What can the Institute offer?

Internationally recognised examinations are as follows.

• Fundamentals of Brewing and Packaging
• General Certificate in Brewing (GCB)*
• General Certificate in Packaging (GCP)*
• General Certificate in Distilling (GCDi)*
• Diploma in Brewing (Dipl.Brew)*
• Diploma in Beverage Packaging 
  Diploma in Distilling (Dipl.Distil)*
• Master Brewer (M.Brew)
  
  *Externally Accredited by City & Guilds 

 

There is the John S Ford Award for outstanding candidates in the Associate examinations; winners are encouraged to spend their prize money on the study of brewing methods and developments overseas.

With effect from 1999, a Foundation Certificate in Brewing, at the pre-Associate level is being introduced. This covers Brewing and Packaging processes, and associated fundamental biological, biochemical and other principles. No formal qualifications are required to write the examination; the level of the content is appropriate for Team Leaders, Shift Supervisors and similar operating staff, while also being appropriate as a first step for those intending to go on to the Associate and Diploma levels.

The  Journal of the Institute of Brewing, which publishes original scientific work of a high quality on all topics related to the raw materials of brewing, the brewing process and related fermentation process is available to members by contacting the IBD website www.ibd.org.uk . Its contributions are drawn from Universities, Colleges, Laboratories, Research staff in Companies and individual experts all over the world. Published quarterly, it carries critical survey articles and abstracts of relevant papers which have appeared in other journals.

Members also receive The Brewer International which includes feature articles of general interest covering both science and technology, raw material reports and news both of Institute activities and from the industry in general. It is essential reading for technical staff and examination students.

This journal is published monthly and like the Journal is distributed in over 70 countries worldwide. Members also receive technical reports and other printed material. The Institute runs Brewster courses in technical management as preparation for candidates sitting their examinations. It also provides support through a Brewing Science and Technology series of publications, and the development of further study material is being addressed. Similar courses are now being run within the Africa Section, using local and overseas experts. Recent venues included Lagos, Nairobi, Harare and Seychelles. The Section subsidises the cost of these courses to a significant degree.

Once a year the Institute runs the International Brewing Science and Technology course, over five weeks at the BRI at Nutfield England. This focuses on brewing science and technology for modern lager brewing with associated raw materials, malting and packaging topics. It is attended by brewing staff from many parts of the world. Industrial study visits and engineering design and practical projects are included. Finally, the Institute organises one week study tours - looking at the brewing industry of a particular country or area - every few years.

The Institute offers many opportunities for members to keep themselves up to date, these include:

Membership Benefits

Member benefits include the following:

All of this comes for little more than the cost of one night at a typical business hotel, or less than the cost of one day on an outside training course. As can be seen from the above, a company benefits from:

For an annual subscription that is little more than that for an individual member, the company can become a corporate member. This gives it the right to nominate one person as its representative and this person has all the benefits of a member. The company can change its representative from time to time, without his/her going through the normal formalities for membership.

Any further employee who wishes to join, has to apply for membership in the usual way. It is normal for brewing companies to support the Institute in this way (in addition to their technical staff being individual members); corporate membership is also well worth considering by allied traders, and the benefits to them are clear.

 

Application Forms

Membership forms can be obtained from the Secretary via e-mail. All IBD forms have been redesigned, and old forms should not be used.

If you are an existing member and we don't have your e-mail address, please send an e-mail to the Secretary and include the following information: Full name, company name and your e-mail address.

GEA Award

GEA BREWERY AWARD for IBD AFRICA SECTION YOUNGER MEMBER
Sponsors: GEA Huppmann, Tuchenhagen Brewery Systems, Tuchenhagen South Africa

Award prize:

• Return economy flight to Brau Exhibition Nuremberg, Germany alternatively Drinktec Munich which falls within the 5 year period.
• Accommodation including breakfast during exhibition and at Kitzingen during visit to Huppmann.
• Pocket money 500 euros
• Use GEA Stand as a base during exhibition
• Before exhibition visit Huppmann which is a company of the GEA Group in Kitzingen in Germany
• This award will run for five consecutive years starting in 2007.

Participants:

• IBD Africa Section Younger Members employed in industry, academia, manufacturing and the brewing industry.
• Employees of the GEA Groups of companies are excluded from entering this award.

Judges:

• Professional Graham Stewart on behalf of the IBD, London
• Representative from Weihnstefan University, Germany
• GEA Tuchenhagen Brewery Systems

Scope of the project:

• Research or applied projects related to Process Technology in the storage of materials, production of wort, fermentation, maturation, filtration and storage of final product for packaging.  Projects may include aspects related to utilities, process control, hygiene and environmental factors.
  Packaging and  Spirits Distillation processes are excluded from the scope.

Structure of project for submission of award

Personal data of author of project

• Name and age
• Physical address and email address
• Name and address of company or institution
• Name and address of author’s manager or supervisor
• Brief description of current position
• Qualifications
• IBD Membership number

Project title and details (maximum 3000 words)

• Summary of purpose – expected outcomes to be achieved (200 words)
• Key benefits obtained
• Experimental or practical aspects of the project that include basis for project, calculations, conclusions, diagrams, graphs and pictures where applicable
• Literature references

Format of the presentation

• Word document. Arial type size 11
• Maximum size of document; 2.5MB for ease of communication.  If large advise Award Coordinator below.
• Pictures may be formatted in PDF to reduce size

 Project submissions to be sent direct to GEA Award Co-ordinator only, by no later than18th June 2008

GEA award Co-ordinator: Eddie Wepener, email: eddie.wepener@geasa.com

Membership lists

These files are available as a .pdf file which can be read using Adobe Reader.
If you do not have Adobe Reader on your computer it can be downloaded free from the following link:

List of new members to February 2007

List of Younger members at February 2007