VLB releases new Spanish edition of “Technology Brewing & Malting”

Germany | In November 2024, VLB Berlin publishes the 2nd completely updated new Spanish edition of the renowned textbook “Technology Brewing & Malting”, “Tecnología para Cerveceros y Malteros”, by Wolfgang Kunze.

“Technology Brewing & Malting” by Wolfgang Kunze, known in brewing circles simply as “the Kunze”, has accompanied countless brewers and maltsters on their way into and through professional practice since the first edition in 1961. With around 38,000 German, 20,000 English, 6,000 Chinese, 3,500 Russian and 2,000 Spanish copies, this technical textbook has a remarkable total circulation of around 70,000 copies in 8 languages.

Already the volume of 910 pages with about 800 illustrations − many in color − speaks for itself. Due to its practice-oriented and comprehensive presentation of all aspects of malt and beer production including bottling and packaging, this textbook has become an international standard work.

The first Spanish edition of this title was published in 2006. Due to continued demand, VLB has now published an updated, retranslated 2nd Spanish edition based on the 12th German edition released in 2023.

The different chapters deal with the following topics:

• Raw materials: malt, hops, water, yeast;
• malt production in the malt house;
• wort production in the brew house;
• beer production: fermentation / maturation/filtration;
• filling & packaging of bottles (glass/PET), kegs;
• beer quality;
• cleaning & disinfection;
• waste management / energy management / process control.

The new edition is also available from the Fachverlag Hans Carl bookshop at https://www.carllibri.com.