MBAA. The meeting in March featured ASBC President Jim Munroe. Membership has increased by nine to 218.

Local Section 3-North Central. Three meetings and one holiday party were held during the year. Membership has increased to 69, up from 64 the previous year. Finances are stable as a result of break-even budgeting of meetings. Difficulty remains in finding volunteers to take an active role on the local executive board.

Local Section 4 Milwaukee/ Chicago. Four meetings were held this past year, two of them were held jointly with the local MBAA section. Although the number of members has declined to 64, the financial status of the section remained very stable.

Local Section 6-Canada. This section remains geographically challenged. The section held two meetings this past year, with an average attendance of 40 members. Each meeting featured two or three technical lectures and updates on National ASBC functions from the president-elect. This section continues to rely heavily on participation from the local microbrewer.

Local Section 7-Northwest. Two meetings were held by this section during the past year, one which was a joint meeting with the local MBAA section. Membership remained stable, as did finances.

Interest has been shown in two areas, Los Angeles and Colorado, to start new local sections. The by-laws of the Society will be reviewed by the president-elect to determine the way to proceed in chartering new sections in these areas.

Generally, sections remain active with technical and social programs of interest to members. Most sections hold at least one joint meeting with the local MBAA section each year, which appears to be quite successful for both organizations. Most sections struggle with declining membership due to industry downsizing and some members must hold official posts for lengthy terms. Once again, few of the local sections took advantage of the poster presentations from previous annual meetings this year.

-Rob McCaig

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

The Constitution and By-laws Committee for 1994 1995 consisted of Sherman Chan, Ric Berndt, Peter Gales, Phil Israel, Dick Pyler, and Inge Russell.

No additions or corrections to the by-laws have been suggested for this year.

-Sherman Chan

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORT

The Technical Committee has completed another round of collaborative tests of new and alternate methods. The programs on Bitterness in Beer by Automated Flor Analysis (chaired by Tom Hassinger), on Differentiation of Ale and Lager Yeast by Fermentation of Melibiose (led by Michael Barney), and Spent Grains Moisture (coordinated by Michael Joyce), and on the Closure Seal Integrity Test (chaired by Tom Fetters) each reached a successful conclusion. These four are recommended for approval by the board with subsequent inclusion in Methods of Analysis.

As is usually the case, a majority of the collaborative programs will carry forth to another round of testing. Four of these have just completed their first year of testing. Robert Smith conducted the test for using toluene as the extraction solvent in the HPLC analysis of hops. Rise Sieben took the lead in organizing a survey on barley and malt byproducts to ascertain if the Methods of Analysis should be expanded to cover this area of our industry. Steve McCarthy has chaired a subcommittee to improve and unify the current H PLC procedures for fermentable carbohydrate in wort and brewing syrups. Dirk Bendiak's group demonstrated considerable value of the Helm's test as modified to more objectively assess yeast flocculation.

Four of the collaboratives will be moving into their third year of evaluation. Deoxydivalenol in barley and malt is chaired by Scott Heisel and has made good progress. Alan Pranke has continued the effort to apply AFA to malt enzyme assays. The review of the -glucan by fluorescence method was led by Pat Gualdoni, and Determination of DMS Precursor in Malt was guided by Andrew Klussendorf.

The standing subcommittees have also reported their progress. Rob Maruyama has begun his term as chairman of the subcommittee on Coordination of New and Alternate Methods of Analysis. Bruce Sebree is currently completing his term as chairman of the Soluble Starch subcommittee. He is being succeeded by Debra Jones of Montana State University.

The four ASBC Check Services (Beer, Hops, Malt, Barley) have also completed another year of activity under the auspices of the Technical Committee. The Check Service managers remain Bruce Morton, Stephen Kenny, and Paul Schwarz. Some growth in enlistment has been experienced and changes in report generation and dissemination are being planned.

Other activities of the Technical Committee include working with the editor of Methods of Analysis on the supplement due in 1996, working with the AOAC liaison officer, interfacing with the liaisons to other Analysis Committees, developing abbreviations for our publications, and working toward a consistent hop acid standard in a joint venture with EBC.

The progress achieved by the Technical Committee would not have been possible without excellent efforts from our members: Greg Casey, Rena Crumplen, Michael Munar, James Murphey, and George Nelson. George Nelson leaves the committee after many years of service-far more than the appointed term. The chairmanship now changes to Rena Crumplen and thus the ASBC can expect good performance from the Technical Committee in the future.

-John Grigsby

AACC LIAISON REPORT

Our sister society, the AACC, is entering its 80th year of operation. During 1994, the AACC conducted a membership services survey, as the ASBC is currently doing. Twenty percent of their memberships are from outside North America, and the establishment of our AACC-Europe office reflects an abiding interest in international members. They also sponsored symposiums in the Hague, London, and Beijing and show strong international representation on their Board of Directors.

The AACC ran 25 short courses in 1994; this represents 20% of their operating income. Several of the short courses are co-sponsored with IFT, ICC, and other organizations.

The AACC Methods of Analysis book has recently been re-issued as the 9th edition and they are currently "cruising the Internet" to provide electronic information to members.

The Approved Methods Committee is working on several methods of interest to our society, including a-amylase activity in malt, mycotoxin analysis of fumonisin, zearalenone, and the ubiquitous deoxynivalenol, as well as NIR analysis of whole grain barley and wheat.

The next annual meeting of the AACC will be held in San Antonio in November 1995.

-Dave Thomas

AMBA LIAISON REPORT

The American Malting Barley Association, Inc. (AMBA) continues its efforts to encourage increased production of appropriate varieties of malting barley through direct contact with and support of barley research programs. AMBA made grants totaling $650,000 in its current grant fiscal year to state and federal experiment stations in support of malting barley research programs in 10 states. AMBA takes pride in its research program and is pleased to have the accomplishments of many of its collaborating researchers presented in the malting barley research seminar and poster session of the ASBC 61st Annual Meeting.

AMBA is devotingconsiderable attention to problems associated with the Fusarium head blight or scab epidemic that has severely impacted the malting barley crop in the Dakotas and Minnesota the past two growing seasons. AMBA's focus is in the following four areas:

Analytical Methodology: AMBA is working with ASBC in helping the industry develop methods of deoxydivalenol (DON) determination in barley and malt. Scott Heisel, AMBA assistant technical director, chairs the ASBC subcommittee on DON determination.

Crop Surveys: To establish the extent and location of the infestation, AMBA's 1993 and 1994 Midwest Quality Survey were expanded to include DON evaluations. A DON survey will be conducted with the 1995 crop, if needed.

Beer Gushing Potential: AMBA is funding research at North Dakota State University under the direction of Dr. Paul Schwarz to determine the effect of barley and malt DON levels and mold count/ speciation on the gushing potential of beer (Poster 14).

Scab Resistance: The best solution to the scab problem is the development of barley varieties with genetic resistance. This is a long-term project involving a coordinated approach by industry (AMBA, individual companies), growers (North Dakota and Minnesota Barley Councils), and government (USDA, North Dakota State University, University of Minnesota).

AMBA's Board of Directors adopted a strategic plan at its December 1994 annual meeting. The Strategic Plan fine-tunes the goals and objectives of the association, reaffirming many of its ongoing programs. The Strategic Plan targets the domestic brewing industry as the primary end-user of AMBA's variety development programs. AMBA will initiate a secondary program to support the development of "export-type" varieties with quality specifications that meet the needs of the export market without adversely affecting the supply of malting barley for the domestic industry.

In the Midwest, AMBA is evaluating three six-row selections in its plant scale malting and brewing evaluation program: Stander (M64), M66, and ND11055. Agronomic and quality characteristics of these selections were reviewed in the 1994 AMBA Liaison Report. A third and final year of plant scale evaluation is being conducted with 1994 crop Stander (M64) and a first year of evaluation with 1994 crop M66. All 1994 production from AMBA contracted acreage of NDI 1055 was found to be unsuitable for a second year of evaluation due to high DON levels and poor quality.

In the West, a third and final year of evaluation of the two-row selection MT140523 has been completed. This selection has been named "Chinook" by Montana State University. Chinook has been rated satisfactory in plant scale evaluation and has been added to the AMBA list of recommended malting barley varieties for the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.

-Michael P. Davis

AOAC LIAISON REPORT

Last year, the ASBC Technical Committee was asked to review the 89 AOAC brewery-related methods that are included in the compendium, Official Methods of Analysis. The committee recommended changes for clarification, identified methods that needed updated references, and selected five methods to be archived. Methods to be archived are those that are still scientifically sound and will retain their official status; however, because they are no longer commonly used, they will not be printed in the Official Methods of Analysis.

The Technical Committee also recommended six methods for consideration for AOAC adoption. The methods are: Enzymatic Method for Low Alcohol Concentrations in Malt Beverages, Iso a-Acids in Isomerized Hop Pellets, Anions in Beer by Ion Chromatography, Differentiation of Ale and Lager Yeast by Growth at 37'C, Total Nitrogen in Brewing Grains by Combustion Method, and Nitrogen in Wort and Beer by Combustion Method. The Technical Committee, realizing that all six methods could not submitted at once, prioritized the methods with the last two receiving the highest priority.

The General Referee of Beverage Alcohol for the AOAC was subsequently contacted. All activities were discussed, and the recommendations of the Technical Committee for the Official Methods of Analysis and copies of the two higher priority methods were sent for comment and review. Even though the methods will eventually have to be properly formatted for AOAC, they will first be reviewed for content.

-Mark H. Schwiesow

BMBRI LIAISON REPORT

The Brewing and Malting Barley Research Institute (BMBRI) is a non-profit organization, the goal of which is to improve the quality of Canada's malting barleys. Our membership includes all the nation's major brewing and malting companies.

Production: Barley acres were reduced, mostly in favor of canola. Production in Western Canada was 10,768,000 tonnes compared to 12,256,000 tonnes in 1993. Overall quality was better than 1993. In the 1993-1994 crop year 57.6% of the malting barley came from Saskatchewan, 37.8% from Alberta, and just 4.6% from Manitoba, where Fusarium was a problem.

White Aleurone Six-Rows: Robust and Excel were granted interim registration, which allows production of commercial quantities for full-scale testing. B1602 already has full registration. Canadian breeders have stopped making crosses aimed at releasing blue aleurone cultivars. In industry collaborative (= pilot scale) trials in 1994, we had BT374 and BT433, both white aleurone lines. BT374 is in the Mississippi Valley Nursery as F17-1-2 and will be called AC Buffalo. BT433 is from the cross Argyle/M34 and is in the same nursery, as SM90514.

There is considerable industry concern over variety identification of six-rowed white aleurone types. To preserve the identity, contract growing will be necessary. BMBRI is funding research to support the paper trail by DNA analysis.

Two Rows: TR 1 18 is being plant scale tested for the second year. This line has Harrington quality with improved disease resistance and straw strength but also some dormancy from a U.K. line Maris Concorde. The dormancy is certainly there and may prove to be more of a problem than a bonus.

TR232 is being grown in 1995 for plant scale testing in 1996. This line is from Oxbow/ Manley, and is earlier than Manley, but with a slight yield loss. Its agronomics, pathology and quality are good and it will replace its sister line, TR229, which was grown under Canadian Wheat Board contract in 1994.

Several promising two-rows, e.g., TRI33 and TRI39, are in the pipeline.

Research Funding: There is a major move from public financing to support through checkoffs. BMBRI is also funding stem rust resistance, breeding at Saskatoon and Lacombe. At Saskatoon a project to try to remove linoleic acid from barley has begun.

-Norm Kendall

ALAFACE LIAISON REPORT

The XXIII ordinary meeting of the Board of the Latin American Beer Brewers Association was held within the framework of the XVIII Convention, in Quito, Ecuador, July 26-28,1994.

Regular directors in attendance included: Argentina, Diego Eric Wade; Bolivia, Ernesto Asbun and Victor Kellemberger; Brazil, Eric Egan; Chile, Fred Langer; Colombia, Eduardo Londono; Costa Rica, Francisco Cruz Salas; Dominican Republic, Rafael Menicucci; Ecuador, Hector Eduardo Devia; El Salvador, Roberto Augspurg; Guatemala, Juan Francisco Castillo; Mexico, Andres Escobar y Cordova; Panama, Alfredo Arias and Ricardo Endara; Spain, Alfonzo Marques de Bonifaz; Uruguay, Luis E. Camors; and Venezuela, Antonio Aldazoro.

ALAFACE's new Executive Committee was appointed as follows: Colombia, Eduardo Londono; Costa Rica, Francisco Cruz Salas; Dominican Republic, Rafael Menicucci; Mexico, Andres Escobar y Cordova; Peru, Andres von Wedemeyer; and Venezuela, Orlando Perdomo.

The Board made a special recognition of the work carried out by the Executive Committee over the past two years. Jose Manual Juanatey's appointment as General Coordinator was ratified.

The XVIII Convention of the Latin American Beer Brewers Association was held in Quito, Ecuador, July 26-28, 1994. The topic of the XVIII Convention was: Corporate Updating in the Face of Market Globalization, with the following subtopics: Corporate Vision of a Modern Company, A Managerial Vision of a Multinational Corporation, The Impositive Situation of Beer in Latin America, Trends in the Global Beer Market, Re-engineering of Processes, Updating Information about Alcoholism, Arbitrage as a Mechanism to Resolve Commercial Conflicts, Globalization of Trade and Open Regionalism, International Strategic Vision of an European Brewing Company, Immobilized Fermentation, New Lauter Tun: IO/ 12 Daily Brews and its Automated Process Control System, Models of Commercialisation: the Pre-sales, Technical Innovations in the Brewing Industry, New Organization Forms, New Leaders, the Common Sense in a Modern Company, Transportation and Distribution Management, and Labor Risks in the Brewing Industry.

The next Annual Meeting of the Board and the next Convention will be held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, on September 5 8, 1995. On this occasion, the annual meeting will be focused on the topic: Towards the 21st Century: The Global Company, with the following subtopics: The New Marketing Trends, The Global Trademark, The Global Image, The Global Medium, The Future of the Barley Market, and The Market of New Technology. Each subtopic consists of a presentation and a discussion panel with the most relevant persons of ALAFACE for the specific area.

-Rainer Haag

BREWERY CONVENTION OF JAPAN LIAISON REPORT

During 1994, the BCOJ convened five Analysis Committee meetings. The fine technical papers delivered to the ASBC and MBAA Annual Meetings were also repeated for BCOJ Meetings.

  1. The major focus of BCOJ internally directed collaborative work was applied to four subjects:
  2. Anions in beer by ion chromatography. The BCOJ joined the ASBC in accepting the method of chloride, phosphate, and sulfate.
  3. L-lactic, D-lactic, and malic acid by enzymatic method was accepted for their Method of Analysis.
  4. Iso-acid, and -acid in beer and wort by HPLC. The results here were not sufficiently precise to warrant adoption of this simultaneous assay.
  5. Zinc in beer and wort by GFAA. This method has again proven to yield erratic results. Like the ASBC, the BCOJ now deems this method to be unsatisfactory for inclusion.

The Technical Committee appreciates the ongoing participation of BCOJ members in ASBC collaborative efforts. Ms. Miyoko Ono has continued her excellent coordination of their support.

-John Grigsby

INSTITUTE OF BREWING LIAISON REPORT

Geoffrey K. Buckee has been a very thorough and timely correspondent and those efforts are appreciated.

Their Flavour Subcommittee finalized a Flavour Manual. The International Committee continues to push for method harmonization with EBC and MEBAK, and-expectedly this is slow, delicate work. The Barley, Malt and Adjuncts group recommends boiled wort color as an international collaborative. A method for effective bed voidage of filter aids has been taken up for consideration. The Microbiology group is still endeavoring to complete a handbook.

Recent publications by the IOB concerning progress on methods include the Flavour Manual, Dumas Method for Nitrogen, DMS Method, Vicinal Diketones by GC, and aamylase and DP in high enzyme malts.

Participation by IOB members on ASBC technical subcommittees has been quite high in several of the recent years and this has been highly valued by the Technical Committee.

-John Grigsby

EUROPEAN BREWERY CONVENTION LIAISON REPORT

Silja Home, in her last year of many as the primary technical link between ASBC and EBC, has been helpful in getting discussions started on potential "Joint Collaboratives" among scientific organizations in the brewing community. She has also been helpful in trying to come to terms with the problem of inconsistent hop extract standards.

The EBC has been very active on the technical front. Many methods have been rewritten in ISO format. Several others have been consolidated with IOB counterpart methods.

Current collaborative programs involve total N in barley and malt by combustion, moisture and protein in barley and malt by NIR, malt endo-,O-glucanase, DCHA-iso-a-acid complex, extract in spent grains, DMS in wort and beer by FID GC, nitrate ion and filter aids.

The ASBC Technical Subcommittees have in many instances benefited from the kind participation of colleagues from the EBC.

-John Grigsby

HOP RESEARCH COUNCIL LIAISON REPORT

The 1994 Hop Research Council (HRC) included 19 members of which six were brewery, three were North American State hop commissions, and 10 were hop handlers. Income for 1994 was $374, 267 and expenses were $390,108. Carry in was $87,887 and carry out was $72,046 with $20,000 committed for 1995.

Research projects and special equipment requests received $365,105 of the total expenditure while administration received the remaining $25,003.

The Summer Meeting was held in Boise, ID, on August 10 highlighted by a tour of the University of Idaho Research and Extension Center in Parma, ID, a visit to several hop producing farms, and an evening with a barbecue at a local hop growers ranch.

The Winter Meeting was held in Portland, OR, on February 8-9, 1995. Sixteen research reports were presented covering the six major categories: breeding/physiology, chemistry, pathology, entomology, pesticides, and agronomy.

Two newly formed committees are in operation. The Strategic Planning Committee is developing a strategic plan for the council. The New Variety Evaluation Committee is developing a plan for the council to sponsor new hop varieties that arise from the breeding program (these varieties formerly have been sponsored by breweries).

The Hop Research Council and the Oregon Hop Commission sponsored a trip for Gail Nickerson, hop chemist researcher, to the International Hop Growers Conference in Strasbourg, France, to enable her to receive, in person, the International Order of the Hop Award.

Congress directed the EPA to change its classification of hops from a processed agricultural product to raw agricultural product. The former processed classification was due to hops being dried at the farm prior to marketing and EPA considered this drying to be a processing. Hops are still dried at the farm but EPA has since been convinced that this is not processing. The new hop varieties on the horizon are the same as reported last year and still include triploid Tettnanger types and triploid Saazer types. Several selections of each type have been advanced to small acreages for growing and brewing trials.

Officers for the coming year include: President Gene Probasco, Vice President (President Elect) Ron Brulotte, Secretary Alan Griffiths, and Treasurer Darrell Smith.

The next meeting will be the Summer Meeting held in Yakima, WA, on August 8 10, 1995. The Winter Meeting will be held in Portland, OR, January 22-24, 1996.

-Gene Probasco

Winners of the Eric Kneen Award Announced

Hirotaka Kaneda, Naoyuki Kobayashi, Youichi Tsuchiya, Masanobu Munekata, and Shouhei Koshino are the 1995 winners of the Eric Kneen Memorial Award for their paper "Some Applications of Chemiluminegcence Analysis to Brewing," which was published in Vol. 52, no. 4, page 163 of the Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists. The awards were presented April 12 at the Wednesday banquet of the 1995 ASBC Annual Meeting in San Diego.

Hirotaka Kaneda graduated from Kyushu University in 1984 with an M.S. degree in food hygienic chemistry and joined Sapporo Breweries, Ltd. He recently received his Ph.D. degree in food science at Nagoya University. There, he worked on beer stability with S. Kawakishi. He has written several original papers, reviews, and book chapters on beer stability, quality control of raw materials, and detection of microorganisms. He is currently chief researcher in the quality assurance department at Sapporo Breweries. He is also co-chairman of the Brewing Convention of Japan Analysis Committee.

Naoyuki Kobayashi received his M.Sc. degree in 1991 from Tokyo University and then joined the Brewing Research

Laboratories of Sapporo Breweries Ltd. Since then, he has been working in the field of beer flavor and its stability. Kobayashi presented a paper at the 24th EBC Congress in Oslo. He has published articles on determination of fatty acid hydroperoxides during the production of wort, the production of linoleic and linolenic acid hydroperoxides during mashing, and the behavior of lipid hydroperoxides during mashing.

Youichi Tsuchiya graduated with an M.A. degree from Kyoto University in 1989 and then joined Sapporo Breweries Quality Assurance Department. He has studied and written papers on storage stability of hop pellets by chemiluminescense, detection of beer spoilage organisms by chemiluminescence and by polymerase chain reaction technology, identification of lactic acid bacteria using temperature gradient gel electrophoresis, and identification of malting barley varieties by genome analysis.

Masanobu Munekata received his bachelor's degree in microbiological technology from Hokkaido University in 1969 and joined the Sapporo Breweries at that time. He transferred to the Brewing Science Research Institute in November 1969, where he worked as a research officer until 1974. He then spent the next five years at the University of Tokyo where he received his doctorate of agriculture and worked with Professor G. Tamura on the selective inhibitors against SV40-transformed cells. He returned to Sapporo's central research laboratories as a senior research officer. He then became a general manager of the cell technology department of the pharmaceutical R&D laboratories. In 1993, he returned to the quality assurance department as general manager. He was a vice chairman of the BCOJ Program Committee and is currently a professor at the graduate school of engineering at Hokkaido University. His research interests include the quality control of microorganisms, particularly the cell growth reguration by glycoprotein in wort and beer.

Shouhei Koshino is director of the Brewing Research Laboratories at Sapporo Breweries Ltd. After studying biochemistry and microbiology at Hokkaido University in Japan, he began his career as a research scientist in the laboratories at Sapporo. Since 1983, he has held several positions, including director of Sapporo's newest brewery in Hokkaido. He is currently the president of the BCOJ.

Past President's Thank You Note

During 1994 1995, ASBC had another good year. Besides continuing our successful programs and services, we began some new ventures. For example, we are exploring ways to encourage student participation in the Society, and publication opportunities are being investigated to provide additional educational resources to members. It appears as though our short courses will be successful. We embarked on a survey to learn how we can improve our services to members and industry. We hope that you will respond and help guide us into the future. At the annual meeting, much interest was expressed in our using the Internet to convey Society information; you can expect to hear more about this topic soon. We have much more work to do; but with your continuing help, we can accomplish a great deal.

The Society's success has always relied on the cooperation of volunteers, and this year was no exception. Everyone worked hard; this was evident by how well the year progressed. The Publications Committee, including David Hysert, Jenette Wheeler, and Norm Kendall, with the help of the editorial board, did an especially nice job. Thanks are due also to the Board of Directors, and especially to Sherman Chan. Sherman is leaving the Board of Directors after four full years of service. He has been more than generous with his time and effort in aiding the ASBC, and we are all grateful for his assistance over the years.

The success of the meeting in San Diego was due to much hard work on the part of many people in the Society. Program Committee Chair Nona Mundy did an outstanding job; our Technical Committee headed by John Grigsby accomplished many things, as usual. And as expected, Executive Officer Steve Nelson and his staff -Corie Dacus, Amy Hope, Larry Hartman, and others in the St. Paul office-did an outstanding job of making the entire meeting a joy to conduct.

In closing another year of the Society and finishing my term as president, I wish to thank everyone for their support and encouragement. We could not accomplish much without the support of so many talented people. Some are listed above, but many others have also contributed in no small way. I wish the new Board of Directors every success, and I pledge to help them in any way possible.

-Jim Munroe

ASBC Announces Student Travel Grant Program

The American Society of Brewing Chemists has started a new program to award travel funds to students so they may attend the ASBC Annual Meeting. The travel grants cover partial expenses for students who are presenting a paper or poster at the annual meeting, and the amount of each grant will be determined by the amount of funds raised for the program. The new program was recently approved by the ASBC Board of Directors and will be chaired by Dr. Gary Fulcher of the University of Minnesota.

All ASBC student members, graduate or undergraduate, who are at least 21 years of age are eligible to apply for these awards. Applicants should send written requests (up to 300 words typed) to attend the annual meeting, a copy of the abstract that was submitted to ASBC, and verification of ASBC student membership to Dr. Gary Fulcher, University of Minnesota, Food Science and Nutrition, 1334 Eckles Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108.

Any company, ASBC local section, or individual who would like to help students by making a tax-deductible donation may do so by pledging now and paying by December 31, 1995. Pledges and checks should be made out to the ASBC Student Travel Fund and sent to ASBC Headquarters, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121.

LOCAL SECTION NEWS

Local Section 4 Milwaukee/Chicago

Local Section 4 held a joint meeting with the Local MBAA on March 16 at Mickey Finn's Brewery in Libertyville, IL. Bus transportation was provided by Miller Brewing Company for those interested. The hospitality hour featured many fabulous selections of both ales and stouts. A brewery tour was graciously provided by brewmaster Chris Swersey and assistant brewmaster Ryan Ashely, before and after the business meeting.

After the MBAA meeting, Scott Heisel called the ASBC meeting to order. Ilse Shelton read the minutes as Holly Kuester was unable to attend. The minutes were accepted as read. At this time, the floor was open to new business and nominations for next years officers were made. The following were nominated as the local section officers for the 1995 1996 year: Chairman Ilse Shelton, Siebel Institute of Technology; Program Chairman Holly Kuester, Shreier Malting Company; Secretary Cynthia Mclinn, Miller Brewing Company; and Treasurer Ellen Haggenjos, Pabst Brewing Company.

At the conclusion of the meeting, a delicious meal was served and, as expected, a good time was had by all.

-Holly Kuester

INDUSTRY NEWS

European Brewery Convention (EBC)

The European Brewery Convention announces that Ireland by acclamation has been accepted as new and independent member of EBC as per January 1, 1995. Ireland will be represented by the Irish Brewers Association.

In the Council of EBC, the new member will be represented by George A. Good of Guinness Ireland Operations South and by Marien G. Kakebeeke of Murphy Brewery Ireland Limited.

With Ireland joining, EBC now has 17 members: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Highlights of the Business Meeting

The general business meeting was called to order by President Jim Munroe at 9:30 on April 9. He welcomed all in attendance and reviewed the progress of the Society over the past year. Despite the consolidation of the industry over the past years, the membership of the Society has continued to hold stable. This year marks the third year in a row of increasing attendance at the Annual Meeting. The board attributes this to the implementation of the strategic plan in 1989, which focused our efforts on strengthening the annual meeting and technical publications to keep member interest in our programs and attract new members.

After the minutes of the business meeting from the 60th annual meeting in Toronto, Ontario, were read and approved, the various committee chairman and liaison officers gave their reports.

Following the treasurer's report, a moment of silence was observed by the membership in memory of deceased members Albert J. Bronsky, retired from Jos. E. Seagram & Son, Inc.; Leslie L. Haas, retired from Canadian Ace Brewing Co.; Jack W. Miller, retired from Moosehead Breweries Ltd.; and Raymond Siebel, retired from J.E. Siebel Sons Company Inc.

Past President Sherman Chan presented the Nominating Committee report. The proposed slate of officers was submitted to the membership; President Elect Bruce R. Sebree, Vice President David A. Thomas, and Treasurer Peter Freeman. A biographical sketch of each candidate was read. Additional nominations were solicited from the floor. As none were offered, Dick Pyler moved and Art Rehberger seconded the motion that the nominations be closed. A motion to unanimously elect the proposed slate of officers was made by Mike Ingledew, seconded by Greg Casey and passed by the membership.

With no further business pending, the meeting was adjourned.

-Kathy Nelson

Active ASBC Corporate Members

ADM Malting Co.
Decatur, IL

Advanced Polymer Systems
Redwood City, CA

Altek Company
Torrington, CT

Anheuser-Busch Corporate Library
St. Louis, MO

Anton Paar USA
Ashland, VA

Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd.
Ibrahim, Singapore

Association of Brewers
Boulder, CO

Bio-Technical Resources
Manitowoc, WI

BRF International
Redhill, Surrey, England

Briess Malting Company
Chilton, WI

Brulotte Farms, Inc.
Toppenish, WA

Boston Beer Company Brewery
Boston, MA

Casco Inc.
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada

Celite Corporation
Lompoc, CA

Cerveceria Bakus Y Johnston
Lima, Peru

Cerveceria Hondurena
Gulfport, MS

Cerveceria Leona S.A.
Santafe De Bogota, Colombia

Cerveceria Quilmes
Quilmes, Argentina

CIA Nacional de Cerveza S.A.
Callao, Peru

DB Breweries Ltd.
Auckland, New Zealand

Diversey Corporation
Livonia, MI

Fabricas Nacionales De Ccrveza
Montevideo, Uruguay

Flownamics Analytical Instruments, Inc.
Madison, WI

Froedtert Malt Corp.
Milwaukee, WI

G. Heileman Brewing Co.
La Crosse, WI

Genesee Brewing Co., Inc.
Rochester, NY

Great Western Malting Co.
Vancouver, WA

Guangzhou Malting Co. Ltd.
Guangzhou, China

Hudepohl-Schoenling Brewing Co.
Cincinnati, OH

International Specialty Products
Wayne, NJ

Jaeger Biotech Engineering, Inc.
Costa Mesa, CA

John 1. Haas, Inc.
Yakima, WA

John Labatt Limited
London, Ontario, Canada

Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd.
Tokyo,Japan

Labatt Breweries of Canada
London, Ontario, Canada

Ladish Malting Co.
Milwaukee, WI

Lupofresh, Inc.
Wapato, WA

Miller Brewing Co./Tech. Center
Milwaukee, WI

Minnesota Malting Co.
Cannon Falls, MN

Morris Hanbury USA Inc,
Yakima, WA

Novo Nordisk Bioindustrials
Danbury, CT

Pabst Brewing Co.
Milwaukee, WI

Pacific Western Brewing Company
Prince George, Canada

Peavey Grain Co.
Minneapolis, MN

Perstorp Analytical Inc.
Silver Spring, MD

Pfizer, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI

Queensland Breweries Pty, Ltd.
Queensland, Australia

Rahr Malting Co.
Shakopee, MN

Schreier Malting Company
Sheboygan, WI

J.E. Siebel Sons Co., Inc.
Chicago, IL

Stroh Brewery Co.
Detroit, MI

Tasmanian Breweries Ltd.
Tasmania, Australia

Unipath Inc.
Nepean, Canada

Vicam
Watertown, MA

Zahm & Nagel Co., Inc.
Buffalo, NY

Obituary - Allan Barney

Allan J. Barney, 81, retired Pfizer executive, passed away on February 24, 1995, in Naples, FL. He was born in Petrolia, PA, in 1913, attended the University of Illinois where he earned a B.S. degree in chemistry (L.A.S.), and received a commission in the U.S. Army in 1936.

Barney joined the research division of Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St. Louis, MO, in 1938. On December 10, 1942, he was called to active duty by the Army and assigned to a tank destroyer battalion in Sunnyvale, CA. He attended Chemical Warfare School in Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland and then was sent to Belfast, Ireland. He attended the British Chemical Warfare School in Scotland and was ordered to England for staging of The African Invasion.

After the Tunisian Campaign, he was assigned to Army Headquarters in Algiers to supervise the production of beer for the Army in Casa Blanca, Oran, and Algiers. When the Army entered Naples, Italy, he was put in charge of restoring and producing beer at the Peroni Breweries based in Rome, Naples, and Leghorn.

He was discharged from the Army with the rank of captain in 1945 and returned to Anheuser-Busch, Inc. In 1946, he accepted the position of master brewer at the Dallas-Fort Worth Brewing Co. in Dallas, TX. He left the brewery in 1950 to become director of brewing at Paul Lewis Laboratories in Milwaukee, WI, where he later became a vice-president and part owner of the company.

In 1962, Paul Lewis was acquired by Charles Pfizer, Inc. Barney continued to work for Pfizer as national sales manager of the Brewery and Dairy Products Division until he retired in 1978 and moved to Naples, FL. For the next five years, he served as a consultant in Latin America to Pfizer International, traveling when and where needed.

His life in Naples for the past 17 years was active. He was a volunteer at Naples Community Hospital and the Conservancy Nature Center, he golfed at Palm River Country Club, and enjoyed traveling. He also served as treasurer and was a past president of the Illinois Alumni Association of Southwest Florida.

Al is survived by his wife of 59 years, Vivian; son Rick Barney (Froedtert Malt Corp., Milwaukee, WI) and his wife Cecilia; daughter Barbara; two grandsons, Rick and Steven and his wife Joan; and two great-grandsons, Chase and Chancellor.

ASBC MEMBERSHIP CHANGES

New Active Members

Thomas E. Adams is research coordinator Anheuser-Busch Co. Inc. in St. Louis, MO.

Gladys Beitia Beitia is an analyst at Cerveceria Nacional SA in El Dorado, Panama.

Fernando Bengochea is a quality engineer at Fabricas Nacionales de Cerveza in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Michael J. Biksacky is an application specialist at Flownamics Analytical Instruments, Inc. in Madison, WI.

Matthew J. Birnbaum is a QA supervisor at Blitz Weinhard in Portland, OR.

Luc Bordeleau is a chemist at Labatt Breweries of Canada in London, Ontario, Canada.

Patricia A. Bower is principal research scientist at Miller Brewing Co. in Milwaukee, WI.

Susan K. Bromberg is principal research scientist at Miller Brewing Co. in Mikwaukee, WI.

Jeff Black is director of electrophoresis at Isolab Inc. in Akron, OH.

William R. Cherry is head brewer at Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City, MO.

Jeff E. Clawson is faculty research assistant at Oregon State University in Corvallis.

Phillip J. Colombatto is vice presidentof qualityassuranceatanheuser Busch Inc. in St. Louis, MO.

Paulo Cesar da Costa is agronomist engineer/brewmaster at CVA Cervejaria Brahma in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Scott Earley is president of Transgenic Systems Inc. in Bozeman, MT.

Cynthia E. Gant is an analytical chemist at Miller Brewing Co. in Milwaukee, WI.

Jorge J. Garcia is research assistant at North Dakota State University in Fargo.

Derek R. Hayden is assistant QA manager at the G. Heileman Brewing Co. in Seattle, WA.

Han Jiang is director and general manager at Guangzhou Malting Co. Ltd. in Guangzhou, China.

Gary S. Koch is president of Zahm & Nagel Co. Inc. in Buffalo, NY.

Maximiliano H. Libedinsky is chief of the quality control department at Cerveceria Paraguaya SA in Asuncion, Paraguay.

James E. Middiekauff, retired, lives in St. Louis, MO.

Paul R. Mondani is research assistant at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.

William T. Morgan is a brewer at Joe's Brewery in Champaign, IL.

Muserastian Musendo is development manager, raw materials, at National Breweries Ltd. in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Daniel E. Mussio is an engineer at Cerveceria y Malteria Quilmes in Tres Arroyos, Argentina.

Song Pang is manager of technical development at Guangzhou Malting Co. Ltd. in Guangzhou, China.

Jose R. Puebla is biotechnologist at Seagram in White Plains, NY.

Thomas A. Ricker is head brewer at K. C. Hopps in Kansas City, MO.

Katalin Rossmoore is manager, microbiological services, Stroh Brewery Co. in Detroit, MI.

John A. Scott is senior lecturer at the University of Bath in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Mawele Shamaila is research scientist at Canada Malting Co. Ltd. in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Jennifer A. Smith is marketing communications specialist at Vicam in Watertown, MA.

Michael L. Smith is fermentation specialist at Anheuser-Busch Co. Inc. in St. Louis, MO.

Martin J. Spooner is analytical services manager at the Berkshire Brewery in Reading, England.

Gregory J. Stucky is a student at Oregon State University in Corvallis.

D. Y. Sung works at MSI Inc. in Seoul, Korea.

Tom Szakas is product manager, organics, at Leco Corporation in St. Joseph, MI.

Ngo Thi Mai is director at Food Industries Research Institute in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Gary L. Travis is R&D chemist/ microbiologist at Jim Beam Brands Co. in Clermont, KY.

Matthew L. Tripp is group leader, product innovation, at Miller Brewing Co. in Milwaukee, WI.

Michael L. Wachter is technical services manager at the Great Western Malting Co. in Vancouver, WA.

Douglas R. Webster is research chemist at John I. Haas Inc. in Yakima, WA.

Bing Yang is a graduate student at North Dakota State University in Fargo.

Liwen R. Zhang is director of the malting plant at Guangzhou Malting Co. Ltd. in Guangzhou, China.

New Corporate Members

Association of Brewers, P.O. Box 1679, Boulder, CO 80306; 303/4470816; Fax 303/447-2825.

Guangzhou Malting Co. Ltd., Chuang-ye Road, Guangzhou, China 510730; 86-20-2212422; Fax 86-202212988.

Newsletter Deadlines

Fall 1995 - August 25

Winter 1995 - November 17

Spring 1996 February 1, 1996

Meetings

ASBC

1996 (May 12 15) Chicago, IL
Marriott

1997 (June 21 25) Palm Springs, CA
Hyatt

MBAA

1995 (September 17 20) Portland, OR

American Association of Cereal Chemists

1995 (November 5-9) San Antonio, TX
Convention Center

1996 (September 15 19) Baltimore, MD
Convention Center

Courses Calendar

July 25-28. Barley Malt Quality.
Fargo, ND. Contact: John Crabtree, Northern Crops Institute, 701/ 231-7736; Fax 701 / 231-7235.

August 28-30. International Symposium on Micelles, Microemulsions, and Monolayers: Quarter Century Progress and New Horizons.
Gainesville, FL. Contact: Center for Surface Science & Engineering, University of Florida, 425 Chemical Engineering, P.O. Box 116005, Gainesville, FL 32611-6005; 904/392-0877; Fax 904/ 392-0127.

The ASBC logo

The emblem adopted by ASBC in 1934 features a Pasteur flask, barley heads, and hop cones with leaves. The Society name and the initials ASBC are prominently displayed. Six stars denote the number of member companies of each category. There were six each of brewers, maltsters, and scientific stations; corn processors (four) and hop growers (two) comprised another six.

ASBC Policy Statement

The Board of Directors approves the following policy statement:

"Members of ASBC Committees, especially Technical Committees, are reminded that they do not and may not speak for or on behalf of the Society in matters relating to the brewing industry without express permission of the officers or Board of Directors of the American Society of Brewing Chemists. This prohibition includes the use of ASBC letterhead when making a statement of technical or economic nature. Members of the ASBC speak only for themselves when giving opinions or making statements concerning technical matters relating to the brewing industry."

ASBC NEWSLETTER

Volume 55, Number 3, Summer 1995

Jenette Wheeler, Editor

ASBC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Robert McCaig, President
Bruce R. Sebree, President-Elect
David A. Thomas, Vice-President
Kathryn E. Nelson, Secretary
Peter Freeman, Treasurer
James H. Munroe, Past President
David W. Hysert, Chairman,
Publications Committee
Rena Crumplen, Chairman,
Technical Committee
Nona M. Mundy, Chairman,
Program Committee

Other Publications
N. T. Kendall, Editor, ASBC Journal
Lydia Marinelli, Editor, Methods of Analysis

ASBC STAFF
Steven C. Nelson, Executive Officer and Publisher
Miles Wimer, Director of Publications Larry J. Hartman, Director of Finance and Administration
Ann King, Editorial Supervisor
Linda Kadlec, ASBC Newsletter Assistant Editor
Amy Hope, Advertising Sales Representative
Carol Murray, ASBC Methods of Analysis sales

ASBC Newsletter (ISSN: 0149-7308) is published quarterly by the American Society of Brewing Chemists, Inc., 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097.

    
 

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