News releases

It is with great sadness that The Brewers of Europe has to today announce the passing of our former President Alberto da Ponte, who died this...

Brussels, 30 November 2016 - At their sixth annual Beer Serves Europe event this evening, The Brewers of Europe will be emphasising how their 7,500...

Brussels, 26 September 2016 - In 2016 many beer brands started the process of updating their labels and online information platforms and, by the end...

Brussels, 16 September 2016 - As part of the second Global Beer Responsibility Day, The Brewers of Europe, the home of over 6,500 brewers in Europe,...

Today, a new report produced by the Dutch Beer Institute has been released on the Beer and Health website. Quoting the editor Prof Ascencion Marcos,...

Pavlos Photiades succeeds Demetrio Carceller as President of The Brewers of Europe Brussels, 3 June 2016 - The General Assembly of The Brewers of...

Brussels, 23 February 2016 With over 900 new breweries opening since 2013, the European beer industry has bounced back from the financial crisis....

The Worldwide Brewing Alliance (WBA) is pleased to announce that Simon Spillane has been appointed as its new Chair. Mr Spillane holds the position...

The below piece by Pierre-Olivier Bergeron, Secretary General of The Brewers of Europe, was published on 5 November 2015 on Euractiv.com. While the...

Brussels, 3 November 2015 The Brewers of Europe today published the 2015 edition of its Beer Statistics, which looks at the key figures from 2014...

In the last decade significant progress has been made in reducing the number of deaths from drink driving. At the beginning of the century there...

With Global Beer Responsibility Day on 18th September, there is no better time to reflect on the many positive initiatives which The Brewers of...

Brussels, 1 September 2015 – The Brewers of Europe is strengthening its communication activities with the appointment of Jan de Grave as...

Strasbourg, 9 July 2015 – The Brewers of Europe and Brasseurs de France welcomed Members of the European Parliament to the METEOR brewery just...

Brussels, 1 July 2015: The Brewers of Europe is proud to feature prominently in Food Drink Europe’s ‘Balanced Diets and Healthy...

The Brewers of Europe is delighted to announce European Beer Day, taking place this Friday 19 June at the World Expo in Milan. Taking the theme...

18 May 2015: One week ahead of the 35th Congress of the European Brewery Convention (EBC), The Brewers of Europe reiterates the importance of...

5 May 2015: The Brewers of Europe supports UN Global Road Safety Week, running from 4th-10th May, including through a 3-year SMART drink-driving...

Brussels, 29 April 2015 Following today’s adoption by the European Parliament of a Resolution on the EU Alcohol Strategy, The Brewers of...

As EU Health Ministers meet in Riga to discuss the future of the EU’s alcohol policy, The Brewers of Europe reiterates its support for a...

The Brewers of Europe very much appreciates the support it has received from BEUC (the European consumer organisation) and Eurocare (the European...

Brussels, 31 March 2015 Following today’s adoption of a Resolution on the EU Alcohol Strategy by the European Parliament’s Committee on...

Brussels, 26th March 2015 The Brewers of Europe today announced a major voluntary move from brewers to list ingredients and nutrition information on...

Brussels, 19 March 2015 The Brewers of Europe welcomes the announcement by British Chancellor George Osborne that beer taxes will be cut for the...

The EU Single Market is working and encouraging competition between Member States, with the high price of beer in several high tax countries leading...

Brussels, 26 February 2015 As discussions on the EU-Japan free trade agreement continue this week, The Brewers of Europe hopes compromise may still...

Euromalt and EBC announce outcome of 2-year-project on gushing Brussels, 9 February 2015. Euromalt, the European malting industry Association and...

Brussels, 29 January 2015 - Following this morning’s debate in the European Parliament on a Draft Motion for a Resolution on the EU Alcohol...

Demetrio Carceller, the first Spanish President of the association, will represent for a further two years a sector that contributes 52 billion...

The Brewers of Europe’s Second Year Report on the European Beer Pledge shows Europe’s brewers’ are keeping to their promise to...

The below piece by Pierre-Olivier Bergeron, Secretary General of The Brewers of Europe, was published on 25 November 2014 both in the online and...

On the occasion of the relaunch of the European Parliament’s (EP) Beer Club, The Brewers of Europe published the 2014 European Beer...