Comprehensive documentation | The internationally operating hop specialist BarthHaas has just published its Hop Harvest Guide 2021. Brewing and hop professionals all over the world value the guide for its comprehensive documentation of the quality of the most recent hop crop. It helps brewers to adapt their processes and recipes to the changes identified in the respective crop year.

Combined expertise| In the future KHS and Ferrum will further intensify their cooperation. “Our machines are already very well coordinated with one another. However, we want to offer our customers even more integrated systems,” states Marc Zubler, head of Sales and Product Management at Ferrum. Manfred Härtel, filling technology product manager at KHS, nods in agreement and adds that this also applies to the extensive range of consultancy and other services, where the two partners aim to function even more strongly as a unit in the years to come.

Strengthening capabilities | Bucher Unipektin announced in January they are acquiring 100 % of the Czech company Denwel, a supplier of specialised cold block equipment to breweries. With the acquisition, the supplier of beer filtration systems further strengthens its beer processing capabilities and technologies.

Emission-free | In December 2021, Holland Malt has started the realisation of a completely emission-free malthouse in Eemshaven, province of Groningen. Thanks to a new, innovative heat system, the malting process no longer uses fossil fuels, biomass or other energy sources that cause harmful emissions. With this, the malthouse is taking a big step in its energy transition. The system that is to ensure this transition will be fully operational in 2024.

Prestigious award | A Scottish family business has been honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade. PureMalt Products Ltd is one of 205 organisations UK-wide to receive the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2021.

Krones AG | Concerning the treatment of wastewater, Krones has now expanded the horizons of its corporate capabilities to the factory level: a treatment concept has been developed for converting wastewater from the production operation into new process water. This covers all the process steps involved that give rise to wastewater in production.

The three Brewmasters behind Shanghai’s most prominent craft breweries – The Brew, Dr. Beer and Boxing Cat Brewery – came together in mid-March to brew Shanghai’s first Imperial Pilsner. Porky’s Revenge Imperial Pilsner is a collaboration brew project to celebrate the launch of Shanghai Beer Week 2013 – China’s original craft beer festival (May 17-26). The Brewmasters named the Imperial Pilsner Porky’s Revenge as their tribute to the plight of China’s swine population after the recent discovery of thousands of dead pigs floating in Shanghai’s Huangpu River.

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