European Beer Consumers Union (EBCU) is excited to announce the launch of a new survey aimed at gathering the insights of beer consumers across Europe. Our mission is to better understand what information consumers feel is vital on beer labels. The data collected will help to shape the way we support industry partners like Brewers of Europe and also aid juridical and political authorities in m...

EUROPEAN BEER CONSUMERS UNION UNVEILS ITS NEW GUIDE TO THE BEER STYLES OF EUROPE AND BEYOND – THE WORLD'S FIRST ON-LINE CONSUMER GUIDE TO THE DIVERSITY OF BEER TODAY   Brussels, Belgium – June 5, 2023 - The European Beer Consumers Union (EBCU), the leading body championing beer advocacy and consumer interests in Europe, today proudly announced the launch of its new guide “The Beer S...

EBCU has chosen to endorse the France Bière Challenge. The beer competition is organized every year with the best available French beers competing for medals in many different categories. Last year there was over 500 beers in 39 categories competing for medals. According to André Brunnsberg, chairman of EBCU, the competition is professionally organized. “The beers are judged by both Fren...

EBCU had its 66th Delegates meeting last week-end in Dublin, Ireland. Bo L. Jensen (Danske Ølentusiaster – Denmark) stepped down from the Chairman position he was holding since 2018 and is being replaced by André Brunnsberg (Olutliitto - Finland) for the next two years.   Additionnally, Hans Peter Jepsen (Danske Ølentusiaster – Denmark) and Chris Welsh (CAMRA - UK) were elected a...

Our Executive members come from different countries and associations with different goals and objectives. We have interviewed Bo L. Jensen for you.   Hello Bo, nice to talk to you. You have been the EBCU chairman since 2018. Can you tell us what is your role and what you have been up to lately? As elected chairman, I see my role as the person who’s leading our work in the Executi...

    EBCU decided to approve the Fédération Nationale des Associations Brassicoles (FNABRA) as full members of the union at the spring delegate meeting in Germany on April 1st, 2022. FNABRA is an umbrella organisation whose members have diverse actions. The goals of FNABRA are similar to those of EBCU: the defense of beer, defense of the beer consumer, improve beer knowledge ...

Beer is all about fraternity, unity and respecting others. EBCU is non-political, yet the recent events taking place in Ukraine urge us to take a stand. Here is our statement.    The European Beer Consumers Union (EBCU), along with the Community of International Beer Judges adopted the following resolution on March 1st, 2022: 1) EBCU strongly condemn the Russian war of aggression aga...

  Barcelona Beer Challenge is a Spanish international beer competition with 60 categories and more than 1,200 beers. In 2022 it will celebrate its 7th edition. The BBC is inspired by different brewing competitions and events worldwide to make its contribution to the work of disseminating the quality of Spanish beer. As the competition is organized in a well manner and follows EBC...

Our Executive members come from different countries and associations with different goals and objectives. We have interviewed André Brunnsberg for you.     Hello André, and happy New Year! You have been a part of EBCU Executive for a while now; can you tell us what is your role and what you have been up to lately? Hello! I got elected to become an EBCU executive in autumn...

EBCU decided to approve German Beer Consumers Union (GBCU) as full members of the union at the autumn delegate meeting in the Netherlands on October 16th, 2021. GBCU has been an associate member in EBCU since 2019. The goal of the GBCU is to give a voice to those, who love to drink their beer – but responsibly. The have three main goals: First they want to keep the broad Germany beer variet...