The fine art of brewing Japanese brewmasters back modern technology
Sapporo is probably the brewer with the longest tradition in the Land of the Rising Sun. The company’s origins lie in the 19th Century. The brewery in Sendai was built in 1971. In the new brewing room of the plant, 100,000 liters per brew are produced, and this translates to an annual output of 2,40 million hectoliters.
The lauter tun with a diameter of 12 meters is one of the largest ever built in Japan.
Know-how from Germany
Automation of the new brewing room was handled by Miyake Industries from Tokyo, one of the most important machine builders and brewery fitters in Japan. For a project of this size, Miyake sought out a partner with the necessary experience and found this partner in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The Ludwigsburg machine builder A.
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