regulator
Generation C · Institutions
The institutions that research, teach, regulate, organize, and preserve beer.
Associations, research laboratories, foundations, training institutions, professional bodies, and regulators are kept distinct from commercial brewery and brand identities.
association
American Homebrewers Association
U.S. homebrewing organization founded in 1978; treated here as a historical institution, not as an authority for all beer history.
association
Association of Brewers
Historical U.S. brewing association identified by the Brewers Association as one of the organizations merged into the current Brewers Association in 2005.
association
Brewers Association
U.S. not-for-profit brewing trade association established in 2005 by merger of two predecessor organizations.
association
Brewers Association of America
Historical U.S. brewing association identified as a predecessor merged into the current Brewers Association in 2005.
foundation
Carlsberg Foundation
Enterprise foundation established by J.C. Jacobsen in 1876 and represented as a distinct governance/philanthropic institution.
research institute
Carlsberg Research Laboratory
Brewing and scientific research institution founded by J.C. Jacobsen in 1875.
professional body
Master Brewers Association of the Americas
Professional scientific brewing association tracing its charter to Chicago in 1887.
educational
Siebel Institute of Technology
Brewing-science educational institution whose history traces to John Ewald Siebel’s Chicago laboratory and zymotechnic institute in 1868.
research institute
VLB Berlin
Research and teaching institute for brewing in Berlin, founded in 1883 by the brewing and malting industry.