Brewing & Beverage Industries Business, issue 12, Spring 2019

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ISSN 2398-2489

The Products & Services Magazine for the UK Drinks Production Industry Spring 2019 Issue 12 March • April May

PREVIEW

BeerX 2019

Pages 34-69

SHOWCASE

In The Mix

Pages 70-78

Plus all the latest products & services news from the UK drinks industry’s supply chain

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WELCOME TO

The Products & Services Magazine for the UK Drinks Production Industry ISSN 2398-2489

Spring 2019 Issue 12 March • April • May

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Published by freerbutler limited PO Box 9666 • Nottingham NG10 9BY United Kingdom Tel: 0115 8 549 349 brewingbusiness.co.uk

PREVIEW

BeerX 2019

Pages 34-69

Editor Chris Freer

l ‘Who’s Showing What’ at BeerX, SIBA’s annual trade exhibition in LIVERPOOL

Assistant editor Simon Butler

SHOWCASE

In The Mix

Pages 70-78

Cover Picture: Courtesy of Murphy & Son Ltd

l Malts, hops, fruit, yeast and any other raw materials which contribute to the finished product l Chemicals and other adjuncts used in the drinks production process l Companies providing power and other resources, plus products and services to help meet hygiene regulations

Plus our regular columnists BFBi C.E.O. Ruth Evans MBE, former SIBA C.E.O. Julian Grocock, with award-winning beer writers Adrian Tierney-Jones and Stephen Beaumont Brewing & Beverage Industries Business is a quarterly ‘Supply Chain’ magazine targeting the UK drinks production industry. If your company supplies products and services to brewers, distillers, cider makers, wine producers etc, then this is the platform for you.

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WORD FROM THE BFBi

The Government wants companies to export but removes funding support!

Ruth Evans MBE

As I write this we are now only six weeks away from whatever will happen on 29th March.

All I hear from my contacts in Government are general statements, including the statement that UK manufacturers should be looking to export. If this is the case why has the Department of International Trade again reduced the amount of funding to UK companies? To the degree that our core event funding has been removed entirely. Why has DIT procrastinated to the point that it has, again, failed to deliver on such an important issue as export and, yet again, missed its own targets?

As CEO of a trade association, should I be criticising Government? Yes, if I believe that Government is not acting in a responsible,

timely manner and is apparently not supporting UK companies at this very challenging time.

We are entering the unknown but what is known is that BFBi has over 112 years of experience of supporting its membership through times as challenging and unknown as those we face today. BFBi is a relatively small trade association but we have a big heart and desire to support every single member in whatever way we can so, call us if you feel we may be able to help or if you need information.

An old boss of mine always used to tell me there are no problems, only opportunities – so a toast to opportunities!

Ruth Evans MBE, BFBi C.E.O.

BFBi launches new logo following successful Engage to Change initiative BFBi, the trade association formed in 1907 to represent the supply chain into the brewing and beverage industry, is launching its new logo, strapline, newsletter format and website.

The Association’s strapline “Union is Strength” has been updated to “Stronger Together” representing the ethos of BFBi as much in 2019 as it did in 1907.

The new website, being launched at BeerX in March, features an “Ask Me Anything Beverage” chat facility, enabling beverage related questions to be directed to BFBi’s wide and expert membership.

The new logo and website are a result of

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BFBi’s Engage to Change meetings across the country. It is designed to reflect the Association’s core deliverables of representing its membership at industry, regional, national and international level as well as delivering events to enable networking and the showcasing of member services and products.

Says Ruth Evans MBE, Chief Executive Officer, “The Engage to Change initiative is a continuous endeavour to ensure we are matching the needs of our membership and industry in this rapidly changing and increasingly challenging world, ensuring we are as relevant to our membership and industry today as we were in 1907”.”

Established in 1907, BFBi’s membership represents the entire value chain supplying the brewing and beverage industry – from seed geneticists through raw materials, brewhouse and process equipment to dispense, point-of-sale and brewers/distillers. The Association’s objective is to be the foremost trade association providing opportunities for its Members to develop within the brewing, food & beverage industry.

As well as offering many benefits and services to suppliers of raw materials, process and packaging machinery, dispense and point of sale products, BFBi is a Trade Challenge Partner for various overseas exhibitions and owner and organiser of the oldest international brewing and cider Awards in the world.

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CALLED TO THE BAR

Beer drinking is serious business Adrian Tierney-Jones When you tell someone outside the beer bubble that you judge beer, it’s a common assumption that all you do is turn up, get a few bottles and glasses on a table and start guzzling. However, judging beer is not as easy as it sounds, even if when I say that it often results in a wry smile of disbelief.

For a start, you’ve got to know that what you’re drinking hasn’t any faults, that — if the competition’s rules are relevant — it is to style and also make sure you have the confidence in your own ability to judge the beer independently, and avoid being influenced by other judges on the table.

So this leads me to a quick question. If you’re a brewer or a supplier to the brewing industry reading this, what do you think about brewing competitions?

Are they valuable or mere vanity? Are they just mere commercial concerns or a bell-weather as to the way the brewing industry is going? Does the feedback brewers receive, the norm for most competitions, help them fine-tune their products, or is it all irrelevant?

I can only answer for the brewers I know, when I have discussed competitions with them (disclosure one — I judge in competitions and chair the judges for the World Beer Awards). For many there seems to be real joy in taking home a cup or a certificate — as an award-winning writer I know that feeling well, as well as the opposite mood when nothing is won.

Others, however, have been less compliant with the idea of beer being judged, perhaps thinking (as I have once heard explained) that the customer at the bar is the ultimate overseer of a beer’s quality; on the other hand, that seems perilously close to the old comment from a licensee if you’ve ever taken a beer back: ‘well everyone else is drinking it’.

I believe in beer competitions and argue that they are a worthwhile challenge when your beer is judged by trained or experienced writers, members of the brewing and licensed trade (you could argue that these represent the customer at the bar) and fellow brewers. From my

experience, both watching and being involved, judges take great care to analyse and oversee the beers they are presented with and most will have learnt the difference between the off-flavours of, for example, diacetyl (butterscotch) and butyric (baby sick).

I have never seen anyone use a competition as a drinking session, apart from a landlord at one of the first I ever judged at 20 years ago. I recall being very concerned that he would get the train back home safely and for several days afterwards scanned the local newspaper for reports of a drunk guv’nor on the tracks, thankfully there were none.

However, it is the latter class of judges, the brewing professionals, that I have in mind at the moment, especially as for five days in early March Burton sees some of the most experienced and charismatic head brewers and brewmasters flying in from across the world to judge at the International Brewing & Cider Awards. As far as I know, this is the only beer competition where brewers alone sit in judgement on the efforts of their fellow colleagues.

What makes the competition even more remarkable is that it is the longest surviving competition of its sort in the world, as — (disclosure 2 incoming) — I discovered when I was commissioned to write its history in 2015 (the result was Brewing Champions). I spent a lot of time at the National Brewing Library in Oxford Brookes University going through old brewing journals such as the Brewers’ Guardian (still around, though obviously with a different editor), often getting sidetracked by reports from before World War One on what English brewers thought of lambic on a study tour to Belgium (not very much would be the easiest thing to write).

However, when I re-focused on the job in hand, I discovered that the Awards’ origins were in the late 1880s, when a competition, initially sponsored by a company hoping to sell ‘patent rice and torrified barley malts’ to brewers, took place in Islington, North London, at — take a deep breath — the 10th Annual Brewers Maltsters, Distillers, Mineral

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Water Manufacturers, Licensed Victuallers, Caterers and Allied Trades National Exhibition and Market.

Thankfully, this event would be eventually shorted to the Brewers’ Exhibition.

The competition, which was held most years, apart from wartime and recession, has now morphed into the current Awards and is a stand-alone event (the Exhibition came to an end in the 1980s), which since 2011 has been held every two years at the National Brewery Museum in Burton. It’s a fascinating thing for someone like myself to observe, as brewers from the likes of Burma, China, Cornwall and the USA discuss and sip and report and eventually agree on the beers in front of them.

And then when the winners are announced, there are whoops of joy, pints lifted high and smiles all round. I’m looking forward to seeing who wins what this year, and when I hear the results will toast the venerability and survivability of this competition, that has kept going from the days of running beer, imperial stouts and porter through bitter and mild and lager and now back to imperial stouts, sours, and whatever else brewers can produce. Though I do draw the line at Crispy Fried Mushroom IPA (I made that up but I bet I fooled you for a moment).

Adrian Tierney-Jones

Voted ‘Beer Writer of the Year 2017’ by the British Guild of Beer Writers, Adrian Tierney-Jones is a freelance journalist whose work also appears in the Daily Telegraph, Original Gravity, Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Inapub and Imbibe amongst many others.

He’s been writing books since 2002 and they include West Country Ales, Great British Pubs, Britain’s Beer Revolution (co-written with Roger Protz) and his latest The Seven Moods of Craft Beer; general editor of 1001 Beers To Try Before You Die and contributor to The Oxford Companion to Beer, World Beer and 1001 Restaurants You Must Experience Before You Die. Chair of Judges at the World Beer Awards and also on the jury at the Brussels Beer Challenge, Dutch Beer Challenge and the Copa Latinoamericana de Cervezas Artesanales in Peru.

Blogs at http://maltworms.blogspot.co.uk

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LETTER FROM NORTH AMERICA

Of Tributes and Takeovers Stephen Beaumont As I pondered directions for this particular column, I had two events on my mind, one of my own, albeit unwitting, creation, and the other the biggest surprise of the beer year thus far. The more I thought about each, the more it became obvious how related they were to one another.

The second matter you have probably guessed, it being the gobsmacking lateJanuary revelation that the brewing side of Fuller, Smith & Turner, responsible for some of England’s most iconic cask ales, was being sold to the Japanese brewer, Asahi. The first, well, that’s a bit more complicated.

It began with a pair of innocent tweets I sent out very early in the new year, bemoaning the decline of many of the classic flagship beers of U.S. breweries like Sierra Nevada, New Belgium and Anchor. In the spirit of alliteration, I suggested that perhaps February, or rather, this being social media, #FlagshipFebruary would be a great time to take a pause from the endless chase of new and limited edition brews and remind ourselves of the joys to be found in the less exotic, but still terrific ales and lagers that stimulated the early growth of microbrewing.

Buoyed by perhaps a bit too much early morning coffee, I then repeated the idea on Facebook. And the whole damn thing exploded.

Within hours, I had bar owners and managers vowing to set up #FlagshipFebruary events, brewery representatives wanting to know how they could become involved and random beer drinkers commending me for having had such a fine idea and wondering what else I was going to do with it. Within a couple of days more, I had partnered with the Californian beer writer, Jay Brooks, and the Toronto media company, Porter Hughes, to develop a strategy, call to action and website. My casual tweets had officially spawned a movement.

Although as I type these words it is still but late January and I have no idea if #FlagshipFebruary will be a sustainable hit or a massive, time-sucking miss, whichever way it does turn out I’m glad that it happened. As a writer, I am complicit in the ‘cult of the new and unusual’ insofar as editors aren’t generally that interested in stories about twenty and thirty year old brands, so I write about the new and unfamiliar and contribute to their popularity, and that of the 200-beer-releases-per-year breweries that produce them. This effort, then, counts as part of my penance.

But there is more to it than simply that. I vividly recall the impact of being in my early twenties and discovering beers like Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and Duvel, Big Rock Traditional Ale and Fuller’s London Pride. Whether they had been around for decades or years or even just months, these and other flagship beers like them formed the foundation of the craft brewing movement, and dammit, they deserve to be celebrated! New and unusual is still fun and interesting, but these are the beers that, as Pete Brown pointed out in a blog post about the Fuller’s sale, inspired the explosion of interest in beer and brewing that has enveloped the world over the last three decades. They are nothing less than icons, and as such they have earned our respect and at least occasional attention.

And here the two threads begin to intertwine. As you likely noticed in that last paragraph, I began to get a little emotional writing about these great flagship brands, even using the word “dammit,” and judging by the speed with which #FlagshipFebruary evolved from a tweet into a global movement, many others feel the same way.

Equally, it will likely come as a surprise to no one that social media was filled with outrage and emotion in the wake of the Fuller’s announcement. Just as, it hardly rates mention, has followed every other independent brewery sale to a large multinational.

Beer, it would seem, stirs people up.

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Which is exactly what makes the whole global good beer movement so special, at least to those of us who have been around long enough to witness its rise. In those earlier days, while the ever-larger commodity brewers increasingly focused on generic lagers and the power of marketing, traditional family brewers and upstart craft brewers were all about flavour. And they still are, at least for the most part, be they companies that have been around for generations or new-ish, two person operations with a hope and a dream.

So yes, get emotional, whether over an old favourite, a new arrival or a brewery that’s just been sold to another company. But we must also remember that, at the end of the day, beer is a social beverage and the greatest pints are not those most lusted after, but the ones shared with friends and loved ones.

Stephen Beaumont

A professional beer writer for 27 years, Stephen Beaumont is an award-winning author or co-author of thirteen books on beer, including his latest, Will Travel for Beer: 101 Remarkable Journeys Every Beer Lover Should Experience.

He is also the co-author (with Tim Webb) of the recently released Pocket Beer Book, 3rd Edition, and 2016’s fully-revised and updated second edition of The World Atlas of Beer, as well as author of The Beer & Food Companion.

His new website is beaumontdrinks.com and he can be followed on both Twitter and Instagram @BeaumontDrinks

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NEWS Equipment

St Austell chooses Pentair As it approached its 150th anniversary in 2001 St Austell remained a dedicated purveyor of cask ale, brewing three times a week and producing around 16,000 barrels (26,200 hectolitres) annually. And it was a largely unautomated brewery, one dependent on the variability of manual processes.

Today, almost 20 years later, the story has played forward at pace. Under the leadership of brewing director Roger Ryman, St Austell has also distinguished itself from its regional family peer group by acquiring a near-by craft operation, Bath Ales, in 2016, subsequently announcing plans for a greenfield 60,000 hectolitre brewery that began production in May 2018.

None of this would have been possible without investing in the brewery and, when possible, preferring the latest in brewing technology. For St Austell high on their must have list was membrane filtration. It had been on Ryman’s radar for some time, with neighbouring cider makers making use of the technology for years.

In 2017, Pentair brought to market a BMF range with hourly capacities between 60 - 85 hectolitres designed for

brewers with annual outputs as low as 10,000 hl up to 120,000 hl.

Ryman recalls, “As soon as we saw that this was a viable option for us it was something that we were very keen to do.” And so following trials, in early 2018 Pentair’s 60 hl/h BMF + Flux Compact S4 came into service.

For Ryman there are broadly three areas in which membrane filtration benefits – environmentally, with a move away from DE filtration; improved product quality; and accruing process savings, in terms of reduced inputs and operational gains.

Membrane filtration replaced St Austell’s use of a Diatomaceous Earth (Kieselguhr) filter, in so doing offering immediate environmental improvement. Moving to BMF eliminated the oft-times messy requirements for handling powder and the environmental impact and costs of disposing of DE powder. What’s interesting, here, though is that in moving away from DE in Ryman’s thinking that there is a direct gain in product quality. Iron pickup has always been a risk with filter pads,” he explains.

“We’re not getting that; we just think that the beer is cleaner and has a better stability in pack as a result of the move to the membrane.”

With DE filtration St Austell had been using a centrifuge, which meant operating a two-tank system. BMF made it possible to eliminate use of the centrifuge and move to a unitank system, resulting in reductions in processing time, CIP and CO2 consumption, with the CO2 having been used to displace tanks on transfer.

With St Austell not pasteurising its kegged and bottled beers, use of Pentair’s BMF has also resulted in substantial gains in final filtration.

“One of the big advantages that we have seen with the crossflow is an improvement in the life of those cartridges, almost double in fact,” reports Ryman.

For further information: foodandbeverage.pentair.com

Simmerring now available in food-grade materials Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, a leading global specialist in sealing products and their application, has made its proven and successful Simmerring seals available in two new materials to suit food & drink industry applications. Availability for the new products is via Dichtomatik UK Ltd, the exclusive provider for Freudenberg’s food and beverage related products in the UK.

The Freudenberg Simmerring has been proving itself as a successful sealing product for the past 85 years. Designed for the reliable sealing of rotating shafts, Simmerring can today be found in millions of applications and machines across a myriad of different sectors.

Importantly, the product is flexible, highly loadable and very dependable. Based

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on this portfolio of attributes, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has now further developed Simmerring for use in the process industry, by making it available in food-grade materials.

Conventional PTFE shaft seal rings soon reach their limits at high rotational speeds and pressures, which typically leads to leaks and other seal failure modes. In addition, to date it has not been possible to use Simmerring in the food industry as its PTFE materials have not been approved for food-related applications. With this challenge in mind, experts at Freudenberg Sealing Technologies set about developing two new Simmerring materials especially to meet the requirements of process industries such as food and beverage.

Simmerring products in the B2PT design are now produced from a newly developed material, Quantum® PTFE

F18245, and a housing manufactured from 1.4571 (V4a) stainless steel. Here, the PTFE deployed has been created specifically for direct food contact.

Approvals are anticipated shortly under FDA 21 CFR 177.1550 und EC 10/2011. The B2PT design, which is suitable for applications up to 10 bar, can also be adapted to suit specific customer requirements.

For further information: food-beverage-seals-uk.fst.com

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NEWS Equipment

BSL’s CF5000 system is a ‘win-win’

BSL Gas Technologies Ltd was delighted to have been contacted by a well-known brewery, which asked the company to supply a system to help with high flows of gases.

BSL subsequently supplied them with two new Gas Mixing Systems for the brewer’s keg and cask racking halls. Each of the systems has a Gas Mixer and Gas Analyser mounted to a stainless-steel frame, in order that the system could be as conveniently close to each operation as possible. Stainless-steel was used because it will not rust, bearing in mind contact with all the cleaning solutions, steam and condensation, therefore keeping it as clean and hygienic as possible.

The brewery collected the finish Gas Mixer, Gas Analyser and frame on a Friday morning. These were then piped into position over the weekend, so there was little disruption to production at the brewery and they were ready and

functional for the Monday.

Monday morning was commissioning and first run through at the brewery.

The units were ready for the first shift and Keith and Tony from BSL were on hand to assist managers and staff. At the end of the day, two shifts had been run successfully on both systems. The two teams of operators and engineers had also been trained in how to use the new systems.

The first system is used to supply mixed gas for the existing 600 keg-per-hour kegging line. The second is used to supply mixed gas for storage tanks, beer tankers of guest beers and one or two other activities. The second system is located near the existing cask line. Both systems are capable of high flows, even though the existing supply gas pressures are relatively low, sand both have a gas analyser to measure, display and monitor the gas mixtures. These Gas Mixers are adjustable for the different beer products at the brewery. The Gas

Analysers have a 4 to 20 mA output signal, which feeds directly into their existing SCADA system for complete process trace-ability and control.

Said a spokesperson for BSL, “We were very pleased to be involved in this project and the brewery is very happy with the system we provided. A great win-win situation!”

Pictured above: Frame, CF5000 and Analyser Assembly

For further information: www.bslgastech.com

Lorien expands team with new appointments Lorien Engineering Solutions has made two senior appointments to its UK team based at Burton-upon-Trent.

The multi-disciplinary engineering and project management business has appointed Hein Schade as Principal Engineer in the Process Department, while Barry Creswick has been appointed as Business Development Manager.

Hein Schade brings more than 23 years’ experience as a principal engineer in the process engineering industry to Lorien.

He was previously engineering manager with Nalco Chemical Company (Suez), and has worked extensively within Europe and Africa.

Hein is an experienced design consultant to blue chip manufacturing, process construction and installation companies, specialising in the design of fresh water and wastewater engineered solutions.

He has delivered technical solutions including Anaerobic Digestion, Sequential Batch Reaction, Membrane Bio-Reaction, Ultra-Filtration, Nano-Filtration and Reverse Osmosis and De- Salination Plants.

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At Lorien, he will lead on process projects within the brewing, food and drink, advanced manufacturing, water and waste water industries.

Barry Creswick joins Lorien with 12 years’ experience within the industrial, construction and civil engineering sectors. A trained chef before moving into sales, Barry has honed his business development skills with industrial services company Actavo UK and in the power division of Interserve Industrial Services.

At Lorien his focus will be on developing client accounts in the food and drink sector, selling the complete range of professional engineering and project management services offered by Lorien.

Steve Slater, Managing Director of Lorien Engineering Solutions said: “We are pleased to welcome Hein and Barry to the expanding Lorien team. They bring with them a wealth of knowledge and experience that will further strengthen our expertise in engineering and project management and enable us to deliver an even more focused service to

customers across the UK.”

Lorien Engineering Solutions, a division of GP Strategies Corporation, specialises in engineered capital projects within the food, brewing, and drinks sectors, amongst others, and offers a range of safety compliance services.

Pictured above, L to R Hein Schade and Barry Creswick of Lorien Engineering Solutions

For further information: www.lorienengineering.com

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NEWS Equipment

SolvAir launches innovative new blower for smaller production lines Craft breweries, wineries and other production facilities, with low to medium volume production lines will now be able to cut energy costs and improve performance, thanks to the Eco-Blow, SolvAir’s innovative new system.

Designed to fit existing packaging/filling lines, the Eco-Blow is a compact, flexible and economical twin air knife system, suitable for production rates of 3,000 bottle per hour, that delivers rapid drying of cans or bottles, typically 330ml and 500ml sizes, as well as standard 750ml wine bottles.

The Eco-Blow system uses a fraction of the energy used to produce continuous compressed air - from 60% on average, but this can be up to 80%. These savings are obtained through the Eco-Blow’s high-speed energy efficient 4 kW compact and floor standing centrifugal blower, with IP54 housing including an integrated frequency inverter within an IP64 housing. The blower draws in surrounding air, with a turbo output delivering up to over 100 mbar in

pressure and air flow rate of up to 21 M3/hour. As well as this, the disc silencer reduces blower noise levels to below 80dbA. Using twin air blades with fully adjustable mounting kits in 304 stainless steel, the Eco-Blow is designed to specifically address key production issues, not only providing effective preparation for labelling, but also reducing cardboard carton failure and staining, contamination and corrosion, especially for crown cap application. Further benefits include virtually no water migration onto other machine parts and reduced time in the packaging process.

SolvAir Managing Director, Chris Davies, says, “The Eco-Blow provides the solution for the smaller volume producer, using either automatic or semi-automatic filling lines, who is looking for fast drying performance from a compact system.

“It is designed for easy installation and running, not to mention significant

savings compared to using compressed air”.

SolvAir will be demonstrating the Eco-Blow system (pictured above) at the forthcoming BevExpo event at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry June 25th and 26th 2019.

For further information: www.solvair.co.uk

Quarter century for Seal and Pump Engineering Seal and Pump Engineering, are celebrating 25 years within the pump industry, and between its two UK sites, collectively has over 125 years experience within the mechanical seal and pump sectors.

The company has just moved its recently formed ‘service and repair’ department to larger premises in Bridlington due to rapid growth, after having expanded its Burton-On-Trent operation 2 years ago.

With pump industry qualified technical staff and time-served engineers, Safe Contractor accreditation, Seal & Pump Engineering can not only supply, but service and repair pumps and associated equipment including valves, inverters & motors. IT can also offer fabrication, pipe-work modifications, refurbish and reverse engineering facilities, install and commissioning, and is also an approved Belzona applicator.

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mechanical seals and repair kits, pumps, pump spares, gaskets & O-rings, FDA Hose and associated ancillary products, which are supplied predominantly into the food and beverage sectors, and with its service department can offer the most comprehensive package and can undertake on-site service and repair work.

The company is a Grundfos Industrial partner and distributes all major brands in the Hygienic sector for the Food & beverage industries with GEA / Hilge, MDM, Alfa Laval, Inoxpa and others, and can offer for many other applications including progressive cavity, rotary lobe, diaphragm, dosing and mag-drive pumps, and its own range of Brewmaster and specialist stainless steel and

fully hygienic pumps for the brewery sector.

Its mechanical seal range is vast, including FDA materially compliant options.

For further information: www.sealandpump.co.uk

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NEWS Equipment

SSV Limited forms brewing team SSV Limited, UK importers of brewing vessels and brewhouses, has formed a new team of commissioning brewers, by recruiting former co-founder at Cloudwater Brewing, James Campbell, and ex-Leeds Brewery head brewer, Venkatesh Iyer.

James was instrumental in the meteoric growth of Cloudwater and left the brewery back in September with a view to helping small breweries grow and expand, with plans to eventually fund a brewery of his own. Venkatesh spent 11 years as the award-winning head brewer at Leeds Brewery, helping to grow and develop a highly-praised and much-loved beer range.

SSV Limited celebrated its 1,200th tank installation in July and has recently completed brewhouse projects for Salt Beer Factory and By The River Brewing, and already has a healthy order book for 2019, including installing the new Verdant brewhouse and cold bloc.

According to Sam Lawson, founder of SSV Limited, it was time to bring a team on board that could “match our current technical knowledge with brewing pedigree!”

He added: “The addition of James and Venkatesh means we now have an award-winning team of skilled brewers to

ensure we can offer clients solid brewing ‘know-how’ to back up our technical expertise. Both brewers will work with our commissioning team to ensure the installation of our brewhouses runs smoothly and bolster our after-sales service by providing optimisations and recipe development. They will also be on hand to offer consultancy work to clients, while James will be helping to expand and develop our Brew-bloc Brewhouses.”

Campbell signed an 18-month contract with the manufacturing company and plans to develop SSV’s brewhouse offering with a view to funding his own brewery project in 2020.

Commenting on his new role, Campbell said, "Working with SSV Limited gives me the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting new brewery projects that are coming up in the UK. It also give me the chance to work with the high standard of plant that I'd like to become accustomed to. With that in mind, at the end of the contract, there'll be the opportunity to design and buy my own plant, helping me towards my long term goal."

Sam Lawson commented, “Bringing James and Venkatesh into the team is an investment in our company. We’ve been long known for our quality products and engineering but their addition means we have insider knowledge and can work

more closely with brewers to help them create and build their businesses.”

Venkatesh echos James, saying, “I made the move to SSV Limited as it is becoming a dominant supplier in the brewing equipment market, and it presented an opportunity to work on some great projects, alongside some of the most talented individuals in the industry.”

The new brewing team will not only work with customers but will advise the current SSV Limited engineering team on projects from the start ensuring the company is focused on the whole brewing process.

“We’re not just supplying a product” Lawson says, “brewing is at the heart of our business and knowing we have two highly-respected brewers on the team gives me peace of mind that we can continue to offer our clients industry leading service.”

Pictured above from left: James Campbell, and Venkatesh Iyer

For further information: ssvlimited.co.uk

Large-scale cider brewing company uses Pipeline Products to fabricate Duplex filter system One of the largest cider makers in the UK has recently asked Pipeline Products to fabricate a Duplex filter system to be used on its production line. Once the company had finished its design, it was passed over to Pipeline for fabrication.

Cutting maintenance downtime and improving efficiency was high on the agenda for the company, and the Duplex filters are intended to do just that.

With the product flowing through a single inlet and outlet, it passes through two separate filters. The filters are positioned between two sets of ‘shut off’ valves which will allow the cider maker to divert flow to one filter, whilst the other can be maintained.

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The end user has described the Duplex filters as “ideal for our application and they will help achieve our goal at becoming more efficient with our downtime.”

A spokesperson for the company also went on to say, “It puts my mind at rest knowing I have a suitable filter in place to stop unwanted bits getting into the product.”

Pipeline Products managed to fabricate the product within a single working week once the final design was submitted by the customer. The items needed for the product were already kept among the huge stock range which works perfectly for situations where quick turn-around times are essential.

For further information: www.pipeline-products.co.uk

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Enterprise Tondelli supplies high accuracy flexible can filling line for Williams Bros.

Now firmly established as one of Scotland’s largest independent breweries, Williams Bros act as a central hub for the bottling, canning and packing of many of the country’s best craft beers.

Building on this legacy Williams Bros. saw the need to offer a high quality canning facility. The decision was made to partner with Enterprise Tondelli to develop the layout, integrate into an existing capacity and supply of the canning line equipment.

characteristics of the various beer types.

Additionally each filling valve has a flow meter so that beer volumes are measured and the vent tube no longer touches the product reducing fobbing.

The cans are static with no lift cylinders and the movement of the valve is only minimal with very few moving parts due to flow meters being used. A central filling bowl with a CIP spray ball and the automatic multiple step CIP ensures better hygiene and also lower product wastage at the end of production. Low TIPO was also important.

A can filler /seamer manufactured in Italy by Matrix srl of Parma was selected.

Enterprise has supplied a number of these machines worldwide to some ‘blue chip’ companies, due to their innovative nature and after sales support. This machine uses electro-pneumatically controlled valves for control of the CO2 purging, snifting etc, all of which can be controlled and preset from the operator panel and for the differing fill

To rationalise water consumption ionised air cleaning of the cans is used with a twin lane gravity can rinser suitable for both 330 ml, 440ml and 500 ml cans too. To complete the product integrity checks an X Ray level inspector rejecter was fitted by Enterprise. The complete conveyor circuit and controls was

As this is an investment for the future, traditional mechanical filling valve technology was rejected due to the higher maintenance, reduced flexibility, less accurate fill volumes and less control experienced on these machines.

Part of the project was to increase automation so that personnel can be better utilised therefore a high level combined bottle and can depalletiser from Enterprise installed. This design allows both bottles and cans to be automatically depalletised and sent to the can filler or existing glass filler via a pad type lowerator from Eurosistemi Srl.

designed and supplied by Enterprise with the facility to add additional phased modules to increase the throughput and also to add further process and packaging plant as the demand continues to increase for canned product.

Scott Williams, co-founding brother at Williams Bros., said, “It has taken us some time to add this new facility to our plant as we decided to dramatically upgrade the line environment by adding a completely new building to house the line. This new building makes for a fantastic area for the line with purpose built drains, specialist flooring, wall finishes and lighting. This is the fourth project we have worked with Enterprise and we are very pleased with the final result. We have really appreciated the support given by Enterprise in the planning and execution of the plant.”

Craig Wilson, Managing Director at Enterprise Tondelli UK commented that it has been a real pleasure working with Williams Bros. and compliments them on the building provided and looks forward to continuing collaboration.

For further information: www.enterprisetondelli.co.uk

Density measurement redefined, says Anton Paar In 1967 Anton Paar built and presented the first-ever digital density meter. Now, after more than 50 years of incremental improvements, Anton Paar lays claim to having redefined digital density measurement by inventing a “groundbreaking” new measuring principle, the Pulsed Excitation Method (PEM), and launching an entire new portfolio of digital density meters.

The measuring principle – Pulsed Excitation Method – provides unmatched sensitivity regarding bubbles, particles,

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and sample homogeneity. It also provides the density meter with three times more information about the sample’s characteristics than any conventional method, says the company.

Anton Paar goes on to say that the whole design of the measuring cell guarantees stable results unaffected by any external influences such as frequently changing users with different filling styles. This results in density meters with: The highest precision: The Pulsed Excitation Method (PEM) results in a viscosity correction of results for high viscosity samples which is two times better, and therefore gives unparalleled

repeatability and reproducibility.

Viscosity insight: For Newtonian fluids, PEM delivers the viscosity in addition to the density value (accuracy: 5 % in the range from 10 mPa·s to 3,000 mPa·s).

More confidence: PEM has a more reliable bubble and particle detection in the filled sample and monitors the condition of the measuring cell.

FillingCheck™ for metal oscillators: Due to PEM, filling error detection is now also available for instruments with metal oscillators for measurements up to 150 °C.

For further information: www.anton-paar.com

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NEWS Bar & Cellar

Creating impact for smaller breweries The craft revolution is happening but that does not mean that smaller breweries always have a level playing field to compete on when it comes to marketing their brands and point-of-sale.

This was something identified by Micro Matic, known as a global leader in keg-to-glass technology and point-of-sale branding, and the company decided to be the solution for small, nimble breweries too.

Recently Micro Matic was approached by Twinshock Brewery to produce a set of eye-catching lenses to grab attention for its brand at point-of-purchase.

Just like the big global brands objectives, creating impact, attention and desire at point-of-purchase is the ambition for all beer brands. For Twinshock Brewery, it was a great bonus that it was able to tap into POS expertise but without the barriers to entry such as high minimum order quantities or excessive lead times which it had presumed would

accompany buying bespoke lenses for its brands.

Dayle Roberts from Twinshock Brewery was very complimentary of the Micro Matic new lens website and how it was exciting for him to be able to create professional lenses for his brand in a simple and convenient way.

When asked about his experience using the website, he said it was “simple to use, brilliant to be able to send his designer the easy to follow artwork guidelines” and most importantly he was “delighted with the results and the finished lenses.”

For smaller companies without the budget for bespoke shapes, Micro Matic offers a range of shapes to suit brands which require shorter runs or seasonal ranges. Twinshock made great use of the round lenses with their eye-catching design.

The range of Micro Matic round lenses and oval lenses available to design and

T&J installs tank beer at The Box Popular restaurant and bar, The Box, Leeds, is now home to the first Budweiser Budvar tank beer installation in Leeds, thanks to T&J Installations. The tanks store unpasteurised beer shipped direct from the Budvar brewery in the Czech Republic.

T&J installed three tanks within the venue – one is situated within the venue’s horseshoe bar and two installed high up on a wall adjacent to the bar – a new configuration for T&J. The installation features the white Tankové Pivo tanks, emblazoned with the red Budvar logo, complemented by all copper pipework.

Part of Yorkshire-based bar and restaurant group, Arc Inspirations, The Box, which is based on Infirmary Street in Leeds city centre, is a bar and restaurant with a menu centred around high quality pizza and burgers.

Arc Inspirations owns 18 venues across Yorkshire including its brands Arc, The Box, Banyan Bar & Kitchen, The Pit, Manahatta and Kith&Kin, which source many ingredients and products from the

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order online can be seen on its website.

For further information: www.micro-matic.co.uk

local area. The company also has a passion for giving back to the community, generating hundreds of thousands of pounds for local charities.

Tank beer is a high volume dispense and storage system which allows you to serve ‘brewery fresh’ unpasteurised beer, with such products being preserved for up to three weeks within the tanks.

T&J Installations is the preferred installer of Budweiser Budvar tank beer in the UK and has supported the brand since 2015. Since then, T&J has completed 11 Budvar tank beer, or Tankové Pivo, installations across the country, as well as delivering mobile tank beer solutions for Budvar at a number of high profile events.

Josh Nesfield, UK Marketing Manager of Budweiser Budvar, said: “It’s great to now have Budweiser Budvar tank beer available in Leeds. The Box is an excellent location for the brand and we’re delighted to increase its presence in the North of the UK.

"It’s yet another great looking installation. T&J’s ongoing support and expertise have been instrumental to the

success of the UK rollout of Budvar tank beer. We look forward to working on new locations and projects with their support.”

T&J’s Operations Director, Paul Jones, is one of the UK’s leading experts in tank beer. Paul advises businesses on how tank beer storage and dispense can enhance their offering and simplify their operations.

On T&J’s work with Budvar, Paul said: “We’re proud of the work we’ve done for Budvar’s tank beer roll out in the UK. Budvar is our largest tank beer customer and the installations have showcased what the technology is capable of.

“Anyone considering tank beer dispense for their products, or curious about its benefits and ROI, should get in us.”

For further information: www.tandjinstallations.com

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Lightweight Containers reveals new keg fittings At Brau Beviale 2018, Lightweight Containers revealed some of its latest innovations, including additional fittings for KeyKeg and UniKeg, a global expansion of its production facilities, and a clever tool for the home market.

The UniKeg range of products is already available with Sankey-D and Sankey-S fittings. As innovation is continuous, Lightweight Containers is adding a non-alcoholic fitting to the KeyKeg and UniKeg as well as other fittings for the UniKeg.

Annemieke Hartman (CCO) commented, “The market demand of lightweight kegs continues to grow. To support the demand of our customers and to grow our global presence, we need to expand.

To be effectively able to do so we have just opened and are building state-ofthe-art production facilities in Seaham,

UK [2018], near Madrid in Spain [2019] and a location yet to be determined in Italy [2019/2020]. Besides that a number of other locations are under consideration in the short term.

“To make drinks in keg available for everybody, we have searched for an option to make home use possible. For the keg to be relevant in the home market we needed to reduce the barrier to entry, which practically meant we needed to eliminate complex, expensive dispense systems. After a long wait we are delighted to let you know that we have done it! Our clever tool is ready for delivery now.”

Already made of 30% recycled material, KeyKeg & UniKeg are designed with circularity in mind. KeyKeg started to re-use plastics to create the griprings and base cups; made of 100% Post Consumer Recyclate.

Continued Hartman, “Today, KeyKegs

are collected with the aim to create new KeyKegs. We were already able to make KeyKegs that consist of 81% reused materials, before the question of plastic reuse became a major topic. Therefore only 19% of the used KeyKegs will be used for other applications rather than new KeyKegs. Continuous innovation and the design of our products will enable us to deliver cradle-to-cradle kegs, making a real difference for the environment.”

Pictured: Sankey-S fitting

For further information: www.lightweight-containers.com info@lightweight-containers.com

New interactive Can Makers website launched A brand new website has been launched to showcase the benefits of drinks cans, reflecting the UK’s growing demand for the sustainable pack format. Run by the Can Makers, the trade body representing drinks can manufacturers in the UK, the site debuts animated infographics and educational videos about the infinitely recyclable can, plus handy downloadable whitepapers and market commentary.

The site’s launch means fillers, retailers, industry bodies, governments and drinks manufacturers can access all the

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information they need in one easy place.

A dedicated sustainability section explains why cans are the most recycled drinks container on the planet (Resource Recycling Systems, 2017), helping drinks manufacturers make environmentallyconscious choices. A thought-provoking interactive timeline teaches about the history of the can, from 1795 through to the present, alongside practical information on can filling and manufacturing.

bringing together manufacturers, suppliers, and national associations.

The latest Nielsen research reveals cans’ market share grew by +6 per cent (MAT June 2018), with carbonated soft drinks (CSDs), craft beer and flavoured cider as the main drivers behind their recent rise in popularity.

Newcomers looking to get their drinks canned can also discover more about the design options available. A blog keeping users up-to-date on key trends and insights completes the line-up.

The change in consumer perception around the beverage can as a premium product for great tasting drinks has had an impact on growth, as well as the overall experience it provides, fitting in with today’s lifestyle. Research by the Can Makers and GfK shows that more than half of consumers will drink from a can at least once a week (2016).

The site launches in association with Metal Packaging Europe, a unified voice for the metal packaging industry,

For further information: www.canmakers.co.uk

Marcel Arsand, Chairman at the Can Makers says: “The can has been an unsung hero for too long, despite being the world’s most recycled pack format.

Its future success is built upon strong industry education to raise its profile.

We’ve created the new site to serve as a foundation: an easy portal to find everything in one place, whether in-depth market reports or quick contacts to help start the canning journey.”

With ever-growing interest in packaging’s environmental impact, consumers now want to know what happens to the pack once they’ve used it.

Cans have the best recycling and sustainability record today: Resource Recycling Systems’ analysis established a global weighted average recycling rate for aluminium at 69 per cent, compared to PET at 43 per cent and glass at 46 per cent (2017).

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THIELMANN acquires CONTek IBC-Service GmbH THIELMANN has announced the acquisition of CONTek IBC-Service GmbH. CONTek’s knowledge in services for intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) aligns with THIELMANN’s growth strategy as a world-leading one-stop-shop for the container industry.

Based in Ellrich, Germany, CONTek is a world leader in cleaning, maintenance and inspection of containers.

CONTek’s automated cleaning facility is optimized to clean containers with a capacity from 250 to 1,200 liters.

CONTek is very successful in the highend cleaning sector and THIELMANN is planning to build on their strength in the future and to further grow the business on-site in Ellrich.

Fredi Endtricht, CONTek´s co-founder will continue to lead the company as Managing Director, with special focus on the expansion of the facilities and production capabilities. Wolfgang Kuhn, CONTek’s co-founder, has reached the

retirement age and has left the company from an operational level on September 30th. He will continue to support THIELMANN as an advisor.

“THIELMANN is growing. Our strong organic growth is supported by selected acquisitions, especially of specific competencies. CONTek is perceived as an undisputed leader in cleaning of IBCs.” said Bernd Loeser, CEO of THIELMANN. “With its integration, THIELMANN will complement its current service portfolio in different container sectors and CONTek will benefit from access to a broad global customer base and THIELMANN’s world-leading expertise in the container industry.”

“With THIELMANN, we found the best owner for our life’s work. As initially planned CONTek can grow and expand its capacity” Mr. Kuhn commented on the acquisition. Mr. Endtricht added: “I am happy to see CONTek joining THIELMANN. This will lift our company to the next level and supports our wish to expand the business. THIELMANN is the

leader in stainless steel containers and CONTek is the leader in container cleaning. I am sure, that both parties will profit significantly.”

It is planned to rename CONTek into THIELMANN CONTEK within the next weeks to fully integrate CONTek into THIELMANN.

The company works globally, and all of its product range is available for the UK market. It also has a sales manager in the UK specially for IBCs. The most-used IBC for brewers is the aseptic (pictured).

For further information: www.thielmann.com

Petainer launches new Hybrid kegs at Brau Petainer, a market leader in oneway PET kegs, launched its new 30L and 20L Slimline petainerKeg Hybrid kegs at last Nobvember’s Brau Beviale event in Germany.

The new formats complement the standard 20L Hybrid which is already in use around the world.

Hybrid is claimed to be the first one-way PET keg to use a circular economy design, focused on recycling and reuse.

Designed for drinks producers such as breweries and wineries as a more costeffective and sustainable alternative to traditional stainless-steel kegs, the keg provides a low-cost way of entering new domestic and international markets.

The keg’s snap-fit design allows for local blowing and assembly, reducing the carbon footprint of transport, as well as easier disassembly for better recyclability in market. It is also unique in that the top and bottom chimes can be reused by the brewery. By removing return logistics and washing processes because it is filled, sent and recycled when it is empty, the keg can reduce supply chain costs by up to 40% versus steel.

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The Hybrid keg portfolio is designed to support brand expansion to new markets with improved safety features like puncture and drop resistance, burst pressure over 7bar and is fully functional at 40°C. At just 10% the weight of a steel keg, the Hybrid provides superior stacking and handling for filling, transport and storage tested to ASTM standards for sea and road transportation, making it ideal for export markets.

The new Hybrid kegs are suitable for hand filling and the majority of automatic keg filling lines, which means it can be used in breweries and retail outlets anywhere in the world without any additional capital expenditure required to switch from traditional steel kegs.

Like other products in the petainerKeg range, Hybrid can also be used with universal coupling systems, with flat fittings compatible with Micro Matic A and G systems and well-type fittings compatible with Micro Matic S and D systems, so customers know their product can be dispensed anywhere in the world. In addition, the 20L Slimline Hybrid has been designed so that it fits

in standard kegerators.

The keg’s blended barrier provides protection from O2 and UV light while retaining CO2 to provide that ‘straight from the brewery’ taste. Independent tests show that the keg keeps the beer as fresh as other containers in the packaging mix. Taste tests* conducted by the globally respected VLB Institute show that after nine months the taste is on a par with steel kegs.

Commenting on the launch, Hugh Ross, Group Chief Executive of Petainer, said: “Our team of polymer scientists and technical experts have developed the first one-way PET kegs which have been designed with end of life in mind. This, and the significant supply chain benefits Hybrid offers, minimises its environmental impact. The Hybrid range provides breweries and drinks producers with a cost-effective way of building their brands in new markets and ensuring their product arrives in optimal condition.”

For further information: www.petainer.com

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North East brewery toasts SALSA success A Gateshead brewery is toasting its success after achieving the SALSA plus Beer Standard, with the help of Absolute Quality Consultancy & Training.

The Great North Eastern Brewing Company Ltd, which was established in 2015, bottles and brews a range of traditional ales including the iconic Rivet Catcher, Swinging Gibbet and Red Ellen at its premises in Dunston located close to the old Federation Brewery. The SALSA plus Beer Standard, which stands for Safe And Local Supplier Approval and encourages excellence in the brewing and bottling industry, has helped the brewery to demonstrate accountability and traceability to the companies it supplies.

Manging Director, Paul Minnikin, said: “The SALSA plus Beer Standard is a real mark of quality for us and allows us to confidently provide our suppliers with our accredited, quality ales. It sets us in good stead to achieve our expansion plans for the future and, ultimately, become a large-scale brewery in the North East of England supplying customers across the nation. The next step is to extend the

standard to cover our canned and bottled ales.”

Paul said: “We started to work with Absolute Quality Consultancy & Training a couple of years ago when they assisted us with becoming compliant with HACCP, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point, a risk assessment methodology for ensuring food safety. Following this, they guided us through the complex challenge of achieving the SALSA plus Beer Standard and delivered training to all of our staff.”

Andrew Willson, Director of Training at Absolute Quality, said: “It’s been a real pleasure working with Paul and the team at The Great North Eastern Brewing Company. Helping them to achieve their vision by providing them with the support and training to successfully achieve the SALSA plus Beer Standard has ensured that they will open up national opportunities and be able to provide their ales to pub groups and retailers throughout the country.”

Paul concluded: “Andrew’s flexibility and dedication while working with our busy

team in the brewery, along with the in-depth knowledge and understanding he has around meeting the stringent requirements of the SALSA plus Beer Standard is nothing short of remarkable.

The system we have in place has distilled the way we are developing the business and the outcome is set to be marvellous – cheers!”

Pictured above are (from left): Andrew Wilson and Paul Minnikin

For further information: absolutequality.co

Maxoptra pitches in to improve beer deliveries West Country brewer, Pitchfork Ales, has improved the efficiency of beer deliveries following the implementation of Maxoptra real-time scheduling and routing software.

The brewery has optimised its multi-drop delivery routes reducing mileage and transport costs, as well as boosting customer service with improved flexibility and communications.

Part of Epic Beers, the on-trade business delivers around 250 casks of ale per week to customers across the south-west of England, the Midlands and Wales.

Serving around 400 pubs, clubs and restaurants Pitchfork make between 20 and 40 deliveries a day.

“As a business we are continually evolving; when we first started we had a solid local customer base and drivers who knew the area,” commented Dave Turner, Beer Ambassador at Pitchfork Ales. “Since then we have made forays into nationwide delivery before settling on our current territories. During these changes Maxoptra has been a critical component of our planning and service delivery.”

Maxoptra has enabled Pitchfork to streamline its business process with greater automation. On implementation Pitchfork immediately achieved a reduction in mileage on the two-day runs it was operating, equating to a saving of around 400 miles a week. The software has since further enhanced the efficiency of both the delivery of beer and the pick-up of empty casks.

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territories and delivery routes Maxoptra can highlight outstanding deliveries and allow for the scheduling of ad-hoc requests. Maxoptra is also programmed to automatically identify potential cask collections along a delivery route further enhancing mobile efficiencies. Managers at Pitchfork also use Maxoptra to keep customers informed as to when their beer delivery is due and manage the workload of their drivers.

“The pub trade is notoriously difficult with antisocial hours and unpredictable peaks,” concluded Turner, “but Maxoptra helps us deliver; using Maxoptra we meet, and often exceed, our customers’ expectations.”

“The fantastic support, ease of use and open API meant that we were up and running with the software the same day we signed the contract and each time we change our working practices Maxoptra adapts with us,” he concluded.

For further information: www.maxoptra.com

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CitySprint launches dray delivery service to meet ‘changing demand of drinks industry’ CitySprint, the leading UK ‘same day’ distribution company, has launched a new dray delivery service in response to a gap in the market catering to new traders, such as microbreweries and pop-up venues.

The new dray service was introduced following an increase of over 200% in revenue from the food and beverage sector in 2017, with growth this year expected to be even higher. The specialist service was developed with the aim of providing professional, tailor-made and just-in-time delivery to drinks customers in the UK. It’s backed by 130+ dray couriers, specially-trained to carry kerbside, out in-cellar or room-of-choice drinks deliveries safely and securely, including brewery kegs and barrels.

Justin Moore, Chief Sales Officer at CitySprint, commented: “The UK’s drinking habits have rapidly evolved over recent years. Where and when we drink today are very different. As a result, publicans and drinks retailers demand a faster and more flexible delivery experience. We’ve already seen a big uptake in smaller retailers and microbreweries needing ‘ad hoc’ deliveries to different venues such as short-term bars and sales sites located

around viewing screens and public spaces; we anticipate seeing more of this in the coming years. This service is focused on fast, flexible and ‘ad hoc’ top-up deliveries that can help our clients better meet the needs of their customers.”

As demand for more artisan-style beers has increased, the UK has seen more microbreweries pop up across the country with their own particular delivery needs. There are now around 2,000 breweries in the UK - the highest number on record since the 1930s, according to The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). The number rose by 64% in four years, from 1,218 in 2012, to 1,994 in 2016.

Separately, a report by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) highlighted a burgeoning micropub scene as brewers take over empty shops on their local high street. Craft beer sales increased 1.7% in 2017, more than double the 0.7% growth reported by the wider beer market. New and innovative brands and retailers often require ultra-flexible, ultra-fast and convenient delivery to drinking locations.

CitySprint’s convenient and flexible dray service allows specialist couriers to deliver to locations, or at times, which traditional large-scale deliveries are unable to reach. This includes festivals, pubs or venues that require ‘just-in-time’ deliveries to meet demand, as well as venues that are harder to reach, and microbreweries or tap bars that are reliant on secondary delivery when dealing with smaller volumes. Rolling out this service to all customers across the UK means that drinks retailers are able to extend delivery hours so that timely, convenient deliveries can take place late into the evening, including up until closing time.

For further information: citysprint.co.uk

BottleShop boost for Bohem canned range growth Through its distribution partnership with leading UK beer wholesaler, The BottleShop, Bohem Brewery is increasing its listings.

Beers from London-based Bohem Brewery are now available from specialist retailers Caps and Taps, Hops Burns & Black, Ghost Whale, Beer Shop Hitchen and others. In addition, Bohem has launched an online shop for its canned range at www.bohembrewery.com/online-store/ The brewery has added two more authentic Czech-style lagers to its canned range, as listings for its beers increase.

Making the move from keg to 440ml cans are Victoria Session Pils, an extremely quaffable 4.2% session Pils

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with a sweet butterscotch and floral aroma, and Henry Honey Lager, a 6.6% Honey lager brewed with specially imported honey from a small family farm in Borsice, South Moravia.

The addition brings the range of canned lagers available from Bohem Brewery to six. Zdenek Kudr, chief executive of the Tottenham-based brewery, said, “We’re delighted that two more of our authentic lagers now available in cans. The combination of keg and can is making our distinctive, genuine lagers more widely available to craft beer enthusiasts.

“There are now more beers than ever on the market that call themselves “lagers”, but our commitment to brewing in the authentic Czech style delivers the genuine article.”

Bohem uses bespoke lager brewing kit manufactured in the Czech Republic, and brews with specialist malts and yeast at low temperatures, to create unfiltered and unpasteurised beers that are lagered for a minimum of five weeks.

For further information: bottle.shop

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Atlas Packaging’s ‘gem’ of a gift pack for Bath Ales The task of creating Bath Ales distinctive new gift pack featuring the brand’s iconic logo of a dashing Hare, as well as a still image of a filled pint glass, proved to be quite a challenge. But Atlas Packaging in Devon has been able to achieve this with flare and innovation.

The pack needed to stand out on the shelves but, for commercial reasons, only a single printing pass was possible. So the design team at Atlas needed to come up with the solution.

Says Bianca Banica, designer at Atlas Packaging: “The packaging needed to be flexo-printed onto single-wall, corrugated cardboard. However, with the still image and brand colours, there were too many colours for a single-pass through our CUIR printer. So with some skill we removed Cyan completely and manipulated the other colours to achieve a great look. The Hare was also die-cut out of the front of the gift pack but at the same time we retained the integrity of the pack to hold in the bottles and pint glass.

It’s an excellent example of how to produce a bespoke gift pack that really catches the eye.”

The design of the gift pack also gave plenty of space to tell the success story of Bath Ales and the expansion of its brewery in 2018, alongside the image of a pint of its bestselling Gem beer.

Founded in 1995, Bath Ales was acquired in 2016 by family-owned St Austell Brewery, one of Cornwall’s oldest businesses. Atlas Packaging is a supplier of flexo-printed, fully enclosed boxes to St Austell Brewery and the success of the Bath Ales gift pack is a further example of how the two South West independent companies are working together, as Atlas Packaging Sales Director Mark Leverton explains: “Atlas Packaging is one of the UK’s leading independent corrugated cardboard packaging companies and our relationship with St Austell Brewery is built upon that shared vision of independence to create outstanding products in both our industries. We’re both based in the South West of England but geography is no barrier to winning

business in new markets because we both have a track record of reacting quickly and delivering quality to our customers.”

The Bath Ales gift pack has recently been entered into the EFIA (European Flexographic Industry Association) Awards for 2019 because of the complexity of the print work and the strategy to create such a successful solution.

For further information: www.atlaspackaging.uk

Beer advent calendar for Beer Box Shop Saxon Packaging has been working in collaboration with Beer Box Shop for more than a year. Fellow SIBA members, the working relationship is able to supply the brewing industry with a wide range of beer packaging solutions and options, from single bottle gift packs through to 24-bottle transit packs.

The two companies worked together at the end of last year to create a

flexo-printed beer advent calendar, which Beer Box Shop offered on its own website to its customers. This was not, however, the first time Beer Box Shop had its own beer advent calendar, but the company was very keen to work alongside another packaging business to review its existing design.

After discussing its requirement with Saxon, the latter company considered the existing design and was able to reduce the material quantity, thus resulting in a 10% saving in manufacturing costs plus a further saving on the delivery cost (as less weight). This was great news for Beer Box Shop, its customers and also the environment as less packaging was used!

The brains behind this new design was Stuart Haggar, Saxon’s Business Development Manager, who has been working in the packaging industry for over 30 years and started his career in

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the design team. He said, “I created a design which involved a locking base to ensure the advent box maintained its sturdiness and ensured the flute direction of the cardboard was optimised for stability. I am really happy with the end result and that we have a happy customer, and in turn, they have lots of happy customers!”

Simon Hulse, Beer Box Shop’s Managing Director, said, “We have loved working on this project with Saxon Packaging and they have delivered an excellent solution which is more compact, has saved on production costs and is easier to construct for our customers. Stuart and the team at Saxon can always be relied upon to come up with unique ideas and we are over the moon with the final product.”

For further information: www.saxonpackaging.co.uk

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Close Brothers 2019 looking stronger than ever Close Brothers is a leading merchant banking group that has many divisions, one of which focuses on Brewery Rental. With a fleet of over two million long-term rental casks and kegs, as well as a fleet of ECasks and EKegs that is

170,000 strong, CBBR provides all manner of brewery equipment and container maintenance services.

When it comes to high quality and costeffective kegs, casks and drinks equipment, the Close Brothers Brewery Rental is one of the most popular names in the industry, supporting breweries, distilleries, cider and drinks producers across the UK and Germany.

Close Brothers Brewery Rentals exhibited in November at Brau Beviale 2018 in Germany, where they showcased their many specialist products and services. The CBBR exhibition focused on showing their varied solutions and as expected the event was a huge hit, resulting in stronger client and trade relations than ever.

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The BeerX 2019 show will be, yet again, the perfect place for those in the UK brewing industry to connect with potential clients and peers, demonstrating the best of their business and catching up on the latest sector trends.

The CBBR tech team looks forward to demonstrating continued advancements in RFID technology whilst members of the sales team will be on hand to present their flexible finance solutions including long-term equipment rental options, which include no upfront capital outlay, as well as brewery container repair and servicing and the innovative ‘Sale and Rent Back’ scheme.

ACO Building Drainage puts hygiene first at BeerX 2019 ACO Building Drainage, one of the world’s leading commercial drainage companies, is to showcase its ‘HygieneFirst’ range of hygienically designed drainage products at this year’s Beer X. Designed specifically to meet the needs of the brewing, wider beverage and food manufacturing sectors, ACO’s hygienically-designed drainage products and accessories incorporate the best practice design principals of the European

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Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG) to optimise brewery hygiene, aid cleaning and minimise ongoing operational costs.

ACO’s market-leading hygienic channels and gullies will be on display at the ACO Building Drainage stand where members of the team will also be on hand to talk about recent research projects conducted by the internationally respected Fraunhofer Institute and with flooring specialist Sika.

The independent research conducted by The Fraunhofer Institute evaluated how the use of hygienically designed products affects the cleanability of drainage systems. The study found that ACO’s hygienically engineered and designed drainage channels could be effectively and completely cleaned in less than 10 minutes whereas non-hygienic channel still has 2 per cent residual soiling after

For further information: www.closebreweryrentals.co.uk

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an extended rinsing time of more than three hours.

The research project undertaken with Sika was conducted to identify the compatibility of common floor-drain connections and to develop the industry’s first best practice specification guidelines with a view to minimising failures in the floor/drainage connection.

ACO products are fully pickle passivated as standard and made in PAS99 factories which are designed specifically for the manufacture of hygienic drainage products. They also come with the support of ACO Building Drainage’s in-house technical design team which has extensive experience of developing drainage solutions for the brewing industry.

Pictured left: ACO Hygienically Designed Tray Channel

For further information: www.aco.co.uk/aco-building-drainage

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Kemtile gets set to showcase brewery flooring credentials at BeerX The countdown has begun for BeerX 2019 – where Kemtile will meet with many UK brewers at what is the nation’s biggest brewing trade show.

A name already synonymous with top quality hygienic flooring and drainage installations within the brewing sector, Kemtile will be demonstrating its enviable credentials there.

Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, Kemtile has provided flooring solutions to UK breweries large and small, having enjoyed working with brands such as Brixton Brewery, Meantime Brewery, Magic Rock Brewing, Cloudwater Brew Co; Greene King; John Smiths Brewery; Heineken and AB Inbev UK, to name just a few.

On stand 192, it will bring to life its hygienic flooring, wall lining and drainage solutions – giving visitors the chance to see product ranges up close and discuss their individual requirements

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with the company’s expert team..Kemtile’s David Priest said: “Our enviable brewery industry client list – which we’ve secured through our experience and expertise – helps position us as one of the floors, wall linings and drainage solutions in the sector.

“As a result, we’re lucky to have worked with many leading brands as well as supporting the growth of fledging brewers.

Our presence at BeerX is an excellent opportunity to showcase our skills and experience to a very important audience.

“We’re very much looking forward to welcoming new and existing customers on to our stand, where we’ll be delighted

to discuss any specific project plans in greater detail.”

SPAsoft modules keep you in control Using quality ingredients will make a difference to the quality of your beer. Keeping control of the ingredient stock and where they were used will help with Cashflow

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and traceability in case its needed.

SPAsoft’s Recipe module used with the Production module will give you control of the stock without having to regularly count it.

For further information: www.kemtile.co.uk/brewery enquiries@kemtile.co.uk

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The process is simple and logical, add your ingredients and stock, add your recipes. When you create a new gyle attach the recipe, the system will check which batches you are currently holding, allocate to that Gyle or ask you to confirm.

The Production module will give you a stock update by Gyle for your forecasted brews warning of low and stock out issues by product. Our Gyle report shows you the ingredients, batches and cost plus all the sales and beer movements.

The Ingredients stock report will give the stock levels and highlight based on minimum stock the critical issues.

We’ll have our cloud-based brewery management system live, on our stand at BeerX 2019, so do pop by and have a chat.

For further information: www.spasoft.co.uk nigel@spasoft.co.uk

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NDL brand has solid ‘craft’ reputation NDL GROUP, founded in 2005 and headquartered in China, is a specialised engineering and global business consulting company, providing a wide range of services to meet the strict demands of our customer’s requests.

We offer; product business consulting, sourcing design & development and door-to-door logistics management.

We have an advanced and highly efficient Internal Management System to track your business progress from start to finish. Our company has been awarded the ISO 9001:2008 and BS EN124:1994 from Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance.

Within the brewing equipment industry (kegs, casks, keg washers, brewhouse, tanks and accessories), NDL is located in three geographic regions, now serving the markets in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, as well as European and American technical teams to customise and manage freight direct to breweries.

The NDL brand has a solid reputation within the craft brewing industry, with approximately 2,000 brewing customers served in North America and Europe

alone. In June 2018, NDL Group's craft beer division merged with Shendong Enterprises to form a joint venture called NDL Craft China Inc. The new JV quickly established its goal of increasing production through added investment in China to build a modern production facility of nearly 40,000 square meters.

The company has now strengthened its advanced brewing technology to meet the production and quality demands both in Europe and the United States.

With the corporate values of honesty,

Cask Force will deliver, whatever the weather!

Purple Moose, a forty-barrel brewery based in Portmadog, has upgraded its cask washer to a brand new 400 series Cask Force model. This is seven years after buying their first machine, a 300 series standard steam-heated machine.

Due to their Snowdonia location, the journey to the north-west of Wales proved more difficult than expected with early morning RTAs on the M6 and a healthy dusting of snow in North Wales and Shropshire, but the installation was completed on time as requested.

“We had our original Cask Force machine over seven years and in that time it very effectively washed and

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sterilised the casks with very little trouble,” said Lawrence Washington, Purple Moose Brewery. “The machines are simple to use and when something does go wrong they are simple to fix.

However the need for greater efficiency in operations around the brewery meant we needed to upgrade to a 400 series model. The caustic wash hold functionality, which we first saw at Beer X 2018, was also important because we can deal with the more dirty casks more effectively. As a result I was happy and confident to buy a replacement machine, from Cask Force, for our brewery.”

You’ll be able to visit the Cask Force stand at Beer X where Keith Trenton and

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respect and win-win, the company is on a mission to be “The best brewing equipment manufacturer and technology service provider in China".

We sincerely invite you to meet with us and experience how our teams can offer you world-class products and services.

For further information: www.ndlkeg.com www.ndlkegeurope.com www.ndlcraft.com

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Tim Crane will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

For information and prices on our chemical range please call Chris Roll.

Chris can be reached on 01493 750072 or via email at croll@hughcrane.co.uk

For further information: www.hughcrane.co.uk sales@caskwasher.com

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Beatson Clark heads west for BeerX 2019

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Global glass manufacturer Beatson Clark, one of the leading packaging companies for British brewers, is heading to the North West to showcase its expertise and experience at BeerX 2019.

For the sixth year running, the South Yorkshire-based glass manufacturer is exhibiting at the UK’s largest independent craft brewing trade show.

Beatson Clark prides itself on offering a flexible and bespoke service for both small independents and larger brewers.

It is this approach, combined with centuries of experience, that has led them to working with many well-known beer brands including BrewDog, Brooklyn Brewery, Samuel Smiths and Greene King.

Charlotte Taylor, Marketing Manager at Beatson Clark, said: “BeerX is one of the best trade shows in the calendar for us.

Over the years we’ve worked hard to become one of the go-to glass manufacturers in Europe for brewers of all sizes, so we’re expecting to be very busy at this year’s show.

“With more competition in the beer market than ever before, brewers are now putting a stronger focus on their packaging. The quality and design of the

packaging is very important to today’s consumer – it can make or break a start-up trying to penetrate the drinks market, and it can help to rebrand an existing product.

“For breweries looking for something bespoke rather than an off-the-shelf bottle, we offer a tried and tested service from concept and design through to embossing and manufacture for brewers of all sizes.

“And we offer a range of decorations to enhance the appearance of the bottles we make, such as custom embossing and spray coating.”

HpE to exhibit at BeerX 2019!

With over 150 years of combined experience, HpE will be showcasing its skills in delivering sustainable solutions for all stages of the brewing process and CIP.

The Versaline Centrifugal pump is the perfect solution for brewery process and cleaning. The Versaline VCP pump is a single stage, end suction, open-style impeller hygienic pump. It is designed to reduce resistance and eliminate dead space to make the most out of the standard IE3 motor and reduce lifetime running costs.

The open impeller allows hop leaves to pass through the pump without clogging and ensures the best clean-ability with outstanding hygienic performance. Other features, such as stability, high efficiency and easy maintenance make it the ideal choice for today’s breweries.

Furthermore, adjustable supporting legs and the “any angle” pump outlet make installation easy and straightforward.

The pump can be mounted on a trolley for easy movability onsite, and it is easy to maintain, using a mechanical seal that provides good sealing performance that is resistant to wear, high temperatures and corrosion.

The peristaltic pump can handle all kinds of products without damaging them, since there is no contact between the low mechanical parts and the fluid, even in

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Beatson Clark, which has been in business since 1751, supplies standard, customised and bespoke glass containers for the food, drink and pharmaceutical markets.

At BeerX the Beatson Clark team will talk to delegates about the full range of services it offers including embossing, lightweighting and low-volume production runs.

For further information: www.beatsonclark.co.uk

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the case of products with low, medium or high viscosity. The pump is mounted on a trolley allowing flexibility of being used at various locations within a brewery.

Working in partnership with Evoguard, HpE is able to expand its Tank Safety portfolio. The Evoguard tank top design which will be on the stand - has various key features compared to the traditional tank top plate design.

Other products that will be supporting the centrifugal pump is the Versaline Range, Manways, Tank Equipment, Spray balls and Levelling Feet.

For further information: www.hpeprocess.com

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Polykeg range Brewbloc on show launches in UK Polykeg has spent the last 4 years perfecting its new range of one way kegs, and its customers are now enjoying the significant benefits of that investment

Polykeg currently manufactures its kegs in Bergamo, Italy and is about to open a brand new production plant in Barcelona. Demand for the new range of kegs has increased exponentially in the last 2 years and they are now used by big market players. Polykeg also supplies over 2,000 small and mediumsized breweries in Italy and Spain as well export customers in Brazil and Japan.

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Polykeg UK is based in County Durham and the new MD is Tony STAND 40 Hird. “This is an exciting time for Polykeg. One-way kegs are fast becoming the preferred choice for brewers large and small worldwide.

They allow you to quickly expand your business with minimal investment, they simplify your filling process and logistics and when recycled correctly they are a more environmentally friendly alternative. We have invested heavily in the design and production quality of our new range.

Our kegs come in a range of sizes from 12 ltr to 30 ltr and can be fitted with any valve as standard.

Available with or without bag they are easily compatible with all filling lines and couplers.”

Plans to produce kegs in the UK are already underway and a first class technical and sales service to our UK customers will be provided through dedicated teams based in the UK. A range of attractive incentives is currently being offered for new customers.

For further information: vmoore@polykeg.co.uk

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Visit Leeds-based brewery equipment supplier SSV Limited on stand 181-188 and see a full 2-vessel Brewbloc.

SSV Limited launched its new Brewbloc design for a simplified installation of the modern craft brewhouses back in 2017, and sales have taken off.

Managing Director Sam Lawson says, “Brewhouse installations took several months prior to our new design, but all of a sudden, with the new Brewbloc, we could install and commission a brewhouse from delivery to completion within a couple of weeks.”

With no compromise on quality and a price point most find hard to beat, the company has more than tripled its original estimates.

The addition of a full UK-based installation & commissioning team (see story on page 18 of this issue), to support the ever-expanding group of customers following growth in the Brewhouse division, means the company now offers full installation and commissioning, further reducing the time between order and first brew.

SSV Limited’s continued investment in new technologies, equipment, R&D and staff means the small company now offers not only affordable, quality equipment but the knowledge and expertise to work with customers to help grow their breweries for years to come.

As well as the new 2, 3, 4 & 5-vessel brew-block brewhouse and a full range of tanks, including fermentors, dual purpose vessels and bright beer tanks, SSV Limited has designed and manufactured a unique Hopinator to increase the hop utilisation during dry hopping.

For further information: sales@ssvlimited

Labelling is the label At BeerX 2019, the wellestablished labelling machine manufacturer GERNEP, from Barbing in southern Germany, presents the latest developments of its rotary labelling machines in modular block building systems in accordance with the slogan: OUR LABEL: LABELLING.

Which labelling machine can handle everything in an efficient and economic way – even when you change formats of bottles and labels several times? We give you the answer!

GERNEP is a specialist in labelling technology with more than 30 years of experience in designing, manufacturing and servicing of rotary labelling machines. We can support your decision to select the right labelling process considering your individual situation!

The company was launched in 1985 by the two managing directors Helmut

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Gerstberger and Berthold Neppel. Both partners contributed their experience in mechanical engineering and machine building in the field of beverage industry.

In the course of the years, however, GERNEP has required high international reputation and has extended its original business also to the labelling of a great variety of products in the food- and nonfood sector.

To meet all decoration demands in different industries, the rotary labelling machine GERNEP SOLUTA is specialized in self-adhesive, GERNEP LABETTA in universal cold glue labeling, GERNEP ROLLINA in affordable hot melt wraparound labelling out of the magazine and the GERNEP ROLLFED in efficient wrap-around labeling with hot melt from the roll. GERNEP labelers are widely used in breweries, wine, spirits, water and soft drink bottling plants.

For further information: www.gernep.de

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Moody Direct Ltd distributor for bestknown industry brands to exhibit at BeerX 2019 Visit stand 146 on 13th & 14th March at the Exhibition Centre in Liverpool to meet with Moody Direct Ltd, a leading supplier of process spare parts and components

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Pictured: SPX FLOW

As an authorised distributor for some of the best-known brands in the industry, Moody will have a range of spare parts on display from the likes of Alfa Laval, GEA and SPX FLOW. These longestablished, exceptional business partnerships enables Moody Direct to competitively support breweries who use a range of manufacturers.

Moody Direct has worked within the brewery sector for more than 40 years giving the company excellent industry knowledge. This knowledge has enabled Moody Direct to expand past simply supplying spare parts and components but to provide servicing solutions, new or refurbished equipment and complete turnkey projects. Its state-of-the-art plate heat exchanger servicing centre was also opened to meet increasing demand for PHE testing and refurbishment.

Recent accreditation as SPX FLOW Seital® Separator Channel Partner and Certified Service & Repair Centre Status (CSRC) only demonstrates a trusted capability as a supplier to the industry.

Ken Wild, Moody Direct Director, said: “We support breweries of all sizes. For example, we can provide turnkey solutions to small independent breweries looking to scale up or assist larger blue-chip brewers with ensuring their stores are correctly stocked with the most vital spare parts.

“Small breweries in-particular have their hands full with production. Our solution is to deliver a uniform, one-stop-shop to reduce operating costs, increase production and sustain efficiency.”

For further information: www.moodydirect.com

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Lambrechts for all your kegging requirements According to Lambrechts Sales Director, Benoit Rubbens, it’s been a successful year for the independently-owned Belgian manufacturer, with installs taking place all over the World, not least here in the UK and Ireland.

The standalone Monobloc range, both Slimline and full Monobloc 80 designs, were installed at Butcombe and Liberation breweries during 2018, with the smaller Compact machines also proving popular to the UK craft market.

World -renowned for the integrity of their designs and robustness of build quality, choosing Lambrechts results in low maintenance and excellent results year on year.

For customers looking at either a wash or fill option, we have independent single head machines ideal for one way or pre-washed kegs.

For returnable kegs the semi-automatic Compact can wash and fill 35 kegs per hour taking up a very small footprint, while having the capacity to fill one-way kegs at 60 per hour. The Compact can also wash 9-gallon kegs with a small factory modification.

The fully automatic Monobloc range can wash and fill between sixty to eighty kegs per hour, and are tailored to the brewery’s own requirements. An integrated machine with media tanks built into the frame, as well as an external washer, the Monobloc’s can work 24/7 with the minimum of operatives for the growing craft brewer.

Taking up the minimum footprint and fully tested at our facility, Monobloc is the ultimate ‘’plug and play’’ machine.

The London Craft Brewer Fourpure is the

Brewing Services Ltd assists Utopian to build its brewery Utopian Brewing Limited has contracted with Honiton-based supplier, Vigo Limited, to supply and install its new 35-Hectolitre brewery.

The chosen configuration is based on a 3-vessel brew house, with a unique design by Brewing Services Ltd based around a single Mash Tun/Lauter Tun and two Coppers to provide both flexibility and allow multiple brews per day, in conjunction with 12 fermentation and conditioning tanks and all associated equipment.

The design has scope for the addition of a further Mash Tun/Lauter along with further Conditioning Vessels in the future, to support annual production of over 16,000 hectolitres. The brewhouse equipment is manufactured by Vigo’s US partner, American Beer Equipment (ABE) - see picture.

The selection decision followed a detailed competitive tender process by the company, ably assisted by David and

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Rob Smith of Brewing Services Ltd. Brewing Services Ltd was chosen as the consultants for the project in 2017 and worked closely with Utopian Brewery on the design and layout for the brewery, in conjunction with the architects on the conversion of the farm buildings to provide a splendid new home for the brewery. A visitor centre to allow visitors to not only sample the beers but watch them being brewed from an observation gallery is situated in the heart of the brewing complex.

Richard Archer, co-founder and managing director of Utopian, commented: “Having the services and experience of David and Rob alongside me has also proved to be a very valuable asset.”

Once up the brewery is up and running, Brewing Services Ltd will offer its ongoing Brewing & QA Service. This

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latest UK brewer to choose the Monobloc.

With our remote service module, we can keep a track on your machine ensuring nil down time as prevention is key, and Lambrechts spares are readily available off the shelf and not proprietary making spares unnecessarily expensive.

For further information: www.lambrechts-group.net

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service aims to provide much needed ongoing technical support and assistance, combined with regular on-site monitoring of brewery hygiene and efficiency in addition to product testing to ensure the optimum quality and consistency of the beers leaving the brewery.

Hand-in-hand with this will be ongoing training for brewery staff, to enable them to fulfil their full potential as brewers.

For further information: www.brewingservices.co.uk enquiries@brewingservices.co.uk

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32 American Beer Equip installations carried out in UK by Vigo Ltd!

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Vigo has announced that, since becoming UK agents for American Beer Equipment in 2015, it has supplied and carried out 32 installations of ABE kit, including 24 canning lines and 8 brewhouses, at craft breweries across the UK. Andy Pegman, Sales Manager at Vigo said, “American Beer Equipment are industry leaders in the US craft beer market and we are proud of the role we’ve played giving UK brewers access to their equipment. ABE canning lines are compact, produce reliable fill rates, minimal product loss and low oxygen pickup.

“The Lincan and upgraded CraftCan models are also supplied with seamer monitoring control using servo seaming technology and nitro-canning is an option. ABE brewhouses are compact with precision controls and automation to produce consistent results brew after brew.

“As with all the equipment we supply we ensure that it meets all relevant British & European Health and Safety Directives and Standards and our team of engineers install, commission and provide full training. We also provide support both on the phone and on site for the lifetime of the kit.”

Vigo have served the drinks industry with

processing and packaging equipment since 1984. It is also an agent for other renowned manufacturers, such as CIMEC for bottling lines and Malek Brautech for keg washers and fillers, and provide a comprehensive service to producers who operate on a semiautomatic or fully automatic scale.

Come and talk to Andy and Rich at BEERX on the Vigo stands to discuss your brewery requirements.

BLEFA stainless steel kegs at BeerX Over the past five decades, BLEFA has made a reputable name for itself in the beverage industry by offering a broad spectrum of products suitable for a variety of applications.

BLEFA prides itself on high-quality and consistency when it comes to keg production, as well as offering two highly efficient keg service facilities.

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Since 1968, BLEFA has been producing stainless steel kegs for the beverage industry. With 50 years of experience, BLEFA has won the trust and loyalty of breweries around the world using our kegs to ensure the safe storage and transport of their product to valued customers.

BLEFA is the worldwide leader in the beverage industry, offering a 30-year warranty on all stainless steel products.

BLEFA stand behind our products and is committed to using certified materials and sustainable processes. We compliment this commitment with a well-

For further information: www.vigoltd.com sales@vigoltd.com

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educated sales team to provide you with superior customer service. The 30-year warranty is our written promise that you have purchased the most reliable keg of the highest standards that is “Made in Germany.”

If you are interested in learning more about BLEFA´s high-quality, Germanmanufactured kegs and superior keg service, please visit us at SIBA BEER X on stand #25

For further information: www.blefakegs.com

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From single machines – to complete bottling line solutions Framax UK Ltd specialises in the supply of machinery and complete production line solutions for the bottling and packaging industry. The company offers a tailor-made solution for brewers and other organisations wishing to bottle and package their own products.

Framax also supplies filling machines for One-way and Two-way kegs, plus KeyKegs® – working closely with Lightweight Containers to ensure high quality standards for their customers.

One of the current best sellers is the fully automatic, electronic ‘Canblock’ canning machine, which is now available with an electronic weighing option.

A recent move to new office premises in Southampton signifies the forwardthinking approach of the Directors. Even though the UK company has just passed the 10-year mark and its sister company in Italy has reached a 25 year milestone, the company ethos is still to work as a partner in business - with their customers.

The desire for reliable and easy-to-use cultural detection methods has driven the development of the NBB® culture media, which has been ongoing for 30 years now. Clear and fast detection, a reliable result – even for a very low level of contamination in a large sample volume – and easy application for efficient laboratory work are the key driving forces behind these developments.

That is why renowned customers active in the beverage industry around the world place their trust in this high standard, extensive knowledge and expertise.

Publications containing independent investigations and comparisons reinforce the product’s position as a market

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The same team which attended last year’s Beer X (pictured above) will be in Liverpool for this year’s exhibition. Marco Caralli will be representing the family firm again, together with UK Manager, Diana Hindle and Office Administrator, Elizabeth Smith. They will be happy to share their experience and advice with UK and international visitors.

Clear, fast detection Under its NBB® brand, Döhler offers innovative culture media for the fast and reliable detection of beverage spoiling microorganisms, such as Lactobacilli, Pectinatus and Megasphaera, in all samples that arise in breweries, as well as for the wine industry.

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For further information: www.framax.com

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leader. With their special growth promotion components and nutrients optimally tailored to beer and wine spoiling microorganisms, NBB® culture media offer a multitude of advantages.

Döhler exclusively uses raw materials of non-animal origin, thus eliminating the risk of animal materials entering the beverage quality control process. A series of comprehensive functional tests examine the quality of the NBB culture media with a special panel of test strains, which were all isolated in breweries.

For further information: www.doehler.com

Fabdec cooling expertise for brewing market Fabdec has been manufacturing stainless steel vessels in one form or another since 1960, supporting the dairy, food, beverage and water heating markets.

As the only UK manufacturer of milk cooling tanks we have gained extensive knowledge in heat exchange, and STAND 69 CIP cleaning of stainless steel pressure vessels, and in recent years have expanded our operations into the brewery market, applying our same skills and attention to detail that have established us as a market leader in other sectors.

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Some of you will no doubt be familiar with our brand, or have industry colleagues using our equipment, perhaps under the guise of a NINKASI rental tank, which we manufacture.

One of our aims for 2019 is to build on our current webshop spares range. Our goal is to become a one-stopshop for brewery supplies.

We welcome you all to visit us at the upcoming BeerX show in Liverpool, where we will be exhibiting our new Hopmaster product on stand 69.

We have operated an open door policy at our Shropshire factory for many years and would be pleased to accommodate anyone wishing to visit and see how our tanks are made.

For more information please call us on 01691 627200.

For further information: www.fabdec.com

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Hops, hops and more hops…… and a few beers, too!

Come and join Paul, Will, Charlie, Beth and Jason on the Charles Faram stand for a beer and a chat about anything hop-related and more!

Brit Hop Revolution: We kicked off the year with our Wellhopped World Series AromaFest. This was a competition designed to discover and celebrate the best and most exciting aromas from our Worldwide Hop Development Programme.

We have hops growing in the UK, Poland, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and the USA.

Whether they’re brand new varieties in their earliest stages of development or more established named varieties that some of you will already be familiar with, we wanted to show off the fruits of our labour from these various plots around the world. We’ll be revealing the overall winner as well as celebrating the achievements of the growers. Find out which of our commercial and

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experimental hops made it as champion and who will be named as the winning grower for 2019 at the awards ceremony taking place at the show.

Samples of the hops will take pride of place on our stand for you to get stuck into. A few very exciting varieties have now been planted at commercial levels.

These include Faram Fuggle, Godiva, Mystic and Harlequin. Some of these will be showcased in beers on our stand, stop by for a try.

Ali Capper of the British Hop Association will be joined by brewers from Wiper & True, XT Brewing and Moor Beer to discuss the new varieties of British hops to create full flavoured craft beers to rival our international cousins.

Along with the best of British, we’ll have great hop samples from all over the world.

Highlights from the USA include Cashmere, Amarillo®, Centennial and Comet. While over in the States during

hop section Cashmere was clearly the hop of choice for many US brewers producing lovely drinkable pale ales and hop forward pilsners.

For further information: www.charlesfaram.co.uk www.wellhopped.com

Repurposing plastic one pack at a time Since 1991 PakTech has sought to create packaging solutions both brewers and consumers can get behind—packaging handles that are at once aesthetically pleasing and that have minimal impact on the environment, as well as automated application equipment that is efficient, reliable and easy to use.

After extensive testing, PakTech opted for a product made entirely from rHDPE (or #2) plastic, a material that is universally recyclable and that is itself comprised of 100% recycled plastic. rHDPE is the company’s material of choice because it is strong, flexible and easy to use with automated handle

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application equipment.

In addition to the benefits of packaging handles designed to put the spotlight on the product, as a result of PakTech’s commitment to sustainability, in 2018 alone, more than 100 million milk jugs were kept out of landfills and repurposed into PakTech handles. The PCR production process is designed to minimize natural resource depletion using 100% less petroleum, 90% less energy, and emitting 78% less greenhouse gas in comparison to the production of virgin plastic.

In 2019, PakTech will be showcasing the CCA120/180, a can carrier applicator solution suitable for QuadPak and 6Pak configurations. This dual lane handle applicator is highly efficient,

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cost-effective and has an application rate of 30 cycles or 180 cans per minute. It is capable of handling a broad range of can sizes at various heights and diameters. Even troubleshooting is easy with PakTech’s remote mobile package.

In a world in which environmental waste is increasing, the PakTech solution is one that matters.

To learn more about the product and to see the CCA120/180 in action, visit PakTech’s booth 80/81 at the BeerX event in Liverpool in March 2019.

For further information: paktech-opi.com handlesales@paktech-opi.com

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Lightweight Containers offers kegs for every situation After opening its latest production facility in Seaham, Durham, Lightweight Containers continues to improve its products and services. The new facility in Seaham is fully operational and Lightweight Containers is currently adding shifts, to increase production so that the demand in the UK market can be met.

Recently the company started to perform testing with an A-fitting for the Unikeg.

The results are very promising and production will soon start on a larger scale.

The Unikegs are now all pre-purged and ready to fill, helping customers to keep doing what they do best; brewing great beers!

Besides the A-fitting, Lightweight Containers is responding on the nonalcoholic trend, by offering the market a

dedicated nonalcoholic fitting for both KeyKeg as Unikeg.

Core Equipment will be at BeerX 2019 exhibiting the technically advanced counter pressure canning system from Codi Manufacturing. Codi identified the need for scaled down affordable machinery utilising technology normally only found in large scale production machinery.

The Codi canning line provides consistent filling even during tough product conditions such as high temperature and high carbonation.

The counter pressure filling achieves significantly lower dissolved oxygen pickup whilst maintaining higher carbonation during the canning process, greatly increasing the quality of the end product. The PLC controlled filling provides the option of fine tuning the process and allows users to save settings ensuring consistency between canning

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But it doesn’t end here. Next to offering a great family of kegs to the beverage industry, Lightweight Containers is very committed to the environment.

That’s why the company is proud to announce it now has collection points throughout the UK, where KeyKegs and Unikegs are collected in cooperation with OneCircle.

By collecting empty kegs, Lightweight Containers is able to reuse the materials in the production of new kegs, from day one our products have been designed

Innovative equipment from Core There is a global trend towards canning craft beer and breweries need a canning machine that can deliver a high quality fill to preserve the flavours in their product.

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runs. Another key feature of the Codi canning system is the high temperature CIP allowing a complete caustic clean and the option of steam cleaning. The Codi canning system also offers automatic de-palletisation, water or ionised twist rinse, lid elevators and full conveyance system.

Core supplies a wide range of innovative brewery equipment to all sizes of breweries. In addition to canning lines we provide breweries with counter-pressure bottling lines, high quality keg fillers, precision labelling machines, high specification tanks, advanced filtration technology, carbonators, fermentation / temperature control systems and a range of innovative brewhouses. We will be exhibiting many of these at BeerX 2019.

Our aim is to offer breweries the most technically advanced, productive and cost-effective equipment, backed by

with circularity in mind, taking responsibility and making a real difference, instead of just talking about it.

For further information: www.lightweight-containers.com

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great customer service and technical support. We represent many of the industry's leading equipment manufacturers, enabling us to offer a wide range of equipment at highly competitive prices. Our consultative approach enables us to assist our customers in choosing the best production equipment to suit their individual needs.

For further information: www.core-equip.com

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Murphy’s quality assurance scheme Murphy’s new quality assurance packages have been developed following feedback from you, the brewer.

Murphy’s offer four levels: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. With each level you get a discount on our standard costs ranging from 10% for bronze through to 20% for platinum. Plus, when you sign up for an annual package you gain access to further discounts should you need any additional analysis!

BRONZE This will tick the boxes for your SALSA audit and demonstrates a basic level of external analysis to back up your own quality checks. Analysis includes combined, SO2, ABV, ATNC and some micro contamination.

SILVER This is the next step up and shows your thinking goes beyond ticking the boxes and you understand the benefits of extending your level of analysis, even though you may not have the time or equipment to do this yourself. This package includes heavy metals in both your brewing liquor and beer, which

helps to demonstrate legal compliance for food safety.

GOLD In addition to the silver package this level incorporates pesticide analysis as well as increased monitoring of chemistry and microbiological based analysis.

Now you’re really serious about quality and food safety. With this package, we not only provide regular reports, but we will also trend the results on graphs that provide a visual picture of what’s working well and what’s not.

PLATINUM The Platinum package ensures you are doing everything feasible to make sure the products you’re producing are of high quality and food safe. If something were to go wrong, you have the evidence to prove you’ve proactively managed any risks.

Please visit us at BeerX to discuss your packages. All packages can be tailored if you have any additional analysis you wish to be included.

For further information: www.murphyandson.co.uk Laboratory@murphyandson.co.uk

Come and see BrewMan at BeerX! The Premier Systems team will be at stand 116 at BeerX, demonstrating all of our software services including:

BrewMan Our cloud-based brewery management software is used and trusted by over 200 breweries. The system was specifically designed for breweries with features such as duty calculation, sales, stock control, distribution and cask tracking. Pricing starts from just £20 a month for a basic one user system.

BrewMan Production - BrewMan's Production module manages production processes, raw materials, fluid movements and ensures end-to-end traceability for your brewery or distillery.

BrewRep - The BrewRep module has been specifically designed for breweries to

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manage their sales teams on the road.

Sales representatives can set objectives, plan visits, enter orders remotely.

We will demonstrate how you can use it portably on windows tablets such as the Surface Go. BrewMan Delivery App - Simplify your distribution by completing the whole process on-the-road with an easy-to-use ruggedized mobile application. Scan casks, take customer signatures and much more.

At the stand we will also demonstrate our latest integration with Shopify, allowing our customers to connect your BrewMan system with your online and offline shops.

For further information: www.premiersystems.com

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The Beer Can decoration specialists

Come and visit us on Stand 36/37 to see our latest innovations for beer can decoration.

Wraparound self-adhesive labels or shrink sleeves for full 360 degree decoration, we can offer some unique finishes to make your can stand out in the crowd.

New this year we will be showing tactile decoration on shrink sleeved cans and true individualisation & personalisation created by using HP Mosaic software.

So come and speak to us about your requirements and to also see our ‘Can Wall’ with hundreds of stunning shrink sleeved cans.

For further information: www.berkshirelabels.co.uk

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LemonTop Creative can help your business with its branding journey Whether you need a refreshing change, or you just want to heat things up a little, SIBA Supplier of the Year LemonTop can help your brand or service stand out from the competition.

promotional material, we offer everything you need to place your products, services and business at the forefront of the brewing industry.

We have built a reputation as specialists due to our ability to (pun intended) offer the whole package - branding, graphic design, illustration, package design, promotional material and advertising.

Visit us on stand 45 at SIBA Beer X and take a look at some of the projects we have on display.

Saxon Packaging returns to show

They can be found on stand 91, and will have a vast range of packaging examples and goodies to share with

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How do we do this? Your products and services are the items that kickstart the journey but we start by listening to your story. We look at how your business sits within the marketplace, who your competitors are, your target audience, and your ultimate objectives.

Product packaging design is one of our most dynamic and captivating design services. It is an inescapable part of everyday life, yet it requires a high standard of skilled design. It motivates the consumer to try your product, ultimately creating a cycle of repeat purchasing and brand loyalty. Get it right and it even has the potential to become a collectible piece of art.

We’ve helped many businesses get their products to market, and helped many other businesses navigate their way along the processing chain. From brilliant beer brands and fabulous drinks packaging, through to compelling pointof-sale and stimulating

Last year our Sales Director, Mike, and Business Development Managers, Stu and Adam, had a great time meeting fellow SIBA members and brewers alike, and are looking forward to being able to discuss SIBA members’ packaging needs and solutions again at this year’s event.

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Only then can we use our creative and conceptual thinking to position your brand and tell stories that draw customers closer to you.

Some of our clients are suppliers at the start of the production chain and want us to promote their service or equipment, while other clients are at the end of the process and have a product to sell. Wherever you are in the sequence, you’ll benefit from the services we offer.

Saxon Packaging is excited to confirm that it will once again be exhibiting at this year’s SIBA BeerX exhibition.

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stand visitors, so be sure to be pop by, grab a beer and discuss your packaging requirements with either Stu, Adam, Mike or Wayne.

For further information: www.lemontopcreative.com Tel: 01325 311177

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Saxon Packaging is also the proud sponsor of the ‘Brewery of the Year’ category and wish all those entering the award good luck!

Pictured right: Mike, Stu and Adam at 2018’s stand and a range of beer packaging solutions.

For further information: www.saxonpackaging.co.uk

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Working with breweries to strengthen their brand through packaging ADVANCED Advanced Packaging Materials expansion into a new production unit along with investment in new printers helped the company to achieve a record year for printed bottle boxes in 2018.

We are planning for further growth, helped by the introduction of new and redesigned packaging this year. There are plans for a major investment in printing equipment which will enable us to offer short-run printing on a new range of packaging to hold a wide range of bottle and can boxes, along with Bag-in-Box. With the use of this equipment it will allow bespoke packaging to be printed up to full colour with no set-up costs as we currently offer on our bottle boxes.

Advanced Packaging Materials now has two options for courier packaging, Safepak and Safepak Evo. The original Safepak has proven extremely successful,

reducing the amount of breakages to a fraction of what they were when using conventional packaging. Safepak is 100% recyclable with the foam components being produced from polythene. We now have a new product, Safepak Evo, which is 100% recyclable and compostable, and manufactured from over 80% recycled material.

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Safepak Pro contains three simple components - an outer box, a universal base which is manufactured from recycled paper, designed to hold 330ml and 500ml bottles along with the full range of cans, and the third component is an insert to hold the tops of the bottles and cans in place. This becomes a very cost-efficient method of transporting beers and ciders.

For further information: www.printedbeerbottleboxes.co.uk info@advpack.co.uk

Temperature control in the brewing and distilling industry

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Controlling temperature in the brewing and distilling process is critical to product consistency, quality and most importantly, taste.

There are different pieces of equipment you can use to control temperature, but an industrial chiller is by far the most effective and efficient.

It can be used to deliver precise temperatures for single or multiple brewing vessels at the required times in the brewing and fermenting process.

Some brewing processes will require the product to be dramatically lowered in temperature over a short period of time, but during the fermenting stage, it must maintain steady temperatures. The chiller can be used to supply the optimum temperatures for both, which helps lower wastage and provides brewers with a more consistent and repeatable process.

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micro-breweries and cosmopolitan spirit makers raising the standards of smaller scale production.

ICS Cool Energy have been providing temperature control solutions to the alcoholic beverage industry for over 30 years and work with a wide range of customers from beer, spirit, cider and wine makers to large brewers.

We offer a wide range of energy efficient temperature control solutions from compact but powerful packaged chillers – ideal for small breweries requiring

temperatures from -10 to 30°C – to bespoke solutions to cope with large scale mass-production.

For further information: www.icscoolenergy.com

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Schafer Container Systems goes from strength-to-strength

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According to Mike Hickman, following two years of extensive investment in its production facilities in Germany and the CZ Republic, keg production is at an all-time high.

The investment has increased capacity, reduced lead times and resulted in a greener footprint. The increasing demand from the craft sector globally helped us in our decision to invest.

Our aim at Schäfer during 2019 and beyond is to help the UK craft industry own its own population of PLUS kegs, as the trend towards ‘’pay per fill’’ rentals leaves the craft brewer with the same overall costs after fourteen months or so but no tangible assets on the books.

As an example, 1,000 PLUS kegs purchased at 80,000 Euros filled five times equates to 5,000 fills at 16 Euros per fill, the positive being you own the kegs and their life time could be 20 years!

5,000 rentals at an average fee of 13.50 Euros = 67,500 Euros paid out but no asset on the books, at this rate you

would have owned your PLUS kegs inside 14 months. Also, with ‘’pay per fill’’ you’re not exempt from extra charges for slow turnaround and lost kegs.

The brewer will continue to pay the 67,500 Euro year on year, when that money could have been better utilised acquiring new kegs to meet increasing sales growth.

The UK is a relatively small place - Texas alone is three times our size and Australia a massive 32 times the size of our land mass - so these pay-per-fill systems may have a part to play within these massive continents.

However, great strides are being made

on retrofittable keg tracking devices embedded in the keg alerting the brewer where his keg is located, and potentially what temperature are the contents inside the keg. Combined with tailor-made financial solutions in this age of “cheap money” now is the time to build you keg population.

The PLUS offers the craft brewer a product that reduces noise by 70% within the brewery and on delivery. The product is of no interest to metal thieves as it combines stainless steel protected by a Polyurethane jacket.

It also provides unmatched stackability with its interlocking ends. In addition it allows your creative team to design colour logos and an image unique to your beers, which never requires repainting - the very antithesis to the homogenous all steel keg with just a sticky label defining you and your brand.

Visit our stand to discuss the above with Mike Hickman at BeerX

For further information: schaefercontainers.com

Can packing project? Then T. Freemantle can help Explore the possibility of solutions on offer to you, with our semi- and fully-automatic beer can packing machines.

The Semi-Automatic Can Pack Cartoner (pictured) is flexible and can run a wide range of carton sizes. The change between different sizes is an unskilled operation and can be completed in less

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than 10 minutes. There are no change parts or special tools required to complete the size change. It is suitable for 330ml and 440ml Cans.

Other features: • Capable of packing 4,6 and 8-can packs - 4 Pack 2x2, 6 Pack 2x3 and 8 Pack 2x4 (9 Pack 3x3, 12 Pack 4x3 and other can sizes are also available with adaptations) • It is not a tied system (i.e. to a particular carton manufacturer) • The machine is suitable for a range of different can pack carton variants including full and economy flaps, fridge packs style cartons and packs with integral

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handles. The machine can also run various types of folding box boards, recycled board, micro flute and corrugated.

Visit us at Beer x 2019 stand 71, where Richard, Simon and Julie will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

For further information: www.tfreemantle.com

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A full range of kegs and casks THIELMANN is looking forward to once again meeting with its partners at BeerX 2019.

As a major event in the international THIELMANN exhibition calendar, BeerX always offers a valuable opportunity to meet with new and existing customers, learn about new trends within the UK brewing industry, and highlight new developments from within the company's extensive portfolio of keg and brewing solutions.

This year, visitors to the THIELMANN stand can meet with our experts to talk through requirements and find out more about why THIELMANN stainless steel kegs are a market leading solution for brewing operations of all sizes.

Whether you are a small, independent brewer or running a large-scale operation, THIELMANN offers a full range of kegs and casks, along with full service and repair options, from its Dewsbery, UK facility to meet all your brewing needs.

In order to keep your operations as agile as possible, THIELMANN kegs are available from stock from our Dewsbury facility. All our kegs and casks are customisable to ensure your brand remains visible throughout the supply chain, and are fully backed by the expertise gained from 275 years in the market that guarantees your beer is brewed to perfection and delivered to your customers in perfect condition.

Not only do THIELMANN stainless steel kegs produce the best quality brew, they control and retain those qualities throughout the entire process. And with a deep understanding of the care needed to keep your kegs producing top quality brew throughout their service life, THIELMANN’s servicing option include full keg fleet maintenance, repair and servicing to our customers right across the UK. Whether your keg fleet numbers in the tens or thousands, our servicing programme can be 100% tailored to your needs.

Understanding how food grade gases can deliver a great drink Food grade industrial gases can help you to deliver a superior product to your customers, but it’s important to understand your responsibilities in utilising this important commodity.

Are you ordering food grade gases v. industrial grade gas? Industrial gases are used in a wide range of manufacturing processes. When using gases for drinks dispensing, it’s important to use food grade to ensure safety to the public and prevent you from being in breach of health and safety regulations. Poor quality gases from non-reputable suppliers can also affect the taste of beers – one cylinder of bad dispense gas can ruin up to 10 kegs of beer. Only accept food grade gases from a reputable supplier that are labelled correctly with a food traceability label.

Have you got the right gas mix to achieve your desired product results?

The proper mix of food grade gases can enhance the flavour characteristics of your drinks, affect the after-taste,

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fobbing and haze, and have an impact on quality. Generally, there are three mixed gas types used in the UK market, depending upon the type of beer being dispensed: 30/70 – containing 30% CO2 and 70% N2: 50/50 – containing 50% CO2 and 50% N2: and 60/40 – containing 60% CO2 and 40% N2 Safety tips: There are numerous regulations and safety bodies that are designed to help keep you safe in utilising food grade gases, such as The Pressure Systems Safety Regulations Act of 2000, the Health and Safety Executive, ISO 9001 and the British Compressed Gas Association.

The mode of supply can make a big difference. Some cellar systems make it easy on the landlord by eliminating the need for heavy cylinders. There are tank installations available that use remote fill points, these enable the gas to be delivered without the need for on-site staff to accept the delivery and manually handle the cylinders. Tanks can save time in change-overs, cellar space and

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Our full service and repair programme includes internal and external inspection, neck repair, chime straightening, spear maintenance, customisation, rebranding, cleaning and tagging options.

The maintenance process includes visual inspection and assessment, internal and external inspection, pressure test, record of fault analysis, spear maintenance and refurbishment, including breakdown of extractor for ultrasonic cleaning, specification checks and data logging.

For further information: thielmann.com

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provide the peace of mind that a securely monitored system can deliver.

The system monitors the gas levels so that you don’t run out, you never pay for gas that you’re not using and that deliveries can be handled seamlessly, through external fill points.

Air Products friendly team of technical experts can help. We’ve been helping UK companies to capitalise on the value that gases can bring to the hospitality industry for over 60 years. We can discuss the benefits of different gas mixes, usage projections and the best modes of supply. Our expertise can help you develop a system that delivers quality tasting products to your customers, as well as helping you to meet the required safety codes. Our ‘fit and forget’ system is a tailor-made system to meet your specific cellar and safety needs with equipment to provide all your gas needs for drinks dispense and line cleaning.

For further information: airproducts.co.uk

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Dixon is exhibiting at BeerX Dixon will be at the BeerX event, showcasing its extensive range of hygienic fittings, actuated valves and hygienic hoses assemblies currently in use within the food and beverages industries.

Dixon is looking forward to showing visitors its hygienic process equipment and discuss the increasing number of projects carried out at breweries and beverage plants across the UK.

Dixon’s hose range includes Heat Traced, Hot Water Thermal and Duplex hose assemblies as part of the standard range along with a range of rubber, silicone, PVC and PTFE hose assemblies which can be custom-made to exact requirements with accessories including wash-down guns, sight glasses and steam lances.

With an on-site valve actuation shop, 3D design, full technical and sales back-up and BSI approved manufacturing and engineering department, Dixon can design and produce individual bespoke

valves and fabricated configurations to quickly and efficiently solve customer problems. This has included pump carts, bespoke valve configurations and innovative display sight glasses used on beer pumps to infuse product.

Dixon’s team will be available to talk about correct hose and valve selection, eliminating contamination risk, new products and the hose management programme Dixon-Hose Connect, now being used by some major breweries beverage manufacturers within the UK.

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Dixon-Hose Connect is a secure, user friendly web based app. It is a source to allow you to access your Hose Maintenance documentation, including Service History reports, Hose Asset Register via unique tag references and

hose identifiers, as well as training videos for your site.

system expertise and knowledge of process engineering and microbiology into comprehensive solutions for complete production lines.

facility in Freising: the new Steinecker Brew Centre provides both customers and Krones itself with an option for collaborative brewing, conducting trials, and testing new technologies.

For further information: www.dixoneurope.co.uk

Krones/Kosme/Steinecker at BeerX 2019 Krones/Kosme will be exhibiting at BeerX 2019, to showcase how their Steinecker technology and compact packaging lines can work for small breweries.

Krones and Steinecker have considerable knowledge and experience in beverage production. They successfully combine

Krones specialises in planning breweries and equipping them with energy-saving brewhouses and the appropriate cellar technology. Indeed, the Krones group even has a brewery of its own at its

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The Steinecker Microcube, the perfect tool for craft brewers, will be featured at BeerX 2019. It incorporates much of the technology seen in the larger Krones systems, including the Shakesbeer mash conversion vessel, the Pegasus C lauter tun and the Stromboli kettle system but in a much more compact format for brew lengths ranging from 5HL – 100HL. Krones will also be demonstrating smallto-medium speed bottling equipment from its Kosme portfolio range. Kosme has been owned by Krones for over 10 years now and the Italian subsidiary is responsible for supplying bottling equipment for outputs up to 18,000 bottles per hour.

For further information: www.krones.com/en/

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Delivering full turnkey project for our clients Musk Process Services (Musk) partner with our clients in the manufacturing and process markets, to improve their manufacturing capability and help them gain a competitive advantage.

From feasibility studies to asset care, we deliver bespoke engineering throughout your asset lifecycle. Whatever the scale of your challenge, we are passionate about being the best at what we do and look forward to working together so we can get to understand your business and ensure your safe and smooth running now and for years to come.

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We have extensive experience in delivering full turnkey packages for our clients, helping them achieve improved efficiency, increased capacity and performance.

In collaboration with our project management team we can help you navigate both the technical and logistical challenges of your project.

And working with one team across the project lifecycle can help reduce your costs.

Our service lines are: • Process Projects • Asset Care

Manufacturers and installers of both the St Austell and Bath Ales brewhouse

For further information: ejmusk.co.uk

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Tornado tumbler is award winner Our tumbler Toronto is one of SAHM’s most popular glasses. The glass is available in various sizes including brim full sizes and also in reusable materials like PET. The tumbler has an elegant timeless look and has won the red dot design award. It is suitable for eye-catching decorations.

For further information: www.sahm.de

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Time to can your beer in-house?

Enterprise Tondelli supplies beer canning lines for micro breweries and larger brewers.

Our beer canning lines can be tailored to suit your requirements with the following typical production outputs for small lines:• 1,500 cans per hour • 3,000 cans per hour • Higher speed lines are available up to 80,000cph Enterprise Tondelli is delighted to advise that one of our specialist manufacturers in Italy has recently launched an affordable rotary Can Filler/Seamer for beer.

The advantage of a rotary machine is that the Can is purged with CO2 and filled withbeer under pressure whilst sealed on the machine carousel - This gives very low oxygen pickup in a controlled environment.

The machine is an evolution of our very successful field-proven beer Bottle Fillers.

Another important feature is that the can Seamer head is mechanically controlled with a cam and an inverter controlled motor.

The very compact unit can also include Depalletising table, Can Rinser, Can Labeller and Packing Table for a complete, off the shelf solution.

With an active planning department we are able to quickly supply a CAD generated layout showing the line configured in your building.

Careful attention is also taken to ensure low operating costs both from a personnel point of view and also machine maintenance.

For further information: www.enterprisetondelli.co.uk

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Compressed air specialists Air Equipment is a specialist air compressor sales and service business based near Milton Keynes covering most of the South East and East Anglia.

Julian Higgs, sales manager at Air Equipment, says, “Compressed air is an essential utility across the whole food production industry, including at most brewing establishments. However, since the air quality required for all food related applications is strictly controlled by legislation it is vital that you have the correct equipment and filtration specified. At Air Equipment we work with customers right across the industry to ensure their compressed air meets the required air specification.”

As distributors of CompAir and Hydrovane air compressors we can offer one of the largest product ranges in the industry, as well as access the technical support of the UK-based air compressor manufacturer. Whether you are looking

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for a small piston compressor or larger lubricated or oil free screw compressor, we can meet your needs. We can also supply downstream air treatment equipment from some of the world’s leading suppliers.

Alfa Laval Brew 20 is a compact solution that effectively removes solids while preserving hop oils and aromas. Built with our unique Axial-Hermetic Seal, it also offers a smart innovation for minimizing oxygen pickup without the addition of CO2 and deaerated water. A plug-and-play skid makes installation and operation easy, and our global service network can support you during commissioning and beyond.

“Many brewpubs and microbreweries believe that centrifuges are only for the really big players, but with today’s technology, that’s no longer the case,” says Joakim Gustafsson, Global Sales Manager Brewery at Alfa Laval. “We created our video guide to make it easier for smaller breweries to get the information they need to understand what a centrifuge will mean for their brewery, their beer and their bottom line.”

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Our courses follow the Institute for Brewing and Distilling (IBD) syllabus and are delivered by qualified, specialist tutors, meaning our students graduate with industry recognised qualifications ready to advance their careers within the industry.

We provide breweries and distilleries with the scientific expertise they need to manage the quality and consistency of their existing products as well as evaluate the prospects for new ones.

Our specialist laboratory analysis services enable brewers and distillers to maintain high-quality and compliance goals while significantly reducing operational costs.

“We specifically developed Brew 20 to meet the needs of today’s brewpubs and microbreweries, based on what we have learned from working closely with craft brewers around the world for many years,” says Gustafsson. “For these brewers, Brew 20 offers two clear benefits: increased yield that gets more from every tank as well as superior flavour and aroma for their beer.”

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Our cryogenically-frozen yeast bank includes over 200 yeast species and provides a backup and consistent supply of your specific yeast, mitigating risks associated with yeast contamination allowing brewers to maintain recipe formulation and brand consistency.

Whether you are looking to add to your product range, develop an innovative new style or use unusual ingredients for the first time, our specially-trained project support team can help fast-track your recipes to production scale quicker and at a much-reduced cost when compared to traditional routes.

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The first ever Wellhopped World Series awards kicks off at BeerX 2019 The Wellhopped World Series is Charles Faram’s new industry competition with some exciting twists.

The annual three-phase competition is set to establish the best sample of new and commercial varieties from the Worldwide Charles Faram Hop Development Programme.

Phase one, the Wellhopped World Series AromaFest, is to give growers of Charles Faram Hop Development Programme recognition for their endeavours in the search for new varieties while showing our commitment to quality.

The AromaFest was judged on Friday 11th January at the Charles Faram Malvern site by selected brewers (see picture above) invited to be part of hop innovation history and at the forefront of finding ground-breaking new varieties.

The scores are in, the selections are in.

Find out which of our commercial and experimental hops made it as champion and who is the supreme Charles Faram grower for 2019 at the awards ceremony taking place at this year’s SIBA BeerX. Take a guess at which CF commercial variety has won, you might be surprised!

Phase two is a wave of collaborations between Charles Faram UK, USA and Canada using only the varieties from the Charles Faram Hop Development Programme. Resulting in Phase 3, a brewing competition to be judged at the Worcestershire Brewery Resource Roadshow in September by experts in attendance. Once the votes are in, the supreme champion Wellhopped World Series Beer will be crowned at the Charles Faram HopWalk the following day, Thursday 5th September.

We invite you to follow our progress and get involved in finding the hops of the future.

Save the dates The Brewery Resource Roadshow Wednesday 4th September 2019 The Charles Faram HopWalk Thursday 5th September 2019

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SEEPEX’s latest PC pump is ‘first to meet food and drink hygiene’s highest standard’ In response to food and drink industry demands for equipment that adheres to strict safety and hygiene requirements without compromising product quality, SEEPEX has developed a new hygienic progressive cavity (PC) pump range.

The BCFH range is the first to be certified by the European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group under its new testing regime.

Founded by Unilever 30 years ago, the European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (EHEDG) is a global consortium of over 400 food process equipment manufacturers whose aim is to ensure the hygienic design of process equipment. It publishes guideline documents and sets best practice, as well as certifying equipment that meets the very highest standards of food and drink hygiene. It provides a globally recognised test method for establishing the cleanability of closed hygienic

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equipment, using a specified cleaning and testing regime. EHEDG certification guarantees residue-free cleaning at a lower temperature, with lower chemical concentration and with a shorter cleaning time than is normal for other cleaning-in-place (CIP) solutions used in the food industry.

As well as giving end-users peace of mind that their closed equipment is microbiologically clean, equipment designed to this standard typically require 76% less cleaning time, saving on water, detergent and energy.

Product safety is a key concern for food and drink manufacturers. The financial consequence of ignoring this threat is significant – the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies puts the average cost of a recall for a food company at $10m or more in direct costs, business interruption, brand damage and lost sales.

At the same time, it is also essential that adherence to safety and hygiene does not adversely affect the quality of a

product. The challenge, therefore, is designing cleaning regimes and equipment that provide the best possible hygienic solutions to ensure product safety without comprising on quality. This is exactly what SEEPEX has designed the BCFH progressive cavity pump range to achieve.

SEEPEX is the first company to gain EHEDG certification for newly developed, hygienic, progressive cavity pumps under this revised testing process. The new testing procedures will now be a requirement for all EHEDG-certified companies by 2020, ensuring that certification continues to provide endusers with complete confidence and peace of mind that the closed equipment they are using meets the highest possible level of hygienic design.

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Murphy & Son serving the brewing industry Murphy & Son’s products and services help the brewing industry to control their processes, minimise losses, maximise yields and to help run a more efficient brewery.

Platinum package. Each level you get a discount on our standard costs ranging from 10% for bronze through to 20% for platinum. When you sign up for an annual package you gain access to further discounts.

Brewhouse Enzymes - Enzymes help improve extract, beer quality and contribute consistent flavours.

Kettle Finings - added towards the end of boil, react with small pieces of protein in the cooled wort, precipitating them out as much larger particles, which is removed with the tank sediment.

Available products are Koppakleer and Protafloc, which are tabletted, granular or powder.

Yeast foods - Experience has shown that yeast can suffer from a range of nutritional deficiencies. which can cause, long lag phase, high pH, sticking fermentations, poor finings.

Isinglass Finings - The active ingredient is protein collagen, which reacts with suspended solids in beer. Positively charged isinglass attracts to the yeast cell walls. Available products are; Allkleer, Caskleer and Tankleer range, Magicol and pastes.

Auxiliary Finings - These alginates, polymerised silicates and polysaccharides fine out protein, giving a brighter more polished beer and improved shelf life, Available products are Cellabrite, Finings adjuncts, Superkleer and Alginex Foam Control - Antifoam controls over-foaming at wort boiling and fermentation with minimum addition as a processing aid.

Foam Head Stabilisers - enhance foam stability of beer and improves measured head retention value in beers. Available product is PGA solution.

Quality Assurance Packages - They range from the basic Bronze to the

Our latest products!!

AMG - Amyloglucosidase used to produce glucose from starch and dextrins, it survives normal pasteurisation, which can be added to the mash, kettle or FV and creates low carbohydrate supper-attenuated beers, commonly used for the production of Brut IPA. CEREX – a malt extract syrup ideal for producing alcohol free beers.

BREWERS CLARITY significantly reduces the gluten content in beers made with barley and wheat.

SUPER F – Vegan friendly rapid action finings, which is used in tank, for, kegs, bottles and cans.

ENZYBREW 10 – All in one cleaning product, that is environmentally friendly

For further information: www.murphyandson

Designing beer in an age of abstinence An innovative hop business, Totally Natural Solutions, launched its allnatural HopZero® range at Brau Beviale 2018 to provide high quality hop aroma and flavour to zero- and low-alcohol beers.

This exciting new range delivers natural hop functionality to overcome the common residual sweet and worty characters often experienced in this beer style.

Trends in alcohol consumption are shifting and the biggest market share increase is in this area. In March 2018, Global Market Insights reported the nonalcoholic beer market is expected to exceed $25bn by 2024. Totally Natural Solutions has dedicated research and development to understanding and overcoming the problems associated with de-alcoholised and restricted fermentation beers and presents HopZero® to adjust the required bitterness levels, balance taste and mouthfeel and add late or dry hop

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character to the finished beverage.

The HopZero® range has been specifically developed to meet the European natural flavouring legislation (EC/1334/2008) and can be used in all zero or low alcohol beverage formats.

At Brau Beviale, visitors to the Totally Natural Solutions booth were offered tastings of a zero alcohol Lager, IPA and Stout, all formulated using the HopZero® products. Whichever base beer is used, the development of a finished beverage can be carried out in three easy steps; adjust bitterness to the required level, balance taste and mouthfeel and finally add late hop or dry hop character depending on the desired beer style.

Totally Natural Solutions Managing Director, Colin Wilson explains, “Today’s beer consumers have very exacting standards. Taste, quality and natural origin really matter. However, traditional

methods of lowering or removing alcohol from beer often result in an unsatisfying overall beer experience.

HopZero® allows brewers to add high quality extracts to low and zero alcohol base beers to deliver a genuine beer experience”

Totally Natural Solutions’ HopInspiration® range, artfully combines a selection of over 150 natural hop extracts for late hop, dry hop and bittering replacement, giving the user a range of benefits including consistent hop aroma, intense natural flavour as well as being dependable and therefore cost effective.

For further information: www.totallynaturalsolutions.com

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New elite barley could be a budding success New gene combinations in barley could prove a budding success for breeders and brewers across the world, according to a new study by plant scientists at the University of Dundee and the James Hutton Institute.

The study, published in New Phytologist, suggests new barley lines created by bringing together novel genetic variation, could dramatically benefit the brewing and distilling industries by offering improved grain quality.

Barley can have heads with either 2 or 6 rows of grain. Currently, the malt industries in the UK prefer 2-row barley due to its grain uniformity, but this could change following the new research developed in Dundee.

Dr Sarah McKim, who led the team including co-authors Dr. Monika Zwirek and Professor Robbie Waugh, said that combining variation from different genes both increased grain uniformity and grain weight on each head of 6-row barley.

She said, “Current cultivated 6-row barley shows poor grain uniformity, which is undesirable for malting.

Compared to 2-rowed types, 6-row

barley also has a decreased number of heads per plant, meaning that yield is lower than its potential.

However, we discovered that combining specific pairs of ‘row-type’ genes generated barley with improved grain uniformity, but also increased the number of heads per plant, while other combinations increase grain weight even compared to 2-row barley, ticking many of the boxes barley growers may want.

“These combinations are a promising start and could impact brewing and distilling here and across the globe.

The next step is to see how these combinations perform in an elite breeding environment and how well they flourish in the field."

The research, available to view online (see link below), was funded by the Biotechnological and Biological Research Council, the Scottish Government and by a Royal Society of Edinburgh Personal Research Fellowship to Dr. McKim.

The Tay Cities Deal recently awarded £62 million to develop the International Barley Hub and Advanced Plant Growth Centre at the James Hutton Institute site in Dundee. Both projects are set to support the beer and whiskey industry worth £20-25 billion to the UK economy, establishing a more streamlined approach to translating barley research and plant science into innovation in the brewing and Scotch whisky industry which relies upon high-quality malting barley.

Pictured: Sarah McKim - picture courtesy of University of Dundee

https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.15548

Hygiene stations for the brewhouse Industrial Washing Machines (IWM) has launched a comprehensive range of hygiene stations that are ideal for use in the brewery and food sectors.

The range includes hand sanitising stations, boot wash equipment, combination products that offer both hand sanitising and boot washing functionality, boot driers and drying racks.

IWM’s new hand sanitising stations have been designed to significantly reduce the risk of introducing contamination into production areas. The range extends from single-user wash basins to specialpurpose sinks with knee or sensor operation. The new boot and shoe washer and disinfection stations range from simple manual versions to sophisticated walk-through models with

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multiple brushes, automatic chemical dispensing and access control options.

To help ensure the highest levels of hygiene are maintained in demanding applications, IWM offers sensor-operated combined hand wash and disinfection stations with access control turnstiles.

These are manufactured from stainless steel and feature automated chemical dosing and dispensing. In addition, advanced models monitor the user’s actions, allowing them to exit only when they have completed the prescribed washing and disinfection sequence.

Single- and two-sided driers for working footwear are also on offer. Equipped with 2 kW heaters, these machines use hot ozone-enriched air and drying temperatures of up to 32 degrees Celsius to achieve drying times of between two and six hours. The temperature control

and time delay functions available on selected models give users the flexibility to pre-program and schedule operation for the maximum convenience.

To complement its washing, sanitising and drying machines, IWM can supply shoe and apron disinfecting racks in a multitude of dimensions to make best use of available floor space.

For further information: www.indwash.co.uk

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Current trends in ‘free-from Beer’

by Iain Kenny, Murphy & Son

There is an ever-increasing demand for food and drink to be designed that excludes one or more ingredients with which some consumers are either allergic or have an intolerance.

In beer production our current focus is Gluten Free/reducing, Vegan and alcohol free, as these demands are at a growing rate. It is here where we can help, by assisting you in the creation of a comprehensive ‘free from’ range to add to your portfolio and help meets these ever-decreasing demands.

Gluten Free Beer •Around 1 in 100 people in the UK suffer from Coeliac disease in the UK. •Despite this small number of people with the illness, it’s estimated 8.5 million people are following reduced gluten or gluten free diet.

•For a food stuff to be classified as “gluten free” it needs to contain 20ppm or less of gluten. This is required by law.

•Very Low Gluten is 100ppm or less – there are currently no known products labelled as such in UK What is Gluten?

•Gluten is a composite of storage proteins termed proamylins (hordeins) and glutelins in stored together with starch in the endosperm of grains.

•Found in wheat, barley, rye and oats.

•When making bread it is the kneading process that aligns these proteins to give dough elasticity and bread it’s structure.

Steps to reduce gluten in beer •Recipe Alterations •Exclude or reduce wheat, rye, oats etc •Use of brewing sugars and syrups •Use of adjuncts such as maize •Brewing Process •Is the mashing regime right? Can this be altered in increase protein break down •Is the finings regime correct? Copper finings, auxiliary finings, isinglass, super f, silica gels •Extended conditioning time

Use of Brewers Clarex This is a highly specific endo peptidase added to chilled wort at start of fermentation 1-3g per Hl. Originally designed for chill haze reduction, it cleaves polypeptides at the proline end to prevent formation of polyphenol protein. It also breaks structure of glutens. It affects no other beer parameters

Requires Careful Management •Managing the risks of gluten free is a challenging process •Easiest and best way to manage is to test every batch via the Elisa R5 Analysis Method via an accredited lab.

•As beer starts with ingredients containing gluten, a whole new risk assessment, HACCP plan needs to be put in place.

•It can get messy if the gluten target is missed and beer is packaged or ready to be packaged.

•Coeliac Society are a great source of advice and information.

Use of Super F – Vegan Finings •Silica and polysaccharide based fining affective against yeast, protein and other haze forming compounds.

•Extended 9 Month Shelf Life and low dose rates •Most effective at 0-5oC with yeast counts 1-8 million viable yeast count.

•Existing Customers achieving “Bar Bright” Beer pre-filtration.

•Increases filter runs and decreases conditioning time •Works well with Auxiliary and Copper finings •Requires regular optimisation.

Alcohol Free Beer •1 in 3 Brits have tried an alcohol free beer.

•1 in 10 women consume weekly

•1 in 5 Londoners consume when they are out •ABInbev predict sector to grow to 20% of total volume by 2025 •Impact of sugar tax and dry January •Current UK Legislation: •Alcohol-Free = no more than 0.05% ABV •De-alcoholised Beer = no more than 0.5% ABV •Low-Alcohol Beer = no more than 1.2% •Alcoholic Beer = Greater than 1.2% •Europe less than 0.5% = Alcohol Free

Producing Alcohol Free Beer •Alcohol Stripping / De- Alcoholising systems •Low Fermentable Brewing •Cold Contact •Use of yeasts with reduced fermentation activity (e.g. Saccharomyces ludwiggi).

•Additives (many taken from Cider and Wine) to reduce yeast growth and spoilage.

•Cerex : Malt Extract Use of CereX: Malt Extract •Used as a base for alcohol free beer – Made with a brewers philosophy.

•Production similar to beer – Mash, lautering, boiling then evaporation to concentrated syrup.

•Ready stabilised – Low oxygen, filtered and stabilised.

•Ready to dilute – add flavourings, hop extracts, colours, coffee – endless possibilities!

•Quick turn around, short vessel occupancy time.

•Requires no yeast contact or fermentation so suitable for Halal markets.

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Iain Kenny started with Murphy & Son in June 2017 and dived head first into his new role providing technical support for customers based in the Midlands and much of Wales (anywhere between the M4 and M62, give or take).

Iain came to Murphys with a BSc Hons in Brewing and Distilling gained at Heriot-Watt University, including a placement at Tennants. Between then and now, Iain was Head Brewer for Kelham Island and owned and managed his own brewing and consultancy business, working with numerous breweries across South Yorkshire and the Midlands. With experience pretty much tailored for the role, it’s no surprise that Iain has fitted into work at Murphy’s so well!

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Current trends in “freefrom beer”

Low Carbohydrate, high Gravity Beer Most brewers are turning to the power of enzymes, more specifically Amyloglucosidase (AMG to you and me). This product is ideal for creating low carbohydrate super –attenuated beer. This enzyme acts by removing glucose from dextrins / oligosaccharides in a step by step manner, working along the non reducing end by hydrolysing both linear α -1,4 and branching α- 1,6 bonds. The removal of these dextrins eliminates any residual body and sweetness in the beer whilst providing extra fermentable glucose for the yeast!

AMG can be added in the mash to boost fermentability and extract, however, brewers of Brut IPA’s are choosing to add it directly to chilled wort (3-8g per hl) with rates dependant on required rate of attenuation. Using this method, production of super-attenuated Brut IPA is easy, and thus making a final gravity of close to and below 1000 is achievable.

For more information please contact Murphy and Son Ltd: If you need any advice about our range or lab services please contact the technical line on 0115 978 5494 and select 5, we are always happy to help or email techsupport@murphyandson.co.uk

Hopnik® ‘delivers ROI in 4 months’

Despite only just passing its third birthday, Mondo Brewing Company continues to punch above its weight through its policy of investing in the latest technology. This time, the Battersea-based brewer has acquired a ROLEC Hopnik®, an innovative dry hop dosing system that was recently introduced to the UK by HOPTIMISER, a Torqueflow-Sydex brand.

Such has been the success of the system that Mondo has reported a return on its investment in just four months.

The use of dry hopping techniques is on the rise, largely due to increasing demand for enhanced hop aromas/ flavours in craft beers. ROLEC has been quick to recognise this trend, developing innovative systems for implementing dry hopping methods in the brewhouse and cellars, with the additional option of using either whole hop flowers or hop pellets.

Mondo Brewing Company is among the latest to take advantage. The brewery was founded by Todd Matteson and Thomas Palmer, who started as homebrewers back in the mid-2000s when the UK craft beer scene was in its infancy.

The pair created their first Mondo beer at Battersea in March 2015, upgrading to a 20hl brewhouse in December 2017.

Specialist chemical products Chemical manufacturer, Biocel provides specialist chemical products for the brewing, beverage, and distilling sectors from its four ISO 9000 accredited manufacturing plants. Clients include Diageo, Pernod-Ricard and William Grant and Sons.

The company has built a reputation for cost-effective problem-solving in the distilled spirits sector as well as being a leading supplier of specialist beer line cleaning solutions.

Complementing its portfolio of CIP and

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OPC products, the company works closely with Koch Membrane Systems to supply the Kochkleen range of membrane cleaning products. Indeed as CIP is a key sector, the technical services team has introduced a number of innovative telemetric offerings, allowing for greater process efficiencies.

Founded in 1966 and with a strong heritage, it recently invested £1 million to upgrade and develop its facilities thus continuing to generate new capabilities to meet customers’ future challenges.

For further information: www.biocel.ie

“We double brew a lot of our beers into 40hl and 60hl fermenters. Currently, we have two of each of those,” says Thomas. “There are 10 20hl fermenters for core beers, seasonal and experimental batches. Brewery space in Battersea is limited, but there’s just enough space for another small expansion as we move into 2019.”

In order to expand, the brewery has to become more efficient, a fact recognised by the Mondo team. “We have been interested in deriving a more efficient hopping process for a while,” says Thomas.

“There have been plenty of trade show visits and lots of research into a multitude of different solutions.

Originally we settled on a device based on hop separation that was custom-made for us by a friend of the brewery. We could get 40kg in there, but during trials it didn’t work as expected.”

Mondo’s ongoing search led them to ROLEC. A contact at ROLEC known to Thomas called into the brewery during a visit to London and the pair got chatting about the Hopnik®.

“The Hopnik® is a macerator-based system and seemed like a far better solution for the quantities and flavour profiles we need,” says Thomas. “We decided to invest in a Hopnik® 80, which has a 40kg capacity. It was installed in April 2018 and quickly became invaluable to our operation. In fact, it has already paid for itself.”

For further information: www.torqueflow-sydex.com

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THE VIEW THROUGH MY GLASS BOTTOM

An old and emptier heritage?

Julian Grocock

The low-watt lightbulb in my ailing brain flickered more brightly when I thought of this title, and I allowed myself a smug and self-satisfied smile.

Have you got it yet? Think antonyms. Yes? No? Well how about those antonyms being of a couple of London’s historic brewers?...

I am of course harking back to when the capital’s real ale reputation could be summed up in two legendary names: Young and Fuller.

And the sub-text in the title implies that there is much to bemoan about the ‘Brewexit’ trend within our traditional industry which, with the recent sale of Fuller’s brewing business to Asahi, has hit a new high and aroused unprecedented levels of surprise and outrage.

But note the question mark, because – as you might be beginning to expect when you read my rambling thoughts – I rarely conclude that the apparent ‘good-versus-evil’ scenario is as clear-cut as it seems.

Young’s beers moved to Bedford in 2006, with the formation of the Wells and Young’s partnership. Five years later, the Wandsworth-based company completed its metamorphosis to a retail-only focus by selling its brewing stake to Charles Wells, and is now described on Wikipedia as ‘a British pub chain’.

Then, in 2017, Wells all but followed suit. Despite having also acquired renowned brands Courage, McEwan’s and Younger’s, the Eagle Brewery was sold. A new smaller plant will brew own-brand ‘craft’ beers for tied pubs, but production of Bombardier etc. – including Young’s – is now in the hands of Marston's.

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quote here have chosen similar routes. Another good example starts with Mitchell’s of Lancaster, who took the decision in 1999 to concentrate on its pub estate – just fifteen years after relocation to the premises of local rivals Yates & Jackson, following that company’s takeover and closure by Thwaites.

Although the subsequent introduction of Lancaster Bomber suggested a continuing commitment to brewing, a deal was struck for Thwaites to brew the new beer.

But then what of Thwaites? By 2015, the Blackburn firm had completed a restructuring process, reduced in-house volume to the ‘Crafty Dan’ microbrewery’s output, and contracted production of core beers and sold the Wainwright and Lancaster Bomber brands. To Marston’s.

And now that we have witnessed the sale of Chiswick’s Griffin Brewery, along with a global licence for the Japanese giant to use the Fuller’s trademark, how should we respond?

I have read mostly measured commentary, with a sense of loss moderated by appreciation of the pragmatic realities of the modern market. It is sad – especially for beer geeks of my generation – to witness the creeping demise of the family brewers we grew up with and who first inspired our passion. But there are understandable reasons…

In addition to the irresistible real estate value of some urban-centre brewery sites, many such decisions have been encouraged by the rise of the major pubcos, following 1989’s Beer Orders. Demonstrating a highly profitable retail model, of tied pubs obliged to buy at ‘wet rent’ prices through prescribed channels, the likes of Punch and Enterprise have been a tempting act to imitate.

Government intervention which sought to limit the market monopoly

effects of vertical integration has actually led to the rise of a more lucrative alternative. Fuller’s is the latest to take advantage of the fact that its shareholders’ interests are invested most securely in its pubs and hotels.

And there is also the other seismic change in British brewing: the growth of the micro sector. This has been fuelled by the current structure of Progressive Beer Duty (Small Breweries Relief), which has been brilliant for the smallest brewers, but whose taper above 5,000hl per year to a ‘cliff-edge’ cut-off at 60,000hl has created a ‘diseconomy of scale’ for medium-sized brewers, many of whom have slashed production to qualify for some relief.

I’m haunted by a ‘brave new world’ image of British brewing: thousands of microbreweries, a few massive global operators…and Marston’s!

But there’s more to say about this, not least because I’m a serious fan of many of those beers now in the Marston’s stable – including Young’s Bitter.

Next session, perhaps…

Julian Grocock

Julian Grocock is a former pub landlord, managing director of Tynemill/Castle Rock, and chief executive of SIBA. Now a partner in Brewindex, a new business consultancy consortium of senior industry executives.

Extensive experience in beer and pub politics, brewery and pubco operations, and on the front line in the pub trade...‘from cellar to ceiling’.

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