2021 ANNUAL REPORT

December 2021
Brewery Convention of Japan (BCOJ)

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2021 Annual Report of the BCOJ ...........................

32021 Annual Report of the BCOJ Analysis Committee

62021 Annual Report of the BCOJ Program Committee822021Annual Report of the Board Committee
December 2021
The President of BCOJ
Yusuke Umezawa

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Board Members and Mission of BCOJBCOJ Board Members in 2021

President:

Yusuke Umezawa(SUNTORY BEER LIMITED)

Directors:

Fumito Ishida(SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD.)

Kazuhiko Uemura(ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.)

until Apr.,2021

Yuichi Nakamura(ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.)

from Apr.,2021

Kazufumi Nagashima(KIRIN HOLDINGS COMPANY, Limited)

Makoto Taruoka(ORION BREWERIES, LTD.)

Analysis Committee Chair:

Takayuki Watanabe(SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD.)

Program Committee Chair:

Keisuke Okada(ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.)

Brewers Association of Japan: Takeshi Itagaki

Secretariat:(BAJ, official member)

until Sep.,2021

Hiroyuki Kishino(BAJ, official member)from Sep.,2021

Hiroyuki Yoshimoto(BAJ, official member)

Takashi Kawanowa(BAJ, official member)from Apr.,2021

Masanori Mizutani(BAJ, official member)from Sep.,2021

Hiroshi Kubota(BAJ, official member)

until Aug.,2021

Masumi Hasegawa(BAJ, official member)

until Mar.,2021

Takeshi Kumagai(SUNTORY BEER LIMITED)3

The Objectives of the BCOJ
① To standardize analytical methods for the evaluation of materials and products adopted in beer
brewing and other related industries.
② To facilitate scientific and technological research through mutual communication among beer
brewing industry specialists.
③ To work in collaboration with other foreign and domestic organizations with shared objectives.
The meetings of the Board Committee, Analysis Committee, Program Committee, and the Annual Meetingof the BCOJ were held to execute the mission of the BCOJ.
2.

Science and Technology Exchange with the European Brewery Convention (EBC) and American
Society of Brewing Chemists (ASBC)
2021 ASBC Meeting was held online from June 7 to 9. But just as last year, the members of the BCOJ board
could not participate in the meeting on-site due to COVID-19.

3.

BCOJ Annual Meeting
November 11 and 12, the 2021 BCOJ annual meeting was held online in real time. It was the first trial for
BCOJ meeting, just like every other year, many participants (total 327 persons) from five major Japanese
breweries and related companies or ministries joined in the conference. Participants exchanged views on
many beer-related issues including the development of attractive products, improvements in taste, andsecuring food safety.
This year was the 30th anniversary of the BCOJ annual conference. The BCOJ board chair, analysis
committee chair, and program committee chair reported on the topics of the BCOJ's activities and future
vision. We also received video messages from the ASBC president (Mr. David Maradyn) and EBC president(Mr. Benet Fité Luís).
At the BCOJ Contribution Award Ceremony, the gift of shields and flowers was presented to Dr. Koji
Suzuki (ASAHI QUALITY & INNOVATIONS, LTD.), and the commemorative lecture was given by him. In
addition, Dr. Yuki Hanyu, CEO of IntegriCulture Inc., gave an invited lecture on "Cell Culture for FoodProduction".

Live broadcasting

Opening remarks by BCOJ President Umezawa

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BCOJ Contribution Award Ceremony
4.

Board Meetings

1st meeting:
Agenda:April, 2021

2nd meeting:

Sept., 2021

Agenda:Planning for ASBC meeting participation.
Election of the 2021 BCOJ Contribution Award recipient.
Online meeting

BCOJ activities and planning for BCOJ annual meeting.

3rd meeting:
Agenda:Nov., 2021

4th meeting:
Agenda:Dec., 2021

Extraordinary
meeting:Dec., 2021

Agenda:Online meeting

Online meeting

BCOJ activities and budget for 2021 and 2022
at Brewers Association of Japan, Tokyo

Retrospection over 2021 activities. Establish the budget for 2022.
Planning for 2022 activities.
Online meeting

Discussion for the handling of animal experiments in the alcohol-related cooperative
research by Brewers Association of Japan

Completed by Takeshi Kumagai52021 Annual Report of BCOJ Analysis Committee
Chairperson: Takayuki Watanabe
Vice-Chairperson: Takako Inui
The term for the annual activities of BCOJ Analysis Committee in 2021 was from January to December. Thecommittee had seven meetings. The following individuals were the members of the committee.
Chairperson
Takayuki Watanabe (Sapporo Breweries Ltd.)
Vice-Chairperson
Takako Inui (Suntory Beer Limited)
Members
Masayuki Omote (Asahi Breweries, Ltd.)
Masahito Muro (Kirin Holdings Company, Limited)
Wataru Nakamura (Orion Breweries, Ltd.)
Takashi Kamiya(Sapporo Breweries Ltd.)
Takako Inui (Suntory Beer Limited)
Masumi Hasegawa (BAJ, official member) (－Mar. 2021)
Hiroshi Kubota (BAJ, official member) (－Aug. 2021)
Hiroyuki Yoshimoto (BAJ, official member)
Takashi Kawanowa (BAJ, official member) (Apr. 2021－)
Masanori Mizutani (BAJ, official member) (Sep. 2021－)
1.

The BCOJ Collaborative WorkRegarding the hop aroma component analysis in beer using the SPME-GC / MS method started in 2018, theoptimum analysis conditions have been determined, so a collaboration test was conducted in 12 laboratories
including 5 BCOJ member companies. As a result of statistical analysis of the acquired data, the HorRat valueof all of the three components to be analyzed, that is, myrcene, linalool, and geraniol, was within 2.0, which
was a good result, and the collaboration test was established.
We will prepare a report by the end of the year and make a presentation at the poster session of Brewing
Summit 2022. (The managing company is Sapporo Breweries Ltd.)2． Applying Alcolyzer for Alcohol Analysis to RTD
Aiming to register a method for measuring alcohol content other than those prescribed by the National Tax
Agency (NTA), the application of the alcolyzer method to spirits and liqueur have been studied since 2019.
This year, 10 laboratories from 5 BCOJ member companies participated in the collaborative test, and it wasconfirmed that there was no problem in the deviation of the measured value from the distillation method andthe indoor / inter-chamber reproducibility. The application registration with the NTA was completed, and it
was posted on the NTA website on October 8 as measurement method No. 12 "Measurement of alcohol
content by BCOJ beer analysis method RTD-1 and RTD-2 alcolyzer method". Spirits are limited to those withan alcohol content of 20.0% by volume or less, and liqueurs are limited to those with an alcohol content of
10.0% by volume or less and an extract content of 13.0 degrees or less. Spirits and liqueur can be diluted withwater within a range of 4 times under 15 °C conditions.
As a future issue, if there is a request from each company, we will consider whether dilution higher than 4times or filter paper filtration or centrifugation operation of smoky or turbid samples, those are not permitted
by this method, will be a problem.
63． The revision of the BCOJ beer analysis method
The CD-ROM version of the beer analysis method is the latest in 2013, and it has not been updated sincethen. In consideration of convenience and social situations, the members of each company and the BCOJ
officers agreed that it is desirable to make regular revisions using the electronic version instead of the book orCD version. Therefore, as one of the main activities of next year, it is essential to determine the revised itemsof the analytical method and prepare the revised manuscript, and at the same time, we will consider how toproceed with the electronic version.
4． BCOJ Technical Seminar
BCOJ Technical Seminar was held online from 15:00 to 17:00 on June 4, 2021, with 43 participants.
Title: Analysis uncertainty-top-down method and bottom-up method
Instructor: Dr. Hideyuki Tanaka
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)We discussed the contents of the seminar with the instructor in advance. In addition to the basic contents,
there were also practical contents related to the joint experiment, so it was a very meaningful.
5． International Activities(1) EBC Analysis Group conference
The EBC Analytical Committee was held in a completely online on November 30, 2021. Chairperson andvice chairperson participated, and Chairman Watanabe reported on BCOJ activities.
(2) ASBC Technical Committee meeting
The meeting was not held in 2021.
(3) EBC Collaborative Work
There was no participation from 5 BCOJ member companies.
6.

Information disclosure activities
The 2021 BCOJ Annual Convention was held completely online on November 11 and 12, along with theoverseas conferences in 2020.
Completed by Takako Inui7

2021 Annual Report of BCOJ Program Committee
Chairperson: Keisuke Okada
1. Member
The following individuals were the members of the 2021 Program Committee.
Chairperson:

Keisuke Okada(ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD.)

Vice-chairperson:

Junya Sakaguchi(SAPPORO BREWEIRIES, LTD.)

Member:Satoshi Okada(Kirin Holdings Co., Limited)

Hiroyuki Abe(SUNTORY BEER LIMITED)

Hiroshi Kubota

until August

Brewers Association of Japan:

Hiroyuki Yoshimoto
Takashi Kawanowa

from April

Masanori Mizutani

from September

Masumi Hasegawa

until March

2.

Objectives of Program Committee
Program committee take a role to achieve especially 2nd and 3rd goals of BCOJ through the planning andimplementation of the BCOJ annual meeting.

3.

Activities
The Program Committee in 2021 held five regular meetings and two extraordinary meetings for planningand implementation of the 30th Annual Meeting of the BCOJ (BCOJ 2021).
BCOJ 2021 was held on November 11 and 12. Under the influence of COVID-19, BCOJ 2021 was held
online for the first time to balance the safety of participants and technical exchange. There were about 327
people attending this meeting (based on number of advance application). In this meeting we had 8 oralpresentations and 4 poster presentations. Mr. David Maradyn (the president of ASBC), Mr. Benet Fité Luis(the president of EBC) and Mr. John Brauer (executive officer of the Brewers of Europe) gave us video
message. Also, we have invited Mr. Yuki Hanyu (CEO of IntegriCulture Co., Ltd.) and he presented a guest
lecture. It was well-received by the audience.

4. Program Committee Meetings(1) Regular Session 1 (Jan. 25, online)-The outline of BCOJ 2021 was discussed.
(2) Regular Session 2 (Apr. 12, online)-Draft of the BCOJ 2021 program including the time schedule for presentations was determined.
(3) Extraordinary Session 1 (May 21, online)-Discussion about the format of BCOJ 2021
(4) Regular Session 3 (July 12, Online)-The detailed program of BCOJ 2021 was decided and the necessary works for its preparation such as
issue of abstract were confirmed.

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(5) Extraordinary Session 2 (Aug. 17, online)-The detailed program of BCOJ 2021 was discussed.
(6) Regular Session 4 (Oct. 12, at Brewers Association of Japan’s office)-Final confirmation of the BCOJ 2021 was arranged on-site.
(7) BCOJ Annual Meeting 2021 (Nov. 11-12, at Brewers Association of Japan’s office and online)(8) Regular Session 5 (Dec. 2, at Brewers Association of Japan’s office)-The result of the questionnaire on BCOJ 2021 was discussed for next year.
Completed by Keisuke Okada

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