2022Annual Report of the Board Committee
December 2022
The President of BCOJ
Nakamura, Yuichi
BCOJ Board Members in 2022
President
Nakamura, Yuichi（ASAHI BREWERIWS, LTD.）

Directors
Ishida, Fumito（SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD.）
Nagashima, Kazufumi（Kirin Holdings Company, Limited.）until March
Katayama, Takahito（Kirin Holdings Company, Limited.）from April
Umezawa, Yusuke（Suntory Spirits Ltd.）until February
Maruhashi, Taichi（Suntory Spirits Ltd.）from march
Taruoka, Makoto（ORION BREWERIES, LTD.）
Chair of Analytical Committee
Inui, Takako（Suntory Spirits Ltd.）
Chair of Program Committee
Sakaguchi, Junya（SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD.）until MarchAsada, Kei（SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD.）from April
BAJ, official members
Kishino, Hiroyuki
Yoshimoto, Hiroyuki until September
Kawanowa, Takashi
Mizutani, Masanori
Kanai, Hideki from September
Secretariat Okada, Keisuke（ASAHI BREWERIWS, LTD.）

The COVID-19 has affected the activities of BCOJ in 2022. Among the pandemic, the International
Technical Committee was held 5 times, the Analysis Committee 7 times, and the Program Committee
10 times in order to achieve the objectives of BCOJ activities. Also, in August, we were able to attend
the Brewing Summit 2022. This was the first time in three years since 2019 that we could participate
in an overseas academic conference.
＜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.

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3. To work in collaboration with other foreign and domestic organizations having the sameobjectives.

1. Science and Technology Exchange with the European Brewery Convention (EBC) and American
Society of Brewing Chemists (ASBC)(1) Participation in EBC Congress
The dispatch of committee members to the 38th EBC Congress was canceled due to the deteriorationof the pandemic situation in Europe in April and May before the conference was held. At the 38th
EBC Congress, "THE DECLARATION BETWEEN EBC AND BCOJ" was scheduled to be renewed,
but due to the cancellation of the participation in the Congress, the update of the declaration has been
postponed to 2023 and will be renewed at the EBC Symposium.
(2) Participation in Brewing Summit 2022
After being absent from the 2020 WorldBrewing Congress and the 2021 ASBC
Annual Meeting, which were held online
because of the pandemic, we were able toattend Brewing summit 2022. It was the firsttime in three years to participate on site. Inthe summit, we discussed with ASBC Board
members about post-pandemic managementof academic conference.

(3) BCOJ Annual Meeting
The 31st BCOJ Annual Meeting was held on November 10-11, 2022. In view of the impact of COVID19, BCOJ held the first hybrid event at the Seiryo Kaikan real venue and online distribution. Throughpresentations at the annual convention, which was attended by a total of 299 people from member ofbeer companies, related government agencies, companies, etc., we actively exchanged technicalreports and opinions, leading to the improvement of technical knowledge related to the developmentof attractive products, the realization of deliciousness, and quality assurance.
From overseas, we welcomed ASBC President
Ms. Kimberly Bacigalupo, her husband Brewerof Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Mr. Justin
Schoenthal and ASBC Asia Liaison Officer Dr.
Xing Yin. Ms. Bacigalupo gave her keynote
address "Kombucha and Beer – Friends orFoes?" We have received a letter from the EBC
Chairman (Mr. Benet Fité Louis).
In addition, Dr. Hirotaka Kaneda, a professor at
Kyushu Sangyo University received the BCOJ
Contribution Award this year.
Furthermore, Professor Hiroki Ota from The University of Tokyo gave an invited lecture.
2. Board Meetings(1) Extraordinary meeting（Jan：Online）
Discussion about BAJ sponsored “alcohol-related joint research”

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The Brewers Association of Japan has decided to discontinue its collaborative research on drinking(alcohol intake) and health.
In the future, we will discuss the research contents when issues in the beer industry [improvementof quality of life, relationship between eating habits and drinking (alcohol intake), etc.] are raised anda clear story can be drawn about the purpose, efforts, results, and their effects toward solving them.
(2) 1st Meeting（May：at Fukuoka Brewer of Kirin Beer）① We decided not to participate in the 38th EBC Congress. Regarding ”THE DECLARATIONBETWEEN EBC AND BCOJ”, which was scheduled to be updated at our society, we determined topostpone the update until 2023. ② Election of the 2022 BCOJ Contribution Award recipient.③
Planning of BCOJ Annual Meeting(3) 2nd Meeting（September：at BAJ office）
Confirmation of the detail of BCOJ Annual Meeting(4) 3rd Meeting（November：at Seiryo Kaikan）①BCOJ activities and budget for 2022 and 2023 ②Discussions on how to hold the 2023 AnnualConference(5) 4th Meeting（December：at BAJ office）①Review 2022 activities. Creating the budget for 2023. ②Planning for 2023 activities.
（By Keisuke Okada）

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2022 Annual Report of BCOJ Analysis Committee
December 2022
Chairperson: Takako Inui
Vice-Chairperson: Masahito Muro

The term for the annual activities of BCOJ Analysis Committee in 2022 was from January toDecember. The committee had seven meetings. The following individuals were the members of thecommittee.

Chairperson
Takako Inui (Suntory Spirits Ltd.)
Vice-Chairperson
Masahito Muro (Kirin Holdings Company, Limited)
Members
Masayuki Omote (Asahi Breweries, Ltd.)Kayo Shiraishi (Kirin Holdings Company, Limited)
Wataru Nakamura (Orion Breweries, Ltd.)
Takashi Kamiya (Sapporo Breweries Ltd.) (－Jul. 2022)
Yu Fujita (Sapporo Breweries Ltd.)
Yuto Hata (Suntory Spirits Ltd.)
Hideki Kanai (BAJ, official member) (Sep. 2021－)
Hiroyuki Yoshimoto (BAJ, official member) (－Aug. 2022)
Takashi Kawanowa (BAJ, official member)
Masanori Mizutani (BAJ, official member)

1. The BCOJ Collaborative WorkRegarding the hop aroma component analysis in beer using the SPME-GC / MS method started in2018, Mr. Kamiya made a presentation at the poster session of Brewing Summit 2022. (Lead manager
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 theNational Tax Agency, the application of the Alcolyzer method to spirits and liqueur have beenstudied since 2019. The application registration with the NTA was completed, and it was posted on
the NTA website as the measurement method No. 12 "Measurement of alcohol content by BCOJ

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beer analysis method RTD-1 and RTD-2 Alcolyzer method" in October 2021. Then the results werepresented at the poster session of Brewing Summit 2022 by Mr. Muro.
Filter paper filtration or centrifugation operation of smoky or turbid samples is not permitted bythis method. The research for this issue has been begun.

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
since then. We decided adding 8 BCOJ original analytical methods and revising 75 methods inaccordance with the revision of Analytica-EBC and MOA of ASBC. By November, the checking of 8additional BCOJ original analytical methods, other revisions, and 13 additional methods werecompleted.

４．BCOJ Technical Seminar
BCOJ Technical Seminar was held online from 15:30 to 17:00 on October 14, 2022, with more thanseventy participants.

Title: Developing new businesses to realize personalized food services using AI related to foodpreferences
Instructor: Ms. Eriko Sekiya, Consultant

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 very meaningful.
５．International Activities(1) EBC Analysis Group conference
The EBC Analysis Committee meeting was held on May 28th and 29th, 2022 in Madrid. Vicechairperson participated and reported on BCOJ activities.
The EBC Analysis Committee meeting was held in a completely online on September 22nd, 2022.
Chairperson participated.
(2) ASBC Technical Committee meeting
The meeting was held on August 17th, 2022 in Providence. Chairperson, vice chairperson and two
general managers of BAJ participated, and Chairperson Inui reported on BCOJ activities.
(3) EBC Collaborative Work
Four BCOJ member companies participated in the ring analysis of the DNTB analysis method forSO2 in beer.

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6. Information disclosure activities
The 2022 BCOJ Annual Conference was held in a hybrid format on November 10th and 11th withPresident of ASBC, Kimberly Bacigalupo. The BCOJ Analysis Committee made an annual activity
report of the Analysis Committee and made two oral presentations that were presented as posters
at the Brewing Summit 2022.

(By Masahito Muro)

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December 9th, 2022

2022 Activity Report of BCOJ Program Committee
Committee Chair, Kei Asada

1. members
The Program Committee 2022 consisted of the following members.

Title

NameAffiliation

Chair

Kei Asada

Sapporo Breweries Ltd.

Junya Sakaguchi

Sapporo Breweries Ltd.

Vice Chair

Satoshi Okada

Kirin Holdings Company, Ltd

MemberHiroyuki Abe

Suntory Spirits Ltd.

Shuhei Nishimura

Asahi Quality and Innovations, Ltd.

Keizo Kusunoki

Asahi Quality and Innovations, Ltd.

Until September

Hiroyuki Yoshimoto

Brewers Association of Japan

Until September

Takashi Kawanowa

Brewers Association of Japan

Masanori Mizutani

Brewers Association of Japan

Hideki Kanai

Brewers Association of Japan

councilor

Note

Until March

From September

2. Objectives of Program Committee
The Program Committee has planned and managed the BCOJ Annual Meeting in order to "facilitate
scientific and technological research through mutual communication among beer brewing industry
specialists." and "work in collaboration with other foreign and domestic organizations having thesame objectives”

3. Activities
The BCOJ Annual Meeting was held on November 10th and 11th, 2022, for the first time as a hybrid
meeting under the influence of COVID-19, in order to ensure both the safety of participants and faceto-face technical exchanges. A total of 299 participants attended the meeting. The meeting had 11 Representations (4 orals, 7 posters) of the EBC Congress and Brewing Summit 2022, a keynote speechby ASBC Chair Ms. Kimberly Bacigalupo, and an invited lecture by Professor Hiroki Ota (Laboratoryof Genome Anthropology, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Universityof Tokyo). These high-quality contents satisfied participants, making the annual meeting a fruitfulone.

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4. Program Committee Meetings
1st Regular meeting (January 21st, 2022 @Microsoft Teams)
Discussion on the Annual Meeting style and consideration of candidates for invited lecture.
2nd Regular meeting (March 29th, 2022 @ Brewers Association of Japan’s office)Discussion on the Annual Meeting style
1st Extraordinary meeting (April 15th, 2022 @Microsoft Teams)
Discussion on the ideal form and purpose of the BCOJ Annual Meeting
2nd Extraordinary meeting (April 22nd, 2022 @Microsoft Teams)
Discussion on the ideal form and purpose of the BCOJ Annual Meeting
3rd Extraordinary meeting (May 11th, 2022: @Microsoft Teams)
Discussion on the ideal form and purpose of the BCOJ Annual Meeting
3rd Regular meeting (June 30th, 2022 @Kirin Toride Brewery)
Discussion for the program of the Annual Meeting
Brewing Summit 2022 (August 13th-16th, 2022 @Providence)
Build relationship with ASBC board members, confirm travel plan of ASBC Chair's visit to Japan,
discuss vitalization of BCOJ/ASBC exchanges.
4th Extraordinary meeting (August 24th, 2022 @Microsoft Teams)
Discussion on program of the Annual Meeting.
4th Regular meeting (October 6th, 2022 @ Seiryo Kaikan and TKP PREMIUM Kyobashi)
Discussion on program of the Annual Meeting, inspection of the new venue, and consideration ofthe budget for the next fiscal year.
5th Extraordinary meeting (October 24th, 2022 @Microsoft Teams)
Consideration of contents of the Annual Meeting.
The BCOJ Annual Meeting (November 10th and 11th, 2022 @Seiryo Kaikan)
Operation of the Annual Meeting.
5th Regular meeting (November 29th, 2022 @Asahi Ibaraki Brewery)
Review of the Annual Meeting, determination of activity policy and schedule for 2023.
（By Kei Asada）

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