Versatile wort cooler

Flexibility and efficiency | Craft beer is enjoying increasing popularity, but is only one of several products at many breweries. That’s why wort coolers with somewhat larger gap sizes are required so that beers with less turbidity and strongly hopped varieties can all be brewed on the same line. The new NL80M plate heat exchanger offers the ideal compromise between versatility and efficiency for these kinds of operations. They are being used, for example, in the new brewery of Duration Brewing in the English county Norfolk.

Solving problems in your steam system

Proper dimensioning and installation | When steam is utilized correctly, it can be a highly efficient medium in terms of keeping equipment operational and optimal energy usage. There are, however, some basic rules that must be followed when generating and utilizing steam. The following article outlines the most common problems with steam generation systems and how these problems can be solved or circumvented by correct design and installation.

EBC Analysis Group | On 25 and 26 November 2019, more than 20 members of the EBC Analysis Group and experts from the different sub-committees met in Brussels.

EBC publications | The EBC Executive Team members met on the 13th of November, during the BrauBeviale 2019 edition, to finalise the Work Plan 2020.

KU Leuven | The Scientific Committee of the 14th International Trends in Brewing invites researchers around the world to submit abstracts for presentation at their 2020 Meeting taking place from 5 to 8 April 2020 in Leuven, Belgium.

Krones | The Botec process control system is a genuine classic in the Neutraubling-based company’s product portfolio. The “Batch-Orientated Technology”, to give the abbreviation its full name, is suitable for every beverage and liquid-food producer running batches.

As for late, "Brewing Techniques in Practice" by W. Back, M. Gastl, M. Krottenthaler, L. Narziss, M. Zarnkow has been published. The volume is the completely revised and updated English translation of the handbook “Ausgewählte Kapitel der Brautechnologie”.

New pilot brewing facility for VLB Berlin

Versatile | A modern pilot brewery has been in place at the Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei in Berlin (VLB) e.V. since 2017. The brewing system is state-of-the-art and is available for research and instruction.

Beer without barley? Brewing beer using 100 % adjuncts and enzymes

Gluten-free beer | Traditional beers are brewed from malted barley, hops, water and yeast. Adjuncts are unmalted raw materials, which are used to increase stability, reduce costs or produce a specific quality in the final beer. The most common types of adjunct are unmalted grains which are used to supplement or replace malted barley. Oats, rye, millet, corn, rice, sorghum, teff and buckwheat are just a few of the many starch-rich adjunct grains which can be fermented into beer. As is implied by the very word adjunct, they are usually considered extras in beer.

Use of nitrogen in the brewery

Inert gas from own production | Nitrogen is used in many areas of the food industry. The gas is also being increasingly used in breweries to prevent the spoilage of beer and to keep it fresh for a prolonged period. The Bavarian company BrauKon, as a brewing equipment manufacturer and brewery, has gained intensive experience with the use of nitrogen and is familiar with the areas in which nitrogen offers breweries advantages over the use of carbon dioxide.

A simple, flexible and user- friendly brewhouse control system: so far, so good!

Brewhouse control | Everyone is familiar with that surge of excitement that accompanies getting something new and being thoroughly satisfied with it. Maybe it comes in the form of an elegant coat, a high-end kitchen or a new car. Even though it is not a luxury item, a new brewhouse control system can evoke the same feelings of deep satisfaction in brewmasters. At least this was the case with the brewery Bruckmüller GmbH & Co. KG in Amberg, Germany.