Post on 23-Dec-2015
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Green or Sustainability, relevant ?
74 % of Americans think global warming is serious.Consumers say green is important in making key decisions:
Products they purchase, (79%)Where they shop, (74%)Where they invest their money, (72%)Would do more for the environment if they only knew how (49%)
More than 70 % of Americans are willing to pay more for organic food.
(market research)
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Creativity & Flexibility, relevant ?
craft brewing => public has a desire for interesting, unique tasteful beers.craft brewing industry in the US => refreshing, less limited by rules more driven by an organic desire for new “interpretations” of interesting flavors & styles. “extreme” brewing => exploring the boundaries of brewing and beverages, continuing an old “belgian” tradition of innovation.
Interesting beersAbility to brew with new ingredients, new techniques => flexibility to be
creative.
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Design => intelligent combination :
available technology, geographic smart choice, acknowledge your brewing reality,match your desire and innovative ambitions,
Sustainability, Flexibility & Creativity => not mutually exclusive. Intelligent design will result in interesting
beers, brewed with new technologies while socially & environmentally respectful and economically feasible.
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New Brewery model => reality for US craft brewers ?
= > European brewery of 850.000 sales beer.
Product mix => review the complexity of brewing.(wort streams, limited amount of beers, SKU’s)
Automation & Education => what is the skill and knowledge level of the staff, what are the tools for the staff => the automation level.
(overall process automation, level of operator intervention)
Brewing technology => how is the brewery being run ? High Gravity Brewing,Weak wort recovery,Centrifuge technology,Fob tanks & Flash pasteurization draft beer,
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Technology => what is right for my brewery ?
Subjective elements => elements of how you brew that are crucial to the taste and flavor, that are more important then their technical relevance.=> yeast strains, spices, whole hops versus pallets, how you dry-hop, aging in wood, ….
Ambition to improve, to make you brewery more efficient, willingness to look at new things, to make a mistake.
=> boiling time, pitch rates, water sources, filtration technologies, …
Courage to manage a healthy tension between the art and science of brewing, the duet between the cook and the chemist.
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What can we do to towards capacity ?(optimize brewing capacity)
Brewing bottle necks, where can we save time in the brewing process,
CIP procedures, loss & recovered CIP plant Heating & cooling rates: mashing, fermentation ?
Quality control checks => release product ! Brewing innovation, where can new technology improve brewing process,
Raw materials: malt & barley types,Equipment: i.e. filtration & clarification technology,Equipment: i.e. wet conditioned millingEquipment: i.e. in line carbonation
High Gravity Brewing, increase brewing capacity with HG brewing, Co-Brewing, use an other’s brewers facility.
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Brewing bottlenecks
Milling technology => wet conditioned milling,Increased lauter bed loading => 250 kg/m2 (12 brews) vs. 180 kg/m2 (12 brews for dry milling. (existing lauter tun => increase brews/day !) Quality improvements : transfer without oxygen pick-up.New construction: reduction in building cost : explosion proof conditions (referred to in Europe by the ATEX rules).Mill => treated as a “ vessel “ for CIP purpose,.
Boiling => reduced boiling times, Reduced evaporation rates => 8 % to 3-4 % Quality improvements : TBA parameters, foam stability (soluble protein).Sustainability => reduced energy consumption.
CIP => availability of equipment (tanks, piping, filter) => can you get all your equipment clean when it comes available ?In-line carbonation => BBT’s occupancy time.
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Brewing innovation : shorter boil time with energy recovery. (reduction of kWh/ boil => time & technology).
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High Gravity Brewing Brewing at a higher gravity then sales gravity, correcting ( with de-aerated water) to sales gravity post or pre-filter.Opportunities:
Increase in brewing capacity,Fermentation capacity, smaller tank volume, Filtration capacity, smaller hourly filtration rate needed,
Increase in sustainable performance; water use & energy consumption ; i.e. requirement for 100 hl sales beer :
12,5 Pl => 106 hl CW (x 8.36 kWh/hl) => 886.16 kWh15 Pl => 102 hl filtered beer => 83 hl beer + 19 hl water => 90 hl CW (x 8.36 kWh/hl) => 752 kWh savings of 19 % in energy per brew.
Challenges:Taste profile => i.e. dry-hopping, even hop profile. Production de-aerated water.
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Co-Brewing
Brewing & packaging your beer at a facility-brewery other then your own, co-brewing your beer with an other brewer. (difference contract brewing => pay a fee/bbl for somebody else to brew & package your beer).
• Opportunities: – Utilization of available capacity at an other brewer’s facility,– Opportunity to learn from other brewer,– Opportunity to produce closer to your market,
• Challenges:– Creating a mutual working agreement : practically, legally, …– Use of different brewing techniques, i.e. yeast strains, malt, …– Managing the brewing of competing brands,– Staying involved – exchanging ideas.
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Final thoughts
• Sustainable => the most sustainable thing to do is to brew more beer with the facility you have => profitability is better.
• Creative => more then making great beers, consider how you make your beers.
• Cooperative => look at some otherbreweries.
• Innovative => critical for the industry, critical for your brewery, important to try some of the new technologies.
contactinformatie
Contact information USA
Floris Delée
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Robert Delée
[ a ] Van Luppenstraat 10, 2018 Antwerpen, België
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