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Process gas opportunities
By: Eric Candy
01/04/2014
Process gases have a key supporting role in the brewing process both within the brewery and packaging plants but also in retail outlets selling draught products. The main process gases used are air, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and oxygen.
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A visit to the Carlow Brewing Company
By: Gerry McGovern
01/04/2014
The craft brewing scene in Ireland has had a magnificent revival over the last ten years. At last count, 29 craft brewers have established themselves on the island, one for nearly every county. The recent Alltech Craft Brewing and Distilling Convention emphasised the huge interest in this fast-growing sector.One of the chief figures in this revival has been Seamus O’Hara.
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Focus on the Diageo International Supply Centre at Runcorn
By: Paul Buttrick
01/04/2014
The Diageo International Supply centre at Runcorn in Cheshire is what many previously knew as the Guinness Packaging Centre. With brewing now centred on St James’s Gate in Dublin, small-pack packaging takes place in Belfast and Runcorn. Both sites are forecast to package approx 15 million cases this year, which for Runcorn is equivalent to around 2.7 million hectolitres.
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‘A flavour that is off the scale ... I had no words to describe it.'
By: Roger Putman
01/04/2014
I had always wanted to visit Harviestoun ever since its Bitter and Twisted beer won the Champion Smallpack Ale at the Brewing Industry International Awards back in 2004. Its grapefruity aromas beat 161 other beers and added to its Champion Beer of Britain accolade won the year before. It was the harbinger of the citrus golden ale fashion to come.
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The secret of innovation in the brewing sector
By: Roger Putman
01/04/2014
The Publican’s Morning Advertiser on-trade publication hosted its second Beer Innovation Summit at St George’s Park near Burton on Trent at the end of February. Some 150 delegates were on the list; the organisers thought that was a good turnout considering the juxta-positioning of Craft Beer Rising and BeerX.
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The story of Hayman’s Gin
By: Ian Hornsey
01/04/2014
Last October saw the 150 years celebration by England’s longest-serving family of gin distillers. Christopher Hayman is the current Chairman and his two children, James and Miranda recently joined the company so that the family now boasts an unbroken line of five generations in the business.
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A visit to Langley Distillery in the Black Country
By: Colin McCrorie
01/04/2014
When faced with the question ‘Where is the best gin in the UK, if not the world, produced?’, the answer is somewhat incongruous, as one doesn’t naturally associate such a classical, elegant process with the grimy industrial wastelands of the Black Country.
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Pálinka fromHungary
01/04/2014
Pálinka is recognised as Hungary’s national drink – a Hungaricum, a term used for products originating from and usually produced only in Hungary. Similarly to Scotch, Hungary’s national drink may only be called pálinka if it has been distilled in Hungary.