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The Institute

A Brief History

The Institute of Brewing & Distilling was founded in London in 1886 by a group of ten scientists involved in Malting and Brewing. Originally known simply as the "Laboratory Club" the name was changed, not without some controversy, to "The Institute of Brewing" in 1890. In 2001 after much discussion the Institute merged with The Guild of Brewers to form "The Institute and Guild of Brewing". This title was superseded in January 2005 by the name the Institute of Brewing & Distilling (IBD) in order to reflect the increasing importance of the distilling industry to the activities of the Institute.

From these early beginnings the Institute has developed into a respected world wide body which provides education and access to technical expertise for all its multitude of members, 3700 worldwide.

Aim

The aim of the Institute is "The advancement of education, especially in the sciences of brewing, fermentation and distilling". In furtherance of this aim the Institute has recently developed a mission statement which reads as " To be recognised as the world's leading members' organisation for the advancement of education and training in the science and technology of brewing, distilling and related industries".

"There are 8 Institute
Sections located in
Europe, Asia Pacific,
Africa and the USA."

The Sections

To enable local activities and to encourage members to get together, the Institute has a number of geographically oriented sections together with the International Section which caters for those members in countries where there are insufficient numbers of members to form a local section. These sections are:

Southern Section
Great Northern Section
Midland Section
Scottish Section
Irish Section
Asia Pacific Section
Africa Section
International Section

The Headquarters of the Institute is in London at:
33 Clarges St
London W1J 7EE
Telephone: + 44 20 7499 8144
Facsimile: + 44 20 7499 1156
E-mail: enquiries@ibd.org.uk
A web site is also maintained at http://www.ibd.org.uk/

"The Institute of
Brewing was founded
in London in 1886 by
ten scientists involved
in malting and brewing"