Frank-Jürgen Methner

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Frank-Jürgen Methner (born October 28, 1953 in Brandenburg / Havel ) is a German brewing scientist . Until his retirement in 2019, he headed the brewing department at the Technical University of Berlin and deals with research, teaching and advice on everything to do with beer .

Life

Methner attended the elementary school in Waldwimmersbach from 1960 to 1964 and the Nicolaus-Kistner-Gymnasium in Mosbach until 1973 . After graduating from high school, he was with the armed forces until he started his studies . From 1975 to 1981 he studied food technology, specializing in brewery technology, at the Technical University of Berlin , graduating with a degree in engineering. He then worked for a short time as the plant controller of the Schlösser brewery in Düsseldorf, before moving from 1982 to 1986 as a research assistant at the research institute for technology in brewing and malting at the experimental and training institute for brewing in Berlin. Methner received his dissertation from Karl Wackerbauer in 1987 with a study "About the aroma formation in Berlin wheat beer with special consideration of acids and esters." For 17 years he then worked in research and quality assurance at the Bitburger brewery .

In 2004 he was appointed to the chair for brewery technology at the TU Berlin as the successor to Karl Wackerbauer. Among other things, he researched new brewing processes for non-alcoholic beer . On March 28, 2019, he and Lothar W. Kroh were retired at a symposium entitled “Malz meets Maillard”.

Methner is chairman of the Central European Brewery Analysis Commission MEBAK . He lives in Bitburg .

Fonts (selection)

  • About the aroma formation in Berlin wheat beer with special consideration of acids and esters. diss. Berlin 1987
  • with Karl Wackerbauer: The microorganisms of Berliner Weißbier and their influence on the beer flavor. 1988 EBC Group meeting

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jörg Krüger: Berliner Weisse , Fall 2015, accessed on December 30, 2015
  2. ↑ Prof. Dr. Karl Wackerbauer died ( Memento from December 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 30, 2015
  3. ↑ Nadine Oberhuber; But please do not use alcohol New brewing methods discovered , currently online from 23 August 2013, accessed on 30 December 2015
  4. ↑ Marcus Böttcher: Frank-Jürgen Methner from the TU tinkered with things for almost three years. Berlin professor invents the first non-alcoholic that really tastes like beer Berliner Kurier from September 28, 2015, accessed on December 31, 2017
  5. ↑ Sebastian Dörfler: The secret of the yeast Berliner Zeitung from April 21, 2011, accessed on December 30, 2015
  6. ^ Maren Ebert: Farewell to Prof. Dr. Kroh (FG Food Chemistry) and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Methner (FG Brewing) retires. Faculty III of the TU Berlin , April 26, 2019, accessed on April 29, 2019 .
  7. ↑ https://www.mebak.org/de/aktuelles/mitteilungen-der-mebak/der-3-ludwig-narzi-preis-ging-2017-an-die-tu-berlin.html
personal data
SURNAME Methner, Frank-Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German brewing scientist
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Brandenburg / Havel