ASBC Newsletter - NUMBER 1 1999

By the time you read this, the holiday season will be over, we'll be into the final quarter of our fiscal year, and we'll be less than six months from the Annual Meeting in Phoenix.

The next Board of Directors meeting will be held February 5-6, 1999, in Victoria, British Columbia, a site being evaluated for our 2001 Annual Meeting. The Technical Committee will also meet in Victoria on February 4-5, 1999. In addition to conducting ongoing business at this meeting, the Board will continue work on the development of the new ASBC Strategic Plan. Keep tuned to this column for more news on this important blueprint for our future.

The financial health of your Society continues to be good. As membership edges toward the 1,000 mark, the Board of Directors is developing a strategy to ensure continued long-term membership growth.

The first and final calls for nominations for secretary, vice president, and president-elect have been issued. See this issue of the Newsletter and issue No. 4, 1998 for more details. The selection of candidates for these positions is critical to our Society; the Nominating Committee requests your help in identifying suitable individuals.

Dirk Bendiak and his Program Committee report that all is progressing well for the June 19-23, 1999, ASBC Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ. First and final calls for papers have gone out. Remember, the deadline for submitting titles and authors was January 8, 1999, and the deadline for submitting abstracts is January 29, 1999. Please see this issue and issue No. 4, 1998 of the Newsletter for further information and an Abstract Submission Form. We encourage all of you to consider submitting contributions and thereby help make our Phoenix technical program the best ever.

The core activity of the ASBC continues to be the evaluation and development of methods for our industry. This year, the roster of Technical Subcommittees, under the leadership of Greg Casey and his Technical Committee, comprises three standing Subcommittees (New and Alternate, Soluble Starch, and International Methods); two continuing subcommittees (Selective Measurement of Acetohydroxy Acid Precursors of VDK, and Determination of IAA and beta-Acids in Hops and AA and beta-Acids in Hops and Isomerized Hop Extracts by HPLC); and four new subcommittees (Surface Hygiene Testing Using ATP Bioluminescence, Difference-from-Control Sensory Test, Wort and Beer Color Using Tristimulus Analysis, and Headspace Solid Phase Microextraction for Determination of Hop Essential Oils). We thank all involved in this crucial work, including Greg Casey, his Technical Committee, the Technical Subcommittee chairs, and their collaborators.

The ASBC conducted two well received short courses in October. Pasteurization was held October 7-8, 1998, in Chicago, IL, for 16 attendees. Barley Malt Quality Evaluation was presented jointly by the ASBC and Northern Crops Institute in Fargo, ND, October 26-29, 1998, for 12 attendees. Thanks to the many individuals who contributed to making these courses a success, including the course directors, the instructors, and ASBC staff. Providing continuing education and professional development to our members is one of the key services to which the ASBC is committed.

In this issue of the Newsletter and the previous one, you will have seen a note regarding Student Travel Grant Program fund solicitation and participation. We encourage students to submit papers and apply for Student Travel Grants. We encourage corporations, ASBC Local Sections, and individuals to contribute to this fund, which is used to enable students who are presenting papers or posters to attend the Annual Meeting and participate in the Technical Program. Students and new members are the future of our Society, and this is one way we are trying to foster their participation.

As you may know, the Eric Kneen Memorial Award was established in 1987 as a tribute to Dr. Eric Kneen's guidance and contributions to the Society. It is awarded annually to the author or authors of the paper from the past year's ASBC Journal judged by the Editorial Board to be the most notable technical article in that volume. In the last issue of the Newsletter, contributors to the Eric Kneen Award were listed. It is still possible to be a contributor or to increase one's previous contribution. Money donated is placed in a restricted fund and is used solely to provide the cash award. Money can also be contributed on behalf of someone or as a memorial.

Final Call for Nominations

The ASBC Nominating Committee has begun its assignment of providing qualified Society members to serve on the Board of Directors. Nominations for the offices of secretary, vice-president, and president-elect are required for voting at the 1999 Annual Meeting.

The term of office for secretary is two years, from the close of the 1999 Annual Meeting to the close of the 2001 Annual Meeting. The term of office for vice-president is one year, beginning with the close of the 1999 Annual Meeting. However, because the vice-president is the principal candidate for president-elect and subsequently succeeds to the offices of president and past-president, a commitment of four years is expected. Following the same progression, the commitment for president-elect is three years.

The selection of candidates for these offices is critical to the Society. The Nominating Committee needs your help to identify qualified members to fill these leadership positions. Please remember that all nominees must be active members of the Society, be willing to serve, and have the permission and support of their employer management. Nominees for elected offices will be published in Newsletter No. 2 of 1999.

Nominating Committee
David A. Thomas, Chair
Coors Brewing Company
P.O. Box 4030
Mail #BC 600
Golden, CO 80401
303/2773350
Fax 303/2776834
E-mail dave.thomas@coors.com

Robert McCaig
Molson Breweries of Canada Ltd.
33 Carlingview Road
Etobicoke, ON, M9W 5E4 Canada
416/679-7538
Fax 416/679-2342
E-mail rxmccaig@molson.com

James H. Munroe
Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
One Busch Place
St. Louis, MO 63118-1852
314/577-9968
Fax 314/577-1055
E-mail james.munroe@anheuser-busch.com

Bruce R. Sebree
ADM Lecithin
1001 Brush College Rd.
Decatur, IL 62526
217/424-4067
Fax 217/424-2693
E-mail sebree@corp.admworld.com

Final Call for Papers

The ASBC Program Committee has begun solicitation of papers and posters for the 65th Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ. As expected, the Technical Program will continue to provide the latest scientific information and technologies. And once again, the venue for the meeting will be fabulous.

Preliminary plans call for sessions revolving around raw materials, fermentation, finishing, packaging, yeast technology, flavor stability and related issues, and some specialty lectures. 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 packaging technology, show modifications to brewing techniques, analytical procedures, or applications, or be of technical review format.

ASBC abstract forms will be available in this issue of the Newsletter, or on the ASBC Internet site, or from members of the Program Committee, or from the St. Paul office. We encourage use of this form. We are planning for about 30 oral presentations and as many posters as are accepted. Deadlines for the Phoenix meeting are January 8, 1999, submission of titles and January 30, 1999, submission of abstract forms for oral and poster presentations.

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 Dirk Bendiak, ASBC Program Committee chair, Molson Breweries, Molson Centre for Innovation, 33 Carlingview Dr., Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, M9W 5E4; 416/679-7507; Fax 4l6/798-8391; e-mail: dsbendia@molson-com.

ASBC Past Presidents

1934-35 Max Henius *
1935-36 F.M. DuPont *
1936-38 Robert Schwartz *
1938-40 George S. Bratton *
1940-42 Leo Wallerstein *
1942-44 Fred P. Siebel, Jr. *
1944-46 Bryn H. Nisson *
1946-48 Christian Rask *
1948-50 Philip P. Gray *
1950-52 Carroll A. Dayharsh
1952-53 Stephen Laufer*
1953-54 Lawrence E. Ehrnst *
1954-55 Kurt Becker
1955-56 Ulysses C. Gramsch *
1956-57 Fred C. Baselt*
1957-58 William C. McFarlane *
1958-59 Eric Kneen *
1959-60 Mortimer W. Brenner *
1960-61 George E. Bredt
1961-62 Allan D. Dickson*
1962-63 Irwin Stone*
1963-64 John B. Bockelmann
1964-65 Robert W. Rummele*
1965-66 Dwight B. West
1966-67 Philip E. Dakin
1967-68 Robert I. Tenney
1968-69 J. Robert Piening
1969-70 William J. Olson *
1970-71 Leonard T. Saletan *
1971-72 G. Calvin Dyson, Jr.
1972-73 Vincent S. Bavisotto
1973-74 F. Lloyd Rigby
1974-75 Michael R. Sfat
1975-76 David J. Lubert *
1976-77 Donald D. Brumsted*
1977-78 Harold H. Geller
1978-79 Paul K. Steinke *
1979-80 Ronald A. Latimer
1980-81 Arthur J. Rehberger
1981-82 Roger A. Carroll
1982-83 Kurt C. Duecker*
1983-84 William A. Hardwick, Jr.
1984-85 James McDougall
1985-86 Phillip D. Israel
1986-88 Charles W. Baker
1988-89 Richard L. Berndt
1989-90 David W. Diffor
1990-91 Inge Russell
1991-92 Richard E. Pyler
1992-93 Peter W. Gales
1993-94 Sherman H. Chan
1994-95 James H. Munroe
1995-96 Rob McCaig
1996-97 Bruce Sebree
1997-98 David A. Thomas

Local Section News

Local Section 1--New York
Section 1 has started working on plans to become more active and to increase membership. Joint meetings with the MBAA were discussed as a possibility, but that membership is on the decline. Soliciting members from universities was another idea, but it may be difficult due to the Society's association with alcohol, which is frowned upon by school administration in New Jersey. Contacting microbrewers in the area may also be an option. Down the road, we will look to the ASBC National Office for help in sending materials that show what ASBC has to offer.

Local Section 4--Milwaukee/Chicago
Section 4 has completed another year. Four meetings were held, two of which were held jointly with District Milwaukee MBAA. Our last meeting was held at The Milwaukee Ale House on December 3. The featured speaker was Gary Luther from Miller Brewing Company, MBAA president. His talk was on the history of German beer styles.

The next scheduled event will be an informal quest night that will be held in January or February. The next scheduled meeting will take place on April 22, 1999, at the Miller Inn (Milwaukee, WI).

Local Section 7--Northwest
The fall meeting of ASBC Local Section 7 was held October 20, 1998, at Columbia Crest Winery in Paterson, WA. Fifteen attendees gathered for the business meeting. Local Section Chair Tim Kostelecky called the meeting to order and outlined the agenda. Secretary Les Wallace read the minutes form the previous meeting and Kathy Nelson gave the treasurer's report. The current balances were $523.00 in checking and $746.75 in savings. Tim then lead a discussion on ways to increase membership and participation in our local section. The business meeting was followed by a winery tour, wine tasting, and lunch. The day finished with a technical presentation on Malt Evaluations and Specifications by Dan Christopher of Busch Agricultural Resources. The next event for ASBC Local Section 7 will be the joint spring meeting with the MBAA on May 14 and 15, 1999, in Portland, OR.

Local Section 8--"Wild West"
The eleventh meeting of ASBC Local Section 8 "Wild West" was held jointly with the local chapter of the MBAA on November 4, 1998, at the Coors Brewing Company in Golden, CO. Attendees gathered for appetizers, beer, and socializing from 6 to 7 p.m., paying $15 each at the door. The ASBC business meeting was called to order by ASBC Local Chair Katie Kunz at 7 p.m. Katie welcomed everyone and outlined the agenda for the evening. Kim Butts, ASBC local secretary, read the minutes from the previous meeting, which was held at the Rockies Brewing Company in August. The minutes were approved as read.

Topics of discussion included a proposal to donate money to the 1999 Rocky Mountain Microbrewing Symposium as well as discussing the need to send more local members to the national meeting and what would be the best way to achieve that request. Rob Maruyama asked for ideas and suggestions on how to better distribute local section news.

Treasurer Keith Villa reported that for the August 24, 1998, ASBC Local Section 8 Meeting, we had the following financial activity: forwarded balance $377.35; cash in from ASBC meeting at the Rockies Brewery $410.00; cash out to cover cost of August 24, 1998 meeting $268.00; balance as of August 31, 1998, $444.35; cash in from the November 4, 1998, meeting was $285.00 leaving a balance for the ASBC Local Section 8 of $729.35.

Following the completion of the business meeting, the ASBC members and the local chapter MBAA members were treated to a well-delivered lecture on cell flow cytometry. The speaker, John Griffen of Cytomation, has experience in this field spanning almost two decades. At its core, the basis of cell flow cytometry serves to rapidly both qualify and quantify a variety of organisms from bacteria to yeast. The key property of this technology is the speed in which the results are available. For example, plating samples, the "gold standard" of microbiology, gives results within three to five days. Cell flow cytometry technology provides results within a few hours. The technology is deceptively straightforward, a combination of frontal and side-scattered light on a sample stream passed through a fixed 70 micron opening. This is a multifaceted application in technology, useful in a variety of industries; brewing being most likely a minority industry for this technology. The value of getting results so quickly is of course self-evident, but this technology does indeed come at a price. Depending on the level of apparatus, including a cell flow cytometer in your brewery arsenal can set you back anywhere from $150,000 to $400,000.

Student Travel Grant Program Fund

The American Society of Brewing Chemists continues its Student Travel Grant program, which awards 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 program was approved by the ASBC Board of Directors in 1995. 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 membership to Leslie Gibson, ASBC Headquarters, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097.

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 April 30, 1998. Pledges and checks should be made out to the ASBC Student Travel Fund and sent to ASBC Headquarters.

New Active ASBC Members

Joseph M. Awika, Student, Texas A&M University, College Station
Jim Breslin, Technical Director, Wolverine (Mass) Corp., Merrimac, MA
Marilyn Bruce, President, MB Search Inc., Monticello, IL
Anthony P. Cahill, Director Quaker Food Ingredients, The Quaker Oats Co., Chicago
Patrick G. Clarkin, Account Manager, Alex Fries Flavors, Evergreen Park, IL
Beatrice J. Conde-Petit, Research Scientist, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Pradip K. Das, Director, Crop Analytics, Monsanto, Saint Louis, MO
Denise G. Davis, Chemist, M&M/Mars, Albany, GA
James E. Duffy, Director Flavor Applications, Comax Manufacturing Corp., Melville, NY
Jerry Erdmann, QA Microbiology Supervisor, SSE Manufacturing Inc., Marshall, MN
Willie J. Favors, Lab Manager, M&M/Mars, Albany, GA
Genevieve Fliedel, Food Scientist, CIRAD-CA, Montpellier, France
Jennifer L. Gore, Process Scientist II, The Pillsbury Co., Minneapolis, MN
Harald Grau, Research Scientist, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Bart C. Hazleton, Senior New Product Development Specialist, Mocon, Minneapolis, MN
Laila Horgen, Product Development Engineer, Stabburet AS, Kolbotn, Norway
Shuichi Iida, Senior Research Officer, Chugoko National Agricultural Experiment Station, Hiroshima, Japan
Mitratzoulis Ilias, Bread Industry Elite SA, Pikerni-Attica, Greece
Ken Kanzaki, Nisshin Flour Milling Co. Ltd., Ibaraki, Japan
Keiko Kohama, Senior Researcher, Morioka Iwate, Japan
Tommi Laaksonen, Researcher, Helsinki, Finland
Mochizuki Yoshinori, Post Doctorate, University of California, Davis
Wendy Mosier, Account Manager, McCormick Flavors, St. Charles, IL
Per Muhrbeck, Researcher, Orkla Foods Research Unit, Eslov, Sweden
Rita C. Nordness, Product Developer, General Mills Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Loren Peng, Research Manager, Lorama Chemicals Inc., Milton, ON, Canada
Allen E. Pinchard, Lab Technician, SC Johnson Wax, Racine, WI
Jozef Poprac, Dipl Eng, Novalim SRO, Bratislava, Slovakia
M. Anandha Rao, Professor, Cornell University, Geneva, NY
Josep M. Rovira Morgades, Harinera Vilafranquina SA,Vilafranca Del Pene, Spain
Celetta Lee Sanders, Director, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs, American Bakers Association, Washington, DC
Fannie K. Simmons, Sampler, M&M/ Mars, Albany, GA
Clare Skinner, Research Student, University of Reading, Reading, Berks, England
Linda Svendsen, Assistant Scientist, Iowa State University, Ames
Pamela L. Teran, Chemist/Bakery Applications, Calgene/Monsanto, Mt. Prospect, IL
Daniel L. Tripp, Cereal Food Processors Inc., Great Falls, MT
Roger Untiedt, Director of Quality/Engineering, Minnesota Corn Processors, Marshall, MN
Humberto Valdivia Hernandez, Manager, Productos Verde Valle, Guadalajara, Jal, Mexico
Oscar Washington, Quality Control Manager, Lauhoff Grain Co., Danville, IL
Beth A. Weber, Associate Technical Principal, Kraft Foods, Battle Creek, MI
Judy S. Yeung, Student, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Industry News

International Subcommittee Holds Inaugural Meeting
The International Subcommittee for Isomerized Hop alpha-acids Standards held its inaugural meeting at the Hilton and Towers Hotel in Minneapolis, MN, on Monday, September 21, 1998. Nine members of the committee or their nominated representatives and four guests attended the meeting, which included persons from Europe, the United States, and Australia.

This newly formed committee has been charged with the task of organizing the selection, validation, manufacture, and distribution of International Standards for the analysis of isomerized and reduced isomerized alpha-acids (specifically, iso-alpha-acids, rho-iso-alpha-acids, tetrahydroiso-alpha-acids, and hexahydroiso-alpha-acids). It is pioneering a new approach to international collaboration on analytical methodology and has a current membership comprising a chairman plus six officially nominated representatives from ASBC, three from EBC, two from IOB, and one from BCOJ (the Brewery Convention of Japan). Brewers, hop processors, and research organizations are all well represented. Members include: Richard Wilson, Steiner Hops, chairman; Robert Foster, Coors Brewing, vice chairman, America; Martin Biendl, Hallertauer Hopfenveredelungs GmbH, vice chairman, rest of world; Roy Cope, Bass Brewers; Paul Hughes, Brewing Research International; Heine Pfenninger, Versuchsstation Schweizerischer Brauereien; Leen Verhagen, Heineken; Shuso Sakuma, Kirin; James Guzinski, Kalsec; James Murphey, Murphey Analytical Laboratories; John Paul Maye, Haas Hop Products; Robert Smith, S.S. Steiner; and Patrick Ting, Miller Brewing.

After introductory remarks from the chairman and agreement as to constitutional aspects of how this committee will function there followed discussion of the issues to be addressed and the new way in which these will be tackled. Questions were asked regarding who will manufacture the new standards and from what starting materials, as well as how the purity and stability will be checked. Another question brought up was if different standards for each type of isomerized compound are necessary.

After debating these and other such issues, the committee agreed upon the following course of action. Several laboratories will prepare 2 to 4 g of any or all of the following substances: DCHA - iso-alpha-acids (dicyclohexylamine salt of iso-alpha-acids); DCHA - rho-iso-alpha-acids; tetrahydroiso-alpha-acids (as crystalline, free acids); and DCHE or hexahydroiso-alpha-acids.

These compounds will be prepared using the methods of John Paul Maye, soon to be published in the ASBC Journal. The different laboratories will be free to choose any commercially available isomerized or reduced isomerized extract as their base material. In the case of the putative tetra and hexa standards, deliberately different preparations will be made to reflect the fact that commercially available base products may originate from their alpha- or beta-acids and that these have markedly different cohumulone ratios.

It is intended that this preparative work will have been completed by mid January 1999. The committee will then decide upon the means by which the various purified compounds will be analyzed and otherwise assessed for suitability as standards. At this meeting, four hop processors and one research organization indicated their willingness to undertake some at least of the necessary syntheses and are to be thanked for their enthusiastic cooperation. These include: John I. Haas, Inc., Kalsec, Inc., S.S. Steiner Inc., Wigan Products Ltd., and Brewing Research International. Any other organization that would like to join in this exercise is cordially invited to do so and should contact their chairman or the vice chairman for their area as soon as possible.

An invitation is also extended to all individuals who feel that they could contribute to the work of the committee to make contact with one of its officers. During the course of the meeting, it was agreed to create a category of Associate Members for the specific purpose of encouraging such participation. In this way, it is hoped to ensure that all interested persons are given the opportunity to make their views known and to assist the committee in the undertaking of such tasks as ring analyses.

EBC Elects New President
In the Meeting of the European Brewery Convention held on November, 27, 1998, Esko Pajunen was elected president of EBC to succeed Paul van Eerde. The actual handing over of the presidency will take place in spring 1999. Pajunen will officially be in charge as president at the EBC Congress in Cannes in May 1999. van Eerde will retire from the Council during the Congress.

Esko Pajunen, born in 1945, is currently senior vice-president Development, Research, Technology at Sinebrychoff Brewery in Kerava, Finland. He studied chemical engineering and food technology at the Helsinki University. Before joining Sinebrychoff in 1979, he worked at the Helsinki University of Technology, at the Biotechnical Laboratory of the Technical Research Center in Finland (VTT), and in the Finnish Food Industries Federation. Since 1987, Pajunen has been chairman and director of Oy Panimolaboratorio, the Research Institute of the Finnish Brewing Industry.

Pajunen has been involved in the activities of EBC since 1980, when he joined the Biochemistry Group (now called Brewing Science Group). He was nominated council member of EBC in 1988 and was elected vice-president of EBC in May 1998. He is also a member of the EBC Technology & Engineering Forum, the Technical Committee of CBMC, the Institute of Brewing, MBAA, and ASBC.

At the same meeting, the EBC accepted Latvia as a new member of EBC effective January 1, 1999. Latvia will be represented by the Brewers' Association of Latvia.

With Latvia joining, EBC will have 21 member countries, including: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.

EBC Symposium Report on Beer Foam Quality
The EBC Symposium on beer foam quality was held in Amsterdam on October 26 and 27, 1998, under the chairmanship of Anneke Douma (TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute, Zeist, The Netherlands). At the symposium, participants from 14 different countries listened to and discussed a variety of lectures dealing with foam physics, methods for foam analysis, and the effect of proteins and hops on foam stability.

In the opening lecture, Dr. C. Bamforth (BRI, UK) reviewed the status of beer foam research and identified some important gaps in our knowledge, namely the ways in which bubble size and distribution can be influenced and the protection of beer foam adventitious lipid.

In the physics session, A. Prins (in 1997 retired from Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands) as an invited lecturer, stressed the important role that foam physics should play in beer foam research.

In the session on foam analysis, topics ranging from improvement of the well-known NIBEM method to simulation of manual beer pouring, followed by subsequent optical measurement of foam stability, were presented. Also the possible usefulness of rapid methods that discriminate between size classes of proteins was discussed. Furthermore, the use of foam analyses, physicochemical and biochemical techniques in the development of a foam trouble shooting protocol was presented.

In the sessions on the role of proteins and hops, the possible stabilizing role of various protein components derived from malt on beer foam stability was elucidated and may form a basis for barley breeding programs. In addition, the possible role of various hop-derived components, in particular bittering acids, has been described. A key word was hydrophobicity, both with regard to proteins and hops and the interaction between these two groups of beer components. How hydrophobic protein content can be influenced during high gravity brewing was also discussed.

All papers presented at the symposium as well as the ensuing discussion will be published as EBC Monograph 27. Publisher is Fachverlag Hans Carl GmbH & Co. KG, P.O. Box 990153, D-90268 Nürnberg, Germany (tel. +49 911 952 85-0, fax +49 911 952 8561, e-mail: fachbuch@brauwelt.de).

ASBC Board Meets at Site of WBC 2000

Board & ASBC Staff

ASBC Board members and staff visit the Coronado Springs Resort, site of the WBC 2000. Front, from left, are: Greg Casey, Holly Kuester, Nona Mundy, Amy Hope, Sherman Chan, Leslie Gibson, and Dave Hysert. Back, from left: Steve Nelson, Dirk Bendiak, Rob Maruyama, Dave Thomas, Bob Jensen, and Larry Hartman.

Upcoming Events

Institute of Food Technologists Conference and Food Expo
July 25-28
Chicago, IL

10th World Congress of Food Science and Technology
October 3-8
Sydney, Australia

ASBC Corporate Members

ADM Lecithin; Decatur, IL
Altek Co.; Torrington, CT
Anheuser-Busch Inc.; Saint Louis, MO
Anton PAAR USA; Ashland, VA
APS Analytical Standards Inc.; Redwood City, CA
Asia Pacific Breweries Pte Ltd.; Ibrahim, Singapore
Assn of Brewers; Boulder, CO
Beer Ind Assoc Shandong China; Jinan, Peoples Republic of China
Bio-Chem Lab Inc.; Grand Rapids, MI
Boston Beer Co.; Cincinnati, OH
Brewing Research Intl.; Redhill, Surrey, England
Briess Industries Inc.; Chilton, WI
Brulotte Farms Inc.; Toppenish, WA
Burns Philp R&D Pty Ltd.; Sydney, NSW, Australia
Carlsberg Research Center; Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark
Casco Inc.; Etobicoke, ON, Canada
Cereceria Leona SA; Zipaquira, Colombia
Cerveceria Polar CA; Caracas, Venezuela
Cerveceria y Malteria Quilmes; Quilmes BA, Argentina
Cervejarias Kaiser Brasil Ltda; Queimados, RJ, Brazil
Coors Brewing Co.; Golden, CO
DB Breweries Ltd.; Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand
Diversey Lever Inc.; Dexter, MI
Empresas Polar; Miami, FL
Fabricas Nacionales de Cerveza; Montevideo, Uruguay
Firestone Walker Brewing Co.; Los Olivos, CA
Froedtert Malt; Milwaukee, WI
Genesee Brewing Co.; Rochester, NY
Guangzhou Malting Co Ltd.; Guangzhou, Peoples Republic of China
Haas Hop Products Inc.; Milwaukee, WI
Heineken; Aalsmeer, Netherlands
INIFAP; Chapingo, Mexico
J Boag & Son Brewing Ltd.; Launceston, TAS, Australia
John I Haas Inc.; Yakima, WA
Kalsec Inc.; Kalamazoo, MI
Karl Strauss Breweries; San Diego, CA
Kirin Brewery Co Ltd.; Tokyo, Japan
Kirin Brewery Co Ltd. Fukuoka; Amagi Fukuoka, Japan
Labatt Breweries of Canada; London, ON, Canada
Ladish Malting Co.; Jefferson, WI
Lupofresh Inc.; Wapato, WA
Millennium Specialty Chemicals; Baltimore, MD
Miller Brewing Co.; Milwaukee, WI
Minnesota Malting Co.; Cannon Falls, MN
Mitco Inc.; Grand Rapids, MI
Molson Breweries; Etobicoke, ON, Canada
Morris Hanbury USA Inc.; Yakima, WA
Novo Nordisk BioChem Inc.; Franklinton, NC
Orbisphere Lab; Buford, GA
Pabst Brewing Co.; Milwaukee, WI
Pacific Western Brewing Co.; Burnaby, BC, Canada
Peavey Grain Co.; Minneapolis, MN
Pure Malt Products Ltd.; East Lothian, Scotland
Rahr Malting Co.; Shakopee, MN
Siebel/Quest Intl.; Hoffman Estates, IL
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.; Chico, CA
The PQ Corp.; Conshohocken, PA
Union de Cervecerias Peruanas; Lima, Peru
Vicam LP; Watertown, MA
World Minerals Inc.; Lompoc, CA
Yakima Chief Inc.; Sunnyside, WA

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ASBC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
David W. Hysert, President
David Ryder, President-Elect
Nona Mundy, Vice-President
David A. Thomas, Past-President
Holly Kuester, Secretary
Robert Jensen, Treasurer
Steve Nelson, Executive Officer
Robert Maruyama, Chair, Publications Committee
Greg Casey, Chair, Technical Committee
Dirk Bendiak, Chair, Program Committee
Sherman Chan, Chair, Training and Education

Other Publications
Peter Freeman, Editor, ASBC Journal
Margaret Morrison, Editor, Methods of Analysis

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ASBC Newsletter
VOLUME 59, NUMBER 1 - 1999

President's Column

Final Call for Nominations

Final Call for Papers

ASBC Past Presidents

Local Section News

Student Travel Grant Program Fund

New Active ASBC Members

Industry News

ASBC Board Meets at Site of WBC 2000

Upcoming Events

ASBC Corporate Members

ASBC Newsletter Schedule

ASBC Policy Statement

ASBC Newsletter VOLUME 59, NUMBER 1 - 1999

ASBC Policy Statement

ASBC Newsletter
VOLUME 59, NUMBER 1 - 1999