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In Dublin’s fair city

By: Gerry McGovern

01/04/2016

Gerry McGovern reports from the Alltech Craft Brews and Food Fair in Dublin, February 2016

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Inline gravity measurement

By: Aaron Golston

01/04/2016

Historically, the brewing industry has been fi lled with curious folks interested in understanding what is happening inside those opaque metal pipes and vessels. At present, the situation isn’t much different but our understanding of the process is a little better.

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Welcome to Chico ... Young scientists meet at YSS 2016

01/04/2016

Chico, California – home of the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company – is the setting for the fifth outing of the International Young Scientists Symposium on Malting, Brewing and Distilling from Thursday April 21st to Saturday April 23rd 2016.

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CBC hits Philadelphia - Craft Brewers Conference 2016

01/04/2016

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - a city with a rich history known for independence - welcomes the 33rd edition of the Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America®, better known simply as CBC, from May 3-6.

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Distillation Technology and Modelling Techniques

By: Konrad Miller, Katherine Shing

01/04/2016

Part 2: Shortcut distillation design methods In this, the second part of their review, Konrad Miller and Katherine Shing demonstrate some shortcut distillation design methods such as the McCabe Thiele method and the Fenske Underwood Gilliland algorithm. Part 1 (February 2016) offered a conceptual framework of distillation and in the forthcoming fi nal part three, Konrad Miller will apply these principles to the production processes of a modern brandy distillery.

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A golden future? Editor Steve Curtis talks with Barth-Haas Group’s Stephan Barth

By: Steve Curtis

01/04/2016

Brewer and Distiller International recently met with Stephan Barth, one of the three managing partners of the Barth–Haas Group, the world’s biggest provider of hop-related services, to get his views on the industry’s future.

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Reverence and Revolution - Brewing in St. Louis and Wolnzach

By: Florian Kuplent

01/04/2016

Once home to several dozen breweries, prohibition caused a long decline in their numbers in St. Louis until only one company was left. This trend was reversed in the 1990s with the revival of microbreweries and the Gateway City is now once again home to more than 30 breweries.

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Way through the wood - Barrel biochemistry for brewers and distillers

By: Ian Hornsey

01/04/2016

“Wooden barrels have been arguably the most signifi cant shipping container in history. They served Romans, explorers, pilgrims, pirates, pioneers and samurai through 2,000 years of civilisation.” Diana Twede, packaging professor and author, 2005.

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In control … Automating your process

By: Andrew Mieleniewski

01/02/2016

Process control and manufacturing automation is an Typical SCADA operator interface setup area laden with jargon, acronyms and TLAs (Three Letter Abbreviations). This review article attempts to shed some light on this area by looking at the basics of a typical system, the key hardware components, how these integrate together and with the plant items – and finally, a brief look at software and software development.