BO10 – Improving beer taste through maturation and bottle/keg refermentation

Tuesday, 23 May. 16:30 to 18:00

Qualification:

Technical

Description:

Once beer has been brewed and fermentation has finished, can more be done to further improve the taste of the beer, be it before or after conditioning? Beer maturation still sounds very important to many breweries to positively impact the taste and flavour of the beer to the benefits of the consumers. Also, bottle and keg refermentation do play a very important role, but there may be some important differences between the theory and the practice.Our experts will present how to cold mature your beerand how to master bottle & keg refermentation, to deliver the best beer to the consumers.

Moderator:

• John Brauer, EBC Executive Officer at The Brewers of Europe

Speakers:

• Yvan de Baets, Head-brewer, co-owner and co-founder of Brasserie de la Senne, Brasserie de la Senne
• Simon Smith, Head of R&D and Innovation Molson Coors Western Europe