An Entire Volume on the Topic of Microbreweries
Mitteleuropäische Brautechnische Analysenkommission MEBAK® e.V.: Microbreweries – From Project Planning to Quality Assurance, 2017, 555 pages, ISBN: 978-3-9815960-6-9.
The volume can be ordered under product number 1524 at Fachverlag Hans Carl, Nuremberg, Germany, phone: +49-911-9 52 85 31, fax +49-911-952 85 48, or www.carllibri.com.
The new MEBAK volume is intended to provide the reader with straightforward, practical analysis methods as well as a basic outline for designing a microbrewery, from the initial planning stages through selecting the appropriate technology for wort and beer production to establishing a systematic quality control routine.
Along with more conventional topics like hygienic design and production, creative process technologies, which are virtually unique to microbreweries, are addressed in this volume, such as adding hops on the cold side of production, spontaneous fermentation and maturation in wooden barrels. A framework of functioning economic and market-based principles, including standard business calculations and profit and loss statements, are discussed in detail. Regulations and legal considerations affecting the brewing industry as well as matters concerning the German purity law and labeling requirements round out the volume.
The compendium was conceived for a widespread readership including brewmasters working in microbreweries and craft breweries as well as newcomers to the brewing industry. It aims at providing assistance to the innovative microbrewing scene particularly with regard to matters of quality control, industry specifications and hygiene.
