LiquiVap: Alternative for refrigeration plants

In modern breweries CO2 recovery plants are common practice to provide for the CO2 supply of the brewery. With environmental awareness increasing and a general quest for potential cost reductions, energy saving possibilities are more important than ever. One of the most important parts of a CO2 recovery plant is the cooling system, a cost-intensive unit both with regard to the capital investment and energy consumption.

Precision depalletizing of incomplete keg layers

The depalletizing of kegs has always been a challenge for the brewing industry. Empty kegs are often returned to the filling plant randomly stacked. In addition to this, it is not unusual for individual layers of kegs to be incomplete. To ensure the maximum precision depalletizing of keg containers even when all conceivable adverse circumstances for depalletizing coincide, KHS has developed a special robot solution, which uses the latest in camera technology in conjunction with intelligent software.

A beer outlook

Where will the path of beer innovations lead to? What possibilities are already available now, what does the future hold? The desire to develop (or to have to develop) “beery” beverages today that consumers will request tomorrow involves many risks.

Beer and its history in Italy

Barley, one of the key ingredients of beer, was introduced in Italy by the Etruscans who, at their banquets used to drink a moderately alcoholic fermented beverage they called “pevakh”, originally made with rye and emmer and then wheat and honey. In Ancient Greece beer was considered as highly as wine, even becoming the official beverage of the Olympic Games, while in ancient Rome beer was much loved and drunk at banquets and feasts.

Influencing factors on foam stability

Consumers often judge food quality by its optical characteristics, e.g. by colour. Past experiences have shown how important such characteristics are for the sales success of food [1]. Besides its colour also the foam quality of beer is evaluated critically. Conclusions regarding different qualities of a beer (freshness, off-flavour etc.) are drawn on the basis of those two characteristics, hence they also influence future purchase intentions.[2].

The globalisation squeeze

Heineken expects EUR 135 million savings by the end of 2007. Like Molson Coors, like Heineken. Brewer Heineken expects to cut costs by EUR 135 million to EUR 155 million in 2007. It’s called the globalisation squeeze. René Hooft Graafland, Heineken’s Chief Financial Officer, said in a media interview in March that Heineken still plans to meet its cost-savings target of EUR 450 million, or EUR 200 million on a net basis, by 2008. He explained that 55 percent to 60 percent of those cuts would be completed by year-end.

Fluorometric rapid test for bitter substances in beer and wort

A rapid on-line test for bitter substances is of major importance for quality

Biomass as a source of thermal energy in breweries

Prices for mineral oil products are highly dependent on the crude oil price level. As of October 1998, the price for crude oil has almost trebled, and the price for heating oil has slightly more than doubled. Against this backdrop, utilisation of energy contained in biomass started to become an important factor again ten years ago. This article examines biomass yield and the extent to which it is usable.

Detection of ammonia in brine

Today, state-of-the-art is a secondary cooling agent cycle, which requires regular analytic monitoring. The paper discusses analysis methods for the detection of ammonia

Business of brewmaxx GmbH & Co. KG new defined

ProLeit AG and Huppmann AG agreed upon a new structure for their joint venture, brewmaxx GmbH & Co. KG.