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Brewing opportunities - Choices for the new brewhouse

By: Eric Candy

01/01/2009

As we move towards the end of the first decade of this millennium the key design issues for brewhouses continue to become more challenging. The increased range of different processes available has complicated the decision-making process. This article attempts to clear the mist and puts forward an approach to facilitate decision making.

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Young scientists meet at Cork symposium

By: Tracy Brown

01/01/2009

The First International Symposium for Young Scientists and Technologists in Malting, Brewing and Distilling was held 5–7 November at the Kinsley Hotel in Cork, Ireland.

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Water activity monitoring for DDGS

By: Brady Carter

01/01/2009

Dried Distillers Grain with Solubles (DDGS) is a co-product of grain bioethanol manufacturing and of course whisky distilling. It is created through a multistep process.

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Last few months at Khyber Pass Road - Lion gets ready to move across town

By: Roger Putman

01/01/2009

Lion Nathan’s plant is the only manufacturing operation in Auckland’s Newmarket area and it is surrounded by residential and commercial properties. There are some access problems to the five hectare site which is divided by a railway line, packaging warehousing is constricted and the 1976 Steinecker brewhouse is coming to the end of its life.

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At the sharp end - A Cornish brewery’s expansion at Rock

By: Stuart Howe

01/01/2009

Dear Diary, It’s 8:30pm and I’ve just finished the lab work. All I have got to do now is plan next week’s racking and input the brew data on the spread sheet and I can go home. It’s been a good day today – apart from four of the brewing team not turning up, the wrong-sized conveyor being delivered, running out of empties, the senior brewer going off for two weeks on paternity leave, an out of spec bitterness, three breakdowns in racking, the builder’s cherry picker got in the way of the silo erector’s crane which was blocking in the trunker and the electricians not leaving site too early…

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Britain’s oldest brewery - A visit to Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent

By: Roger Putman

01/01/2009

With some envy, Shepherd Neame used to eye Young’s claim to be able to trace brewing at its Ram Brewery in Wandsworth back to 1581 while it could only claim a very creditable 1698. The brewer at that time was Richard Marsh and other records showed that in 1678, he was Faversham’s largest beer maker by far of the dozen or so in the town.

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A bright future for CF - A visit to DB in Auckland

By: Roger Putman

01/01/2009

In the heady days of the 1960s with ads for Watney’s Red Barrel, Double Diamond, Whitbread Tankard, Younger’s Tartan and Worthington E jingling every night on the TV, brewing company boffins were preoccupied with continuous fermentation. Bass, Greenalls and Watneys went into full scale production as did Labatt in Canada, Carling in Fort Worth and the two big brewers of New Zealand.

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New keg line at Lasko

By: Manfred Keller

01/01/2009

With an area of 20,000 sq km and a population of approximately two million people, Slovenia is a relatively small nation. But this European republic, which joined the EU in 2004, can hardly be topped for variety. Here four great European geographical regions come together: the Alps, the Dinarian Alps, the Pannonian Plain, and the Mediterranean Sea. Slovenia borders Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia so that means the country is multicultural as indicated by its cuisine; strudel and wiener schnitzel come from Austria, Italy has contributed risotto and ravioli, and Hungary’s goulash makes a tasty addition to the culinary variety. With so much Slovenian multiplicity, it is natural for companies – in particular those with a high level of diversity – to be one step ahead in this market. An outstanding example is Lasko Beverage Group. Today it is among not only the largest, but also the most innovative of Slovenian beverage groups.