The Asia Pacific Section of the Institute of Brewing was originally formed as the Australian Section of the Institute in 1952. The Section changed its name to the Australia and New Zealand Section in 1967 and in 1994 to the Asia Pacific Section. In 2001 the parent company, The Institute of Brewing, amalgamated with the International Brewers' Guild to form The Institute and Guild of Brewing. In the same year the Section was registered as a public company, The Institute and Guild of Brewing - Asia Pacific Company Limited. The IGB was superseded in January 2005 by the new name The Institute of Brewing & Distilling.