15 October 2004

The Gushing Puzzle - a success story

In 1988 "gushing" occurred in an extreme manner without an effective counter measure to exist. Where to look for the cause of gushing, where to look for a solution? To meet the challenge the "Wissenschaftsförderung", or Wifö (Promotion of Science by the German brewing industry) started a number of research projects. Over time new aspects arose. Therefore to this day, research is done on the complex issue of "gushing".

Before the "gushing year" of 1988, research had been done on the issue of gushing. However, the results were inconsistent. Thus, early on it was suggested that moulds and gushing are associated. Initial research papers (R 205, 1984) lead to the conclusion that there had to be other presently unknown influencing factors besides moulds.g.g. hydrophobines). ...

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