Craft breweries - The next generation

Craft brewing has gone through a great period of growth in what had been a stagnant decade for the brewing industry as a whole. This next decade will be different. We will see consolidation in the craft segment while, at the same time, we will see solid growth return to the overall brewing market. Demographic changes are a leading factor in this turnaround. During the last decade the baby boomers advanced into their 40’s and early 50’s. As people age they tend to drink less than they did in their youth. This trend, along with an increase in health consciousness and the social awareness of drinking and driving, has caused the per capita consumption in this country to drop enough to counter the general growth in the total population (see Fig. 1, Per capita consumption).8 million in all....

Laser marking in beverage industries - a novel technology on the advance

Laser marking is on the advance also in beverage industries. It has proved to be superior over conventional techniques with respect to quality, flexibility, reliability and economy. Discussed here are the two principle laser marking techniques and some of their numerous appkcations of this versatile technology.

With modernisation and optimisation of beverage lines more and more laser systems are applied. They are marking labels, sleeves, glass and plastic bottles, cans, kegs, cardboards, tubular films, trays, and closures with information such as expiry date, sequential and batch number, logo. The reasons for the increased application of laser markers are the demands of modern packagers for permanent, clean, reliable, flexible and economic product coding.
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Separation performance of a centrifuge for wheat beer separation

The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Equipment Science at the Technical University of Munich-Weihenstephan has, together with Alfa Laval, Glinde and Spaten-Franziskaner Brewery of Munich, investigated the separation performance of centrifuge model BRPX 717 SFV for wheat beer separation. The results are presented in this article.

It is useful to investigate the separation behaviour of a centrifuge in order to get control over separation of solids particles in wheat beer.

Objectives

The particle size distributions in the feed (starting material or filter feed) and the fine substance (centrifugate or filtrate) were measured and, on the basis of the particle size distributions established, conclusions were drawn in relation to separation.
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Is beer good for your heart?

The suggestion that red wine may be able to help in the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) has captured the public’s attention - and with good reason. CVD is the major killer in the Western world, affecting approximately 40 % of the population. Thus, the prevention of CVD is a major public health focus, and one of the questions being asked is, how can our diet affect risk?

So why is red wine good for you? The majority of the health benefits of drinking red wine are likely to be due to alcohol itself. There is now a large body of evidence that the risk of CVD is reduced in light to moderate drinkers (approximately 30g alcohol/day), regardless of beverage type (Rimm et al 1999; Koppes et al 2000). 1). 2).
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Further investigations into the dietary fibre content of beers

It is well known that beer occupies an important place among foodstuffs, but its dietary fibre content has hitherto never been mentioned in tables listing food values (3, 9), or - for the sake of simplicity (?) - even a zero value was indicated (4).

Two recent reports of symposia give a multiplicity of further details (5, 6).

Materials and methods

60 German beers drawn from a very broad range were investigated: these included "einfachbier", low gravity beers, "vollbier" and high gravity beers, bottom and top fermented beers and non-alcoholic, low-alcohol and light beers.

To aid understanding, original gravity, alcohol and real extract contents of these beers are also listed. Merck, Darmstadt (1).
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Blood on the dance floor - The brewing industry and international relations, part II

Oh, what a faux pas to wear braces with double-breasted suits. Everybody knows that braces are only for cowards with no faith in their belts. Unfortunately, it’s those red braces that the 80s will be remembered for. The 80s were, how shall we put it, colourful and diverse (ho hum). Not only fashion-wise. You could do as you pleased. Well almost. The pursuit of happiness was THE commandment to obey irrespective of whether you were a punk, yuppie or popper.

Yuppies, punks and poppers have already disappeared down memory lane, braces, however, are still very much with us. They were put on the "must have" list by a new breed of entrepreneurs who burnt their boring pinstripes and bowler hat mufti.

Who is responsible for our new set of business values? Hollywood, of course.S..

More buzz in ShirazOr how to turn the Foster’s Brewing Group into an international beverage concern

Once upon a time Foster’s invested in beer. Nowadays they’re into wine. A case of history repeating itself? Or rather a case of "First time fool, second time lucky?" With the acquisition of the US wine company Beringer Foster’s is striving again for global leadership, but this time it’s in premium wines.

Ford, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Microsoft. Without a doubt, the 20th century was the American century. For the rest of the world, the "American Way of Life" was the shorthand formula for everything deemed "modern": size, standardisation, automation, efficiency. The 21st century, however, will be, well, ... the Australian century. As yet few know that our future will fall under the "Sign of the Kangaroo", so we have decided to tell the world now. Accidental? Far from it......