EBC Analysis Group | On 25 and 26 November 2019, more than 20 members of the EBC Analysis Group and experts from the different sub-committees met in Brussels.

EBC publications | The EBC Executive Team members met on the 13th of November, during the BrauBeviale 2019 edition, to finalise the Work Plan 2020.

KU Leuven | The Scientific Committee of the 14th International Trends in Brewing invites researchers around the world to submit abstracts for presentation at their 2020 Meeting taking place from 5 to 8 April 2020 in Leuven, Belgium.

Krones | The Botec process control system is a genuine classic in the Neutraubling-based company’s product portfolio. The “Batch-Orientated Technology”, to give the abbreviation its full name, is suitable for every beverage and liquid-food producer running batches.

As for late, "Brewing Techniques in Practice" by W. Back, M. Gastl, M. Krottenthaler, L. Narziss, M. Zarnkow has been published. The volume is the completely revised and updated English translation of the handbook “Ausgewählte Kapitel der Brautechnologie”.

Versatile | A modern pilot brewery has been in place at the Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei in Berlin (VLB) e.V. since 2017. The brewing system is state-of-the-art and is available for research and instruction.

Gluten-free beer | Traditional beers are brewed from malted barley, hops, water and yeast. Adjuncts are unmalted raw materials, which are used to increase stability, reduce costs or produce a specific quality in the final beer. The most common types of adjunct are unmalted grains which are used to supplement or replace malted barley. Oats, rye, millet, corn, rice, sorghum, teff and buckwheat are just a few of the many starch-rich adjunct grains which can be fermented into beer. As is implied by the very word adjunct, they are usually considered extras in beer.

Inert gas from own production | Nitrogen is used in many areas of the food industry. The gas is also being increasingly used in breweries to prevent the spoilage of beer and to keep it fresh for a prolonged period. The Bavarian company BrauKon, as a brewing equipment manufacturer and brewery, has gained intensive experience with the use of nitrogen and is familiar with the areas in which nitrogen offers breweries advantages over the use of carbon dioxide.

Brewhouse control | Everyone is familiar with that surge of excitement that accompanies getting something new and being thoroughly satisfied with it. Maybe it comes in the form of an elegant coat, a high-end kitchen or a new car. Even though it is not a luxury item, a new brewhouse control system can evoke the same feelings of deep satisfaction in brewmasters. At least this was the case with the brewery Bruckmüller GmbH & Co. KG in Amberg, Germany.

Flocculation agents | As the lautering process is often regarded as the bottleneck in the overall brewing process, measures for accelerating the operation are of interest. Several flocculation agents and their effect on lautering performance were investigated. Process time could be reduced by means of agglomeration of fine particles.

Beer analyses | The Omnium brewhouse concept by Ziemann has been operating successfully for the first time in a German brewery, Schlossbrauerei Reckendorf, since the beginning of April 2018 [1]. In the first part of the technological considerations, the results of brewhouse operation based on process times and data from wort analyses were explained [2]. The repercussions for beer quality resulting from technological factors described will be examined in this second part of the article.