Jan Šuráň, the President of Czechia-Moravian Mini-Breweries Union. He was engaged in the brewing art for over 40 years. He started to study brewing in Litovel, then graduated from Podskalí industrial school for food technologies in Prague and continued studying in the Higher school of chemical technologies in the filed of fermentation and biotechnologies. He had been working in the Prague Scientific and Research Brewing and Malt Institute for 13 years and as a brewer at the Krušovica brewery for one year. 22 years ago, he created a professional brewing association “Prague beer” together with his colleagues. At present, he is also a co-owner of breweries “Pivovarský dům” and “Břevnovský klášterní pivovar sv. Vojtěcha”.

Harald Schieder

Born 1. October 1967

Degree: Master of Arts in History of Art, Christian Archeology and Bavarian and Franconian History

He wrote and published ten books about beer, starting in 1998, the last six at the  Getraenkefachverlag Hans Carl in Nuernberg.

The books are concerning mainly Bavarian regions, but also a book about German organic beer and breweries or the best beers of Bavaria.

He is also writing about wine and whisky, organizing tastings, lectures and seminars about all these themes.

He is working for several breweries, writing texts, for example for labels or homepages.

He started his own Beer-Blog bierbierbierblog at wordpress.
 
More information and all his books see on his homepage www.bierbierbier.de.

He is a member and tean captain of the European Beer Star of the Private Brauereien Bayern.

CV of Shakhov Sergey Vasilyevich

Sergey Vasilyevich Shakhov, Doctor of Engineering, Professor of the chair «Machinery and food production equipment», Academic secretary of the International Academy of Refrigeration, a corresponding member of RANH. Born in 1962 in Russia. In 1985 graduated from the Voronezh Technological Institute with a degree in mechanic engineer. Then, has been working in the meat plant «Voronezhsky» for three years.

In 1988 transferred to the Voronezh Technological Institute where defended a Ph.D. thesis «Researching and improving of enzymatic agents dewatering methods with use of ultrafiltration and  dehydrofreezing». In 2010 defended a doctor’s thesis «Scientific base for the development of intensive food sphere de-watering with applying of vacuum dehydrofreezing».  
   
Scientific researches cover heat and mass transfer for brewing productions. He got kinetics for beer production and developed original methods and units for beer wort and filtration. Sergey is an author of more than 200 innovations and models.

Most of his inventions are used in food and processing industries as well as in the brewing sector. Patented methods and models can be also applied in other industries like chemical, oil, pharmaceutical etc.   

His inventions were introduced to the Voronezh brewing plant, private breweries Rugen and Artel and the Voronezh Institute for engineers’ training. Sergey’s papers were included into learning guides and monographs classified as the Ministry of Higher Education Institutions of the RF. Among them are «Engineering calculation of technological equipment for fermentation productions», Scientific researches and development of the thermal regeneration method for kiselgur in order to re-use it in beer clarification” etc.

His inventions were demonstrated in more than 100 international exhibitions and models of drying and membrane equipment were exhibited in All-Russian Exhibition Centre; awarded 2 medals (including a medal of Alfred Nobel) and diploma. Sergey is a scholar of the President of the RF. Published over 500 scientific papers, guidance manuals, trained more than 200 high skilled mechanic engineers.

Shibaeva Elizaveta Olegovna, 14.09.1989

Brewer-technologist, technologist of fermentation industry, chief technologist
8(919)163-10-41

Citizenship: Russia   Place of residence: Lipetsk

Education:
After finishing Gymnasium in 2007, entered the Russian State Agricultural University named after K.A. Timiryazev (2007/2011), the specialty: Bachelor of Technics and Technology
Then went into further academic study in the Moscow State Agro-Engineering University of V.P. Goryachkin (2011-2013), the department: Processes and machines in agro-business, direction: Metrology, standardization and certification (diploma with honours)

Experience

Core skills:
1.    Skills in all brewing production process
2.    Monitoring of all finished products
3.    Control of sanitary condition
4.    Control of input raw materials
5.    Microbiological beer control
6.    Drafting of all technical and technological documentation
7.    Publications in magazines
8.    HACCP
9.    Personal skills: communicability, punctuality, responsibility

Work experience: 5 years
Lipetsk
LLC Skit (technologist) Brewery «Braubauer
LLC SPETSSNAB (Chief technologist) «Podgorenskybrewing plant»
LLC Brewer (technologist) restaurant-brewery «De Bassus»
LLC Brewing plant Novolipetsky (Chief technologist)
LLC Kega (Chief technologist) Private brewery «Borinskoye» (till present)

Chekryzhov Alexey

Director of “Borinskaya Brewery”

Born in Lipetsk in 1976

After graduation from school in 1994 – Army service

In 1996 – a policeman

In 2000 participated in Constitutional order in the territory of the Chechen Republic, awarded by the President “For bravery”.

Graduated from the Voronezh MVD Institute with a specialty of the lawyer – legal bodies

In 2012 retired at the rank of the Major of police

In February 2014 was appointed to the Director of “Borinskaya Brewery”