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CO2 capture business announces expansion

W Platform, a company specialising in fermentative CO2 capture and reuse systems for craft breweries, has announced its latest geographical expansion. Founded by Jean-Philippe Ricard

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Turning waste into resource | CO2

In working with process equipment manufacturer Dalum Beverage Equipment, Edinburgh’s Stewart Brewing has invested in a sustainable, in-house CO2 solution that has turned CO2 waste into

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Hepworth Brewery in UK first

Hepworth Brewery has partnered with Bristol-based waste to energy tech company, WASE, to convert all of the brewery’s wastewater to clean water and biogas. To

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Northern Monk boosts packaging operation

Leeds-based Northern Monk Brew Co has successfully installed a Monarch wraparound labeller, improving the operational performance of the business and the impact of labelled cans.

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Brewdog upgrades cellar operation

BrewDog has undertaken a cellar upgrade project that has included focusing on its yeast viability. The Scottish brewery has replaced traditional lobe pumps with MasoSine

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#191 | Brian Dickson, Northern Monk

Brian Dickson is the co-founder and technical director at Leeds-based Northern Monk. One of the UK’s finest brewers, he’s been an integral member of the

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Brewing in the age of data

How can you turn your brewery’s data into your greatest asset? here Magnus Valmot, CEO of Plaato, argues that breweries that know their numbers make

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Quality parameters and how to test them

Rapid FT-IR technology enables brewers to test key parameters throughout the brewing process, gain full control of your fermentation process and save time, energy and

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Creating a sustainable brewery

As a relatively cheap, abundant and inert gas, nitrogen has many uses in the food and beverage sector for preservation, packing and transportation. A hybrid

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Process Control in The Brewery

Process control in brewing is complex but essential. And by embracing modern technology, breweries can help elevate themselves above the competition, too.  When it comes

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Canning on the Continent 

In Heineken’s Zoeterwoude brewery, the business trials a number of new products from brewing to packaging within its R&D plant. And recently, they invested a

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People, Pints, Planet | Hobsons Brewery

When Hobsons, the award-winning, Shropshire-based brewery looked to revamp parts of its packaging operation it was told their specifications would never fit”. Here is Craig

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Keep your beer safe without affecting taste

In the competitive world of beer, maintaining consistent quality is paramount. Here Ken Kershner, the global commercial director of Nuvonic, outlines how implementing UV treatment

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Time to utilise renewable energy

In an ever-changing environment, breweries can use renewable energy technologies to reduce their energy costs, minimize their carbon footprint, and enhance their sustainability profiles. In

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Transform your business

For breweries, digital transformation is not just about adopting new technologies; it’s about leveraging these technologies to enhance processes, improve product quality, streamline operations, and

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Boosting efficiencies at New Belgium Brewing

To boost transportation efficiency and streamlining waste management processes, Colorado-based New Belgium recently invested in a new drainage press. Here manufacturing firm Weima explain how

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New canning line most “advanced to date”

Innovus Engineering have announced the newest addition to their fully automatic beverage canning line up, which they describe as the company’s “most technologically advanced beverage

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Comment | Glass – A clear advantage 

In the world of beer packaging, the choice between glass and cans can significantly impact both the environment and the perceived quality of the product.

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Comment | Sustainable Analysis

Technology is far from being able to solve all of our problems, but it can help with some. Common definitions of sustainability has grown to

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Northern Monk to boost capacity 20%

Northern Monk is set to increase their brewing capacity by a fifth following a £500,000 investment in new equipment and the main brewery site. The

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Shepherd Neame improves packaging capabilities

Shepherd Neame has invested in a new state-of-the-art industrial robot to improve its packaging capabilities. The Faversham-based brewery has been using an automated industrial robot on

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A new analytical tool for breweries

The hop industry is likely to face unprecedented challenges in the future: Climate change, higher production costs and increasingly stringent legal requirements in pesticide use

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How analysis can cut costs

In the heart of Copenhagen, Nørrebro Bryghus is the fairytale brewery that started as a small and local craft brewery and grew into a strong

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Stockport brewery upgrades flooring

A popular North West taproom is bubbling with visitors more than a year since laying “the best possible foundations” for its premises through flooring specialists

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Timothy Taylor’s upgrades delivery fleet

Timothy Taylor’s brewery has taken delivery of two new temperature-controlled trailers, each configured with a Carrier Transicold Vector 1550 unit.  Continuing a working relationship dating back more

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Strong growth for Krones in 2023

Brewing and beverage equipment manufacturer Krones has followed up a successful first half of the year with a strong third quarter. The company said despite

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#119 | The state of play in CO₂

Gary Robson is CEO & Founder of Sure Purity, an award winning manufacturer of advanced filtration systems for the beverage industry, we are trusted by

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Ziemann Holvrieka partners with Siemens

Tanks and process technology business Ziemann Holvrieka has been named official solution partner of Siemens AG. The partnership applies to automation systems, drives and Siemens

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Technology | A more sustainable brewery

Bristol-based Wiper and True strongly believe that carbon capture technology is the future of sustainable brewing. Here, the brewery’s sustainability manager Joe Watts explains why.

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Technology | Adapting with nitrogen

Here Andrew Butler, business development manager of industrial gases at Atlas Copco, discusses how and why many breweries are changing their processes to move away

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Technology | Brew Smarter, Not Wetter

In his latest article Chris Lewington, the founder of Brew Resourceful, shares six easy ways to reduce water usage in your craft brewery. So water.

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Lallemand launches yeast for low-alcohol brewing

Lallemand has launched a new Saccharomyces cerevisiae hybrid yeast that offers a “game-changing solution” for no-and-low alcohol brewing. LalBrew LoNa is a maltose-negative hybrid strain that has

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Technology | Is everything crystal clear?

Effective filtration is an integral aspect of the brewing process. Here Pete Arguile, managing director of Liquid Solutions, explains why. In simple terms, brewers and

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More than just a beer brand

Robot Food has refreshed the branding for Danish beer brand Tuborg, working to unify and strengthen the entire brand world to ensure its relevance for

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Technology | Digital over Analogue

Kieran Bennett, Bürkert’s industry manager for food, beverage, chemical & petrochemical, explains why transitioning makes sense when updating devices in your food & beverage operation

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Technology | Beer worthy of the planet

Worthy Brewing is a sustainable, solar-powered brewery in Oregon utilising Tonejet’s digital printing technology to support its environmental efforts and produce visually striking, fully recyclable

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Technology | Labelling in London

Located on London’s famous Bermondsey Beer Mile, the Fourpure Brewing Company recently installed a flexible and moveable case coding system from Clearmark Solutions to complement

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Stabilisation solutions from nature

The brewing industry has shown willing to reduce the amount of ingredients it uses from synthetic origin, shifting to natural processing aids whenever possible. With

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Find the right fit | Flooring

When it comes to specifying the flooring for your brewery, there are many options on the table. Here, Resincoat, a UK manufacturer of epoxy systems,

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Supply Chain Difficulties with CO2

Brewer – The conditions of the brewing process have to be optimal in order to get the desired taste. Using nitrogen prevents our beer from

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Re-opening your cellar and bar

The time it, hopefully nearing for you to re-open your cellar and bar. Here, Jeff Singer the commercial manager at Beer Piper presents six steps

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Hit high standards in hygiene

Meeting the highest standards of hygiene in brewing is essential and a greater understanding of microbiology aids this relationship for all concerned, explains Chris Bayliss,

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Taprooms: Where Brands Come to Life

As taprooms continue to thrive, as more and more breweries see their gathering places as the cradle that nurtures their brand, breweries that are already

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Brewery Flooring | Things to consider

Whether you’re brand new to the industry or you’re looking to give your existing flooring a refresh careful consideration must be taken when looking to

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Water, brewing and the sustainability agenda

Driven primarily by product quality, sustainability appears embedded into operational activities delivering efficiencies and improving the bottom line. While there is strong evidence that the

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A pick up in a brewery

While Adnams Brewery still operates out of its 18th century site in Southwold, this doesn’t mean the business has turned its back on modern technology.

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Battling bread waste with beer

An estimated 44 percent of all bread is thrown away because people do not get around to using it in time and worry it is

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Oxygen Control in Brewing

Beer staling exists, it’s a fact of life. So the aim of the brewer is not to prevent these processes from occurring, but to slow

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Beer Colloidal Stability

Colloidal stability: Over time many alcoholic beverages are likely to form a haze, show a light precipitate, or even exhibit a potential for significant turbidity

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Starting a Brewery

The thought of owning my own brewery crept in to my head half a decade ago. And there it stayed, leaving an indelible mark. It

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Free Amino Nitrogen

Other than sugar, nitrogen is probably the most important macronutrient required for yeast health and growth.  Nitrogen deficiency is associated with several fermentation difficulties including

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Technology | The off-trade

Drinkers across the UK let out a collective sigh this Autumn. The latest figures from the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) had revealed that

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Why Keg Tracking is Key | Kegstar

The cost of these losses is on top of an already very expensive brewing cycle and equipment itself through to the trucks, pallets, vessels, taps

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Canning | Test and Inspection

From a short-term hold-for-inspection (HFI) delay on the filling line through to a full-scale product recall, any scale of problem with a filling operation can

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Carbonation techniques

Carbonation Techniques is a UK manufacturer of Carbonating machines for the drinks industry. Each of our systems is bespoke, individually designed for the product range

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Quality Control: Brewing with Adjectives

Quality is an unusual term. Ostensibly an adjective we use it regularly to indicate an enhanced value to products.  “Quality foods”  “Quality holidays” when in

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Dry Hopping: An Alternative Solution

Traditional dry hopping regimes most probably had the simple aim to add additional shelf life to the beer being made in 17th and 18th century

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The Cask and Keg equation

  The beginning of Autumn marked the start of a new era for East London-based Truman’s. The Hackney brewery, which we speak to in detail

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Packaging: Striking a Chord

It has been a predictably manic couple of weeks at Beavertown towers. The brewery has held the successful southern launch party for this year’s Rainbow

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A Novel Approach to Product Development

With the demand for these beverage styles, we have been answering an increasing number of technical questions on this topic and assisting in overcoming various

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Flavour production in a nutshell

An understanding of a couple of dozen or so compounds from their aroma and taste can go a long way to ensuring the quality of

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Glass: A Clear Advantage

There are a huge range of beer bottle styles available, one for every occasion, market and price point. Cans simply don’t offer anywhere near that

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Technology: The Can Drive

Most of those in-between were left to look longingly at their US brethren, ably canning their beers with an enviable ease. But as breweries in

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Innovation, invention and tradition

While pubs continue to suffer in the face of increasing taxes and bureaucratic legislation, breweries remain on an upward trajectory. There are an estimated 1,400