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The current world hopmarket - One supplier’s perspective
By: John Moss
01/02/2012
"Predictions are very difficult. Especially when they concern the future,” said Niels Bohr. If this Nobel Prize winning physicist thought predictions were difficult, what chance have I got? Incidentally, Niels’ son also won a Nobel Prize. But I digress."
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Containermanagement: Is it a lost art?
By: Andy Dorr
01/02/2012
Is there a clear and very present container management skills gap within the brewing industry which is leaving many organisations high and dry? Thankfully this problem can be easily remedied with a sensible proactive strategy which begins with the sourcing of fit-forpurpose containers using the right procedures. Then you optimise the investment using skilled technicians resulting in an enhanced ‘bottom line for brewers’.
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European labelling legislation - What is changing?
By: Alex Turtle
01/02/2012
With the publication of the European Union Food Information to Consumers Regulation, the entire food and beverage industry faces the most significant set of changes in food and beverage labelling legislation for over a generation.
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Hops – the spice of beer: How the cultivated hop has transformed our favourite beverage
By: Steve Curtis
01/02/2012
If malted barley can be described as the ‘body and soul’ of a beer, providing flavour and colour, then hops are its ‘spice’ providing bitterness and aroma. The introduction of hops to early brewed ales was the start of a brewing revolution.
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A new global Energy Management Systems standard - What does ISO 50001 mean for our industry?
By: Michael Clancy
01/02/2012
ISO50001:2001 ‘Energy Management Systems — Requirements with guidance for use’ is the first global standard for Energy Management Systems and has been developed to build on experience with EN16001 and other such systems standards already in use in some countries.
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The keg in 2012 - New developments in keg manufacture and filling plants
By: Colin McCrorie
01/02/2012
Of the four principal modes of beer packaging; bottle, can, cask and keg, the first two are wellestablished within the cut-andthrust of the ‘fast moving consumer goods’ industry and as such are forever changing with the whims of customer demand. Cask beer, despite rumours of its demise a few decades ago, is still enjoying a renaissance due to the efforts of CAMRA in the UK and the craft brewers elsewhere in Europe and the Americas. The ‘poor cousin’ of the family is the keg, which is suffering in the UK from the relentless pub closure programme and the remorseless rise and proliferation of smallpack products.
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It doesn’t get anymore compact than this ... The KHS CombiKeg line at Schönbuch, Germany
By: Rainer Deutschmann, Achim Schlicher
01/02/2012
Founded in 1823, Schönbuch Braumanufaktur in Böblingen near Stuttgart is today under the management of the sixth generation and is the oldest family business in the town. When it became time to replace the 1986 KHS keg line, Schönbuch opted for KHS’s new compact Innokeg Till CombiKeg keg washing and racking system which is specially aimed at small and medium-sized companies.