Brewing Industry Research Foundation
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{{Infobox organization
| name = Campden Brewing Division BRI
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| abbreviation = BRI
| formation = 1946
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| purpose = Brewing research in the UK
| location = Centenary Hall, Coopers Hill Road, Nutfield, Surrey, UK, RH1 4HY
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| region_served = Worldwide
| membership = 55 staff
| leader_title = Director General
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| affiliations = DEFRA
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| website = [http://www.campden.co.uk Campden BRI]
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The Brewing Industry Research Foundation is now part of Campden BRI, a research association serving all sectors of the food and drink industry.{{cite web |title=Science and technology for the food and drink industry |url=https://www.campdenbri.co.uk/ |publisher=Campden BRI |accessdate=25 August 2020 |archive-date=2 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702022335/https://www.campdenbri.co.uk/ |url-status=live }} The Brewing Division was based next to the M23 at Nutfield, and the other Divisions are located in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, where about 250 people are employed.
History
=Formation=
In 1946 the Institute of Brewing recommended the setting up of an experimental research station, the Brewing Industry Research Foundation, with a full-time Director of Research and in 1947 Dr J Masson Gulland (Professor of Organic Chemistry, the University of Nottingham) was appointed to that position.{{cite journal |last1=Anderson |first1=R. G. |title=The Pattern of brewing research: A personal view of the history of brewing chemistry in the British Isles |journal=J. Inst. Brew. |date=1992 |volume=98 |issue=2 |pages=85–109 |doi=10.1002/j.2050-0416.1992.tb01095.x |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/j.2050-0416.1992.tb01095.x |access-date=25 August 2020 |archive-date=25 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825112252/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/j.2050-0416.1992.tb01095.x |url-status=live |doi-access=free }} Sadly Dr Masson Gulland was killed in a train crash before taking up his position and hence Sir Ian Heilbron (Imperial College London) agreed to become the second Director of Research at the new Brewing Industry Research Foundation (BIRF)in 1949.{{Cite ODNB | doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/33799| title = Heilbron, Sir Ian Morris [formerly Isidor Morris]| year = 2004| author = Alan Cook| editor1-first = K. D| editor1-last = Watson}}
=Research building=
In 1948 Lyttel Hall, Nutfield in Surrey was purchased and the main Hall was converted into laboratories, the squash court into a pilot brewery and other new buildings were developed as a workshops and conference facilities.{{cite web |title=The Institute of Brewing |url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_404823_smxx.pdf |publisher=The Institute of Brewing |accessdate=25 August 2020 |archive-date=25 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825112208/https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_404823_smxx.pdf |url-status=live }} In 1951 the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip formally opened the site. BIRF later became The Brewing Research Foundation, BRF International, Brewing Research International and until its merger with CCFRA was simply known as BRI.
=Research scope=
Initially the BIRF focused on fundamental and applied research for the malting and brewing industries of the UK. Its staff made useful contributions in the areas of barley germination and yeast physiology.{{cite journal |title=Brewing Industry Research Foundation |journal=Nature |date=1952 |volume=170 |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/170830a0.pdf |access-date=25 August 2020 |archive-date=25 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825112158/https://www.nature.com/articles/170830a0.pdf?error=cookies_not_supported&code=65de2855-700f-48a8-a113-89fc5fd78237 |url-status=live }} Since that time its role has evolved to become more service orientated offering analysis, food safety and information packages to an international client base.
=Brewers Patents Ltd=
The control of Brewing Patents Ltd was transferred in 1976 from the Brewers' Society to the Brewing Research Foundation.
=Important Brewing Scientist Training Ground=
Many young scientists of the Brewing Industry found initial employment at this Foundation to become important contributors elsewhere in the Brewing and allied industries.
=Merger=
In October 2008, Campden BRI was formed by the merger of Brewing Research International with Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association (CCFRA) of Chipping Campden, which was formed in 1919 and is the largest membership-based food research organisation in the world. In the 1920s it devised the Campden Solution, which was later commercialised as the Campden Tablet. In June 2024, the Brewing site in Nutfield closed and is currently for sale.{{Cite web |last=agentsinsight |title=Centenary Hall, Nutfield, Development (Land & Buildings), For Sale |url=https://search.hurstwarne.co.uk/properties/207255-centenary-hall-nutfield |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Hurst Warne |language=en}}
Functions
Its services are used by the vast majority of the world's brewing companies.
References
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External links
- [http://www.campden.co.uk Campden BRI]
- [http://www.brewingresearch.co.uk Brewing Research International]
- [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/explorefurther/subject_guides/brewers Brewers Patents Ltd]
=News items=
- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2004835.stm Healthy cider in May 2002]
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Category:Beer in the United Kingdom
Category:Food science institutes
Category:Research institutes in Surrey