First you add knowledge

Upon entering the Danisco company premises in Copenhagen, visitors notice it immediately. Under the Danisco company logo comes the sentence in large lettering,: “First you add knowledge”. One is a little taken aback, as one would have expected that one of the world’s leading producers of enzymes, sugars, textural ingredients, emulsifiers and aroma substances as well as other food ingredients would have advertised with the company’s own products.

Planning of brewhouse plants – fundamental considerations (Part 1)

How should one proceed when planning a new brewhouse or when extending an existing one? Which considerations or recent insights have to form the basis for the project? Which criteria have to be taken into account now and also hold good in the future? These fundamental issues are addressed in this contribution. Part 2 will deal with the requirements for vessels and their dimensioning.

SABMiller announces joint-venture with CCA

SABMiller may not be all that keen (yet) to acquire Foster’s (see above), but that does not mean it can afford to ignore the high-margin Australian beer market. Perhaps it was the announcement of the joint-venture between SABMiller und Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) to import, market and distribute SABMiller’s international premium brands in Australia, or the sale of Foster’s Indian beer business to SABMiller for a consideration of 120 million USD on a cash-free debt-free basis in August, which gave nourishment to the speculation that SABMiller may be seriously eyeing up Foster’s.

New flexibility in wort boiling

With the “Jetstar” Huppmann AG, Kitzingen made it possible for the first time to separate thermal conversion in the hot wort and evaporation during atmospheric wort boiling without foregoing the basic principle of natural circulation.

Up-to-date equipment – maximum efficiency

As stated by Jochen Deinert, MD of Leipziger Brauhaus zu Reudnitz, in an interview with Brauwelt, the brewery has a current overall output of 1.3 million hl per annum. Deinert, associated with the brewery since 1973, has been intimately involved with all the ups and downs that the brewery has experienced due to historic circumstances. He can now be proud to head up an operation that has installed up-to-date equipment in the brewhouse area and that is superbly organised in the other process steps, guaranteeing maximum efficiency and high-quality products.

Successful sign-over of Steinecker brewhouses in Russia

At the end of 2002, two Steinecker plants have been signed over in Russia. The acceptance was carried out by the State Brewing Technology Testing and Experimental Institute, Weihenstephan. The results were in full compliance with the agreed objectives and compliance was comfortably achieved with the requirements of DIN 8777.
The Merlin wort boiling system is the centrepiece of both brewhouses. Although starting conditions in terms of raw materials are not optimal, exceptional worts and beers have been produced. These results show that modern lautering technology more than complies with all expectations and that Merlin sets standards for wort boiling. The following excerpts from the official reports describe the acceptances. DIN 8777 was used as a basis and three brews were run.5%.