Brewing and Beverage Industries Business - Issue 8

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The Products & Services Magazine for the UK Drinks Production Industry Spring 2018 - Issue 8 March • April • May

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Top writers including our regular columnists Ruth Evans MBE, Julian Grocock, Stephen Beaumont and ‘Beer Writer of the Year’ Adrian Tierney-Jones

Who’s showcasing what at BeerX Pages 35-67 inside

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Our regular columnists Ruth Evans MBE hails...

Assistant editor Simon Butler

The positive virtues of unity!

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Adrian Tierney-Jones asks...

Which way will CAMRA turn?

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Stephen Beaumont muses...

Should we return to our roots?

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Julian Grocock stresses...

The importance of leadership!

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Word from the BFBi RUTH EVANS MBE

With unity, “wonderful things can be achieved” January has been a month where I have been able to meet with a large number of the membership, representing all sectors of the supply chain. Throughout all discussions, two issues have come to the fore.

The first issue is not new but is of fundamental importance to every company supplying another – sustainable relationships between supplier and customer.

All suppliers strive for a good relationship with their customer, representing the quality product and service they deliver. Everybody understands the increasing challenges put upon the supply chain from the retailer, leading to lengthening payment terms, chasing the ultimate need for a “good deal”.

However, a good deal is not only one where a buyer achieves the lowest price on the longest terms. It is one that works for everybody within the chain to enable long term benefit as well as short term gain.

According to Altradius Collections, the payment practices barometer, in 2017, more than half of the invoices of respondents in Great Britain were not paid by the due date (49%). This is four percentage points higher than in 2016 and higher than the 41% European average.

Evidence from the Federation of Small Businesses indicates that more than half of small businesses are not paid promptly by large companies with the average payment time of 58 days, nearly double normal contract terms. And the

situation has intensified in the current economic climate.

In the end, it is the customer who decides whether a product’s price is right but, good value is not the same as cheap. Value comes from a quality product sold at a price everybody can afford and not a product sold at a price so low or payment terms so long that the supplier overtrades into insolvency.

Whilst discussing the challenges of ensuring that the customer is able to supply his/her product at the best value to the customer, without impairing the sustainability of the supplier, another word came to the fore - “Unity”.

Unity is Strength.

“Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.”

This is not only a quote from American poet Mattie Stepanek, it has been the strapline for BFBi, formerly the Allied Brewery Traders’ Association, since 1907.

Unity is at the very heart of what BFBi is about – the first Object of Association is “To enable its members to act together in all matters appertaining to their trade or professional interests”.

History shows that this unity, not only of members but across the beverage industry, has proved powerful in many

issues over the years.

However, with today’s electronic media and communications, face-to-face discussions and meetings are becoming increasingly rare. The “old school” values of developing personal contact into trust have become viewed as outdated.

Part of my job is to ensure that BFBi’s strategy fits today’s business environment and it is something I have been working hard at. But, perhaps – just maybe, I have been missing the point. Perhaps we need to realign today’s very individualistic business environment a little more towards one of face-to-face discussions, ensuring that better communications between supplier and customer and a “joined up” supply chain develop trust, resulting in an entire sector growing in strength.

I would ask all BFBi members to stand loud and proud and promote unity, not only between themselves, but across all sectors of our fantastic industry.

As Henry Ford once said “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”

And he didn’t do too bad…..

Ruth Evans MBE, BFBi C.E.O.

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BEER WRITER OF THE YEAR 2017

Called To the Bar

ADRIAN TIERNEY-JONES

Can a leopard change its spots?

I first heard about CAMRA in college, on a trip to the Lake District with the climbing club. We stopped in a pub in Keswick and I was asked what my local real ales were by someone with a copy of what I would later know as the Good Beer Guide. ‘Er, Wrexham Lager? Stone’s Keg? Carling Black Label?’ came my reply, and you can imagine the scorn, which didn’t actually endear me to these virtue-signalling casketeers.

When I eventually started consuming cask beer, I still veered away from CAMRA, even though I recall attending the London Drinker festival once and drinking deeply of Woodforde’s Wherry.

I eventually joined about 20 years ago, edited the Somerset branch’s newsletter and have since had several books published by the organisation.

However (and you knew that there was going to be a however, didn’t you?), the emergence in the last few years of ‘craft keg’ (or whatever you want to call it) has seen my support and interest in CAMRA wane. Even though I have remained a member and write regularly for its magazine Beer, I have felt that it has often become irrelevant to the approach I take to beer in my work (a bit like the whole debate about craft beer, which I am surprised to discover still takes place in certain circles).

Here’s one example: when I wrote Britain’s Brewing Revolution with Roger Protz, I was unable to put in a profile of Beavertown because they didn’t do cask, though I did manage to sneak in The Kernel because of their bottleconditioned beers while BrewDog also got a couple of pages to themselves, because both Roger and I argued that BrewDog couldn’t be ignored. On the other hand, the absence of Beavertown was utterly frustrating, especially as they are an essential part of the British brewing revolution. I had a similar issue with Wild Beer (who ironically enough have returned to making cask).

I have had other gripes though. Another has been that the quality of cask at the bar is still so variable that I don’t drink it

as often as I did. Ordering cask has become a game of chance in many pubs unless the place (like a couple of my locals) is known for the quality of its beer. You can argue that I can’t directly blame CAMRA as it wouldn’t endear them to their pub-owning and beerbrewing members if they started pointing out that not all cask was good, but sometimes there has often seemed a gap between CAMRA’s rhetoric and the reality out there.

Then there are the beer festivals: the emergence of events such as Beavertown’s Extravaganza, Craft Beer Rising and Indyman in Manchester with their variety of beers of all dispensations, a younger and more vital feel has made the average CAMRA festival seem as exciting as a convention for stamp collectors (with notable exceptions such as London Drinker). Finally, I’ve also been impatient with the slow, glacial progress of the organisation’s revitalisation process. Even though it started two years ago it seems to have been going on forever.

However, I am glad to report that the oil tanker has made its turn and CAMRA has announced that members are going to be able to get a vote on the future direction of the organisation in April.

Simply put, CAMRA is looking to change its remit from being one of dealing solely with cask beer to one that, while campaigning for cask beer and promoting its specialness, will recognise quality beer that currently does not meet the organisation's definition of cask. In other words, keg (there’s stuff about cider and perry as well but beer is

at the core of this article). Unlike other changes of policy though, which take place at the annual AGM, and are usually subject to the whims of a small minority, this time the whole membership is going to be give a vote, presumably through post or online. So, conceivably we could be looking at this year’s GBBF featuring a variety of keg beers.

Why does all this matter, when I can get cans of Beavertown or bottles of Brew

By Numbers at my local bottle shop?

Here’s the answer, whether you like it or not, CAMRA is still a mighty organisation, even if only a small and increasingly ageing part of its membership gets involved. Its lobbyists have the ear of government (even if ministers are struggling with the hideous monster of Brexit), while with this proposed change it has the chance to show its relevance to a younger generation of drinkers in the same way it did something similar in the 1970s. And lest we forget, if you talk to many an American brewer they will more than likely express their love of cask beer and wish that they could make it as well as, say, Fuller’s, Harvey’s or Tiny Rebel (incidentally co-founder Bradley Cummins is standing for CAMRA’s NEC).

So if you’re a CAMRA member and want to see things change I would recommend that you get that vote in, I know I will, which will be a first for me in over 20 years of membership.

Oh and by the way, the new, revived version of Wrexham Lager is pretty good these days.

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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BEST BEER & TRAVEL WRITER 2017

Letter From North America STEPHEN BEAUMONT

Variety is the Spice of Life, or is it?

A few months ago, I found myself facing down a beer I hadn’t given a thought to for years, perhaps decades. It was billed an “English-Style Brown Ale,” but in the early days of Canadian craft brewing, back in the 1980s, I believe it was just a “dark ale,” or words to that effect.

It was an ale which, when I first sampled it in 1993, was less than revelatory, but still quite on the edge of what was then readily available in its western Canadian home.

Dry-ish, fruity, floral and eminently quaffable, it was a downright tasty brew, not to mention one that was both satisfying and fairly refreshing.

Turns out, it still is.

That I hadn’t enjoyed a bottle or pint of said beer in some time relates in part to the nature of my profession as a beer critic, it by definition necessitating the consumption of many different and new ales and lagers.

But I think it also comes as a result of a phenomenon plaguing the beer market these days, specifically the avoidance of or even outright contempt for anything tried and true.

It has been an issue of concern to breweries in North America for some time now, as the opening of new producers and the flooding of the market with new brands has gone from a trickle to a stream to a veritable torrent. And as more beers and breweries have appeared, so has the beer drinking public’s appetite for the new and unfamiliar swelled proportionately.

Hard hit by this trend towards endless variety have been veteran breweries like Canada’s Big Rock, brewers of the Traditional Ale I was supping in the first paragraph, and the recently restructured Speakeasy and shuttered Mendocino, both of California. Perhaps most battered of all have been those breweries that reside somewhere between modestly sized craft

breweries and the mammoth multinationals, operations like the Boston Beer Company, brewers of the Samuel Adams line of beers, Sierra Nevada and New Belgium.

In answer to this new beer mania, several if not most of the breweries in the segments noted above have responded by joining in the rush to bring new brands to market: •New Belgium of Colorado morphed their Ranger IPA and Rampant Imperial IPA into a full line of Voodoo Ranger brands, complete with a grinning skeleton mascot and several ‘special edition’ fruited variations.

•Big Rock first branched out into pilsners and other styles outside of their traditional wheelhouse and then opened brewhouses in Vancouver and Toronto, each complete with their own small batch, limited edition brands.

•Sierra Nevada responded first with their monstrously successful Torpedo Extra IPA, followed with the innovative Hop Hunter, turned to the sour beer category with their Otra Vez Gose, and then finally, perhaps inevitably, stuck a toe into the fruit-flavoured IPA sector.

•Boston Beer, already well known for supporting their core brands with a large and varied range of seasonal and special releases, doubled down with the nowmostly discontinued ‘Nitro’ line of canned ales, then added a nonnitrogenated Rebel IPA and several variations thereon before metaphorically throwing up their hands and very publicly reformulating the original Rebel.

And so on.

While the above and many other similar strategies might have seemed like great ideas at the time, few have had the desired effect of reigniting volume growth. Which makes one wonder if a superior approach might have been to instead re-emphasize the enduring appeal of legacy brands.

Because let’s face it, beers like Sam Adams Boston Lager, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and the aforementioned Traditional Ale – known as simply Trad – are good, indeed very good beers. If you work from that premise, and add in the fact that many of today’s new and shiny brews are, well, frankly not so good, it would seem that there might be value in reminding people of what has always been there, like a cozy sweater or a comfortable pair of shoes, and in so doing encourage their return to the fold.

Of course, cozy sweaters and comfortable old shoes rarely make headlines, and in today’s social media-driven market that could be cause for serious concern. But given that an endless bombardment of new brands doesn’t seem to be working that well – Boston Beer and Sierra Nevada both reported declining volumes in 2017, as did New Belgium’s flagship Fat Tire Ale – perhaps a renewed emphasis on the classics really is what’s in order.

“Return to your roots” has a nice ring to it.

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 the new, recently released third edition of The Pocket Beer Book, and 2016’s fully-revised and updated second edition of The World Atlas of Beer, both co-written with Tim Webb.

Stephen’s latest solo book is Will Travel for Beer: 101 Remarkable Journeys Every Beer Lover Should Experience, which will be published this spring.

Follow him on Twitter @BeaumontDrinks

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We asked companies supplying the following products and services to let us know something about them.... 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 Power and other resources, plus products and services formulated to aid production and meet hygiene regulations

‘Consistent, super clean fermentations’ Consumer trends within the alcoholic drinks industry have meant that the production of neutral alcohol from malt, grape, apple and other sugar substrates has grown considerably over the last few years.

TY00 is the newest addition to SPL International’s range of high alcohol yield Turbo Yeasts to cater to this market. Developed on site at our state-of-the-art product development laboratory in Cheshire, it is designed to consistently ferment a super clean, neutral alcohol base up to 15% ABV. Provided in a ready-to-pitch, active dry form, this yeast product has proven cost effectiveness versus purchasing a neutral grain spirit.

The neutral alcohol base produced by TY00 is a high purity, flavourless, colourless alcohol that’s ideal for many alcoholic beverage applications, including flavoured malt beverages, RTDs, or for distillation of a clean and neutral spirit alcohol that’s ideal for Gins and Vodkas.

It can be used with any fermentable sugar substrate to yield high quality alcohol, although optimum results are achieved in refined sugar fermentation systems.

The product has been designed around an ultra-low congener active yeast strain that produces minimal fusel oils and esters. This is combined with a complex

blend of nutrition for a fast and efficient fermentation. This not only neutralises any flavour and aroma contribution to the end drink, it also optimises alcohol yield, saving time and money.

For more information visit: www.spl-int.com

Detection of beer spoilage bacteria For centuries the Faversham Brewery, the home of Britain’s oldest brewer Shepherd Neame, has nestled in the medieval market town of Faversham in Kent. Using natural ingredients, Shepherd Neame brewers produce Kentish ales bursting with character and renowned international lagers.

The brewery laboratory was using traditional plating out methods and force bottles in incubators for up to 3 weeks for positive release of bottle conditioned beer. Plating out bottles each week was

time consuming and potentially meant waiting for up to 4 weeks before final results were available, allowing release of the product. Demand meant that this process needed to be looked at to enable earlier release.

Laboratory manager Sarah Marshall decided to evaluate rapid micro analysis systems for detecting beer spoilage bacteria to see if they were an improvement over the traditional methods. “QCL suggested the brewPAL kit, from Invisible Sentinel, to detect Pediococcus and Lactobacilus sp.

Recommendations from large breweries across America gave us the confidence to trial it.

“Representatives from Invisible Sentinel flew in from America to help set it up along with QCL and we trialled the kit for just over a week. We ran the kit alongside regular plating out and were pleased with

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the accuracy of results and ease of use.

“The kit comes complete with instructions on how to prepare and run the tests very simply. We found it easy to use and it provided results, which would normally take one week to obtain, within three hours. We decided to invest in this kit primarily for the positive release of our bottle conditioned ale and in the future potentially for yeast slurry prior to pitching to avoid costly pitching of infected yeast.”

Claimed as the only detection tool with proven accuracy, brewPAL is easy to use and provides quantitative test data in less than 3 hours. The sample is placed in a centrifuge for 10 minutes followed by a 2½ hour amplification in a Thermocycler.

The sample is then transferred to a test cassette. One line indicates negative result, two lines indicate semi-quantitative positive results.

For more information visit: www.qclscientific.com

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Holchem launches new foam cleaner

Holchem, a UK leader in hygiene technology solutions, has launched a new generation alkaline Express Foam cleaner, designed for use in Open Plant Cleaning in beverage and other production plants.

Express Foam is a long cling foam product for extended contact of detergent with soiling, but is fast dispersing when rinsed; this reduces rinse time, giving faster hygiene shift turnarounds and reduced water consumption. In factory use, Express Foam breaks down under wellington boots and dissolves easily in rinse water, thus saving rinse time and rinse water.

It also has a number of green credentials: P Free – it provides an environmentally responsible approach to effluent discharge using replacements for Phosphorus derived chemical scale control agents, as well as reduced potential for exceeding effluent

discharge consents. It is also part of Holchem’s drive to remove Phosphonate scale control agents from formulations.

EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) Free – Express Foam includes Glutamate chemistry with improved biodegradability and reduced health risk. Gram for gram the new chemistry is 30% more efficient at binding calcium salts than EDTA, which means lower levels of inclusion in formulations and less transportation (chemical miles) of raw materials.

Improved emulsification – reduces the amount of manual padding required, using a synergic blend of flow foam surfactants to create a high level of emulsification across a wide HLB range.

Jim Taylour, Head of Products, Research and Development at Holchem, said, “Foam cleaning has been the method of choice for large scale cleaning for decades in food, beverage and dairy production plants, and Holchem’s range of products has extended and improved

over the past 15 years. Our new generation Express Foam cleaner addresses the issues around Long Cling foam, in that it is easy rinsing and is free flowing to prevent solid re-deposition. It also helps reduce water consumption because it reduces rinse time. It takes 5 minutes to rinse with Express Foam compared to a traditional 18 minutes with traditional long cling foam rinsing.”

For more information visit: www.holchem.co.uk

Muntons invests in new truck designs As a major exporter in the East Anglian region, Muntons has increased its corporate visibility through the branding of two new trucks with the company’s distinctive diamond logo.

Working in conjunction with DHL Supply Chain Transport division, and Coastal Global Logistics, Muntons has had its logo designed to sit stylishly on the tractor unit of the two new trucks in an eye-catching fashion.

Muntons exports its malt and malted ingredients to over 76 countries around the world. The products are all made from barley grown in the local region and exports are important, with over 86,000 tonnes shipped overseas last year. That’s the equivalent of well over 4,000 individual container movements.

Muntons ships a great deal of its export cargo through the Port of Felixstowe, which is conveniently located just a few miles away along the A14 corridor. This helps tremendously in keeping transport

costs to a minimum, contributing towards Muntons competitive position within the global market.

Andy Janes, Muntons Corporate Marketing Manager, commented, “It was very good of Coastal Global to arrange for two of their new trucks to carry our logo when they bought the vehicles and thanks must also go to DHL for facilitating this. These eye-catching trucks can be seen regularly plying the route between Felixstowe and Stowmarket and with their distinctive logo they stand out from the crowd. We are running a competition through social media with a prize for the best photo of our new trucks and are anticipating some interesting pictures.”

Muntons manufactures a wide range of malt and malted ingredients which are used widely in the brewing, distilling and food industry.

For more information visit: www.muntons.com

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One year on and silos have delivered on 120 million pint promise One year and 120 million pints on from the installation of four new, state-of-the-art silos in North Norfolk, and it’s clear the £1.8m investment is delivering on its promises.

The venture between Crisp Malt and farming co-operative Fengrain has seen impressive results. These include improvements in environmental impact, expanded production and increased productivity. The silos, which opened in November 2016, have saved around 20,000 HGV miles and 27,000kg carbon monoxide.

“This is a significant environmental improvement by anybody’s measure,” says Fengrain managing director Rob Munro. “Grain no longer has to be taken to multiple locations for storage, then at later dates - reloaded in numerous batches and transported to Crisp’s maltings in Gt Ryburgh. Now, barley is taken direct to Crisp and stored in the new silos. This means local grain in peak condition is available to the maltsters on site, on demand all year round.”

The silos hold enough barley grain to produce 7,700 tonnes of premium quality malt a year. That quantity of malt has been used by brewers at home and abroad to create 120 million pints of beer. Britain is the world’s number 4 malt producer – and Crisp is one of the nation’s main producers and exporters.

The company exports around 20% of the malt it produces here on its three sites in East Anglia and two in Scotland.

“Our fine malt is sent to brewers and distillers in countries across the globe,” says Adrian Dyter, managing director, Crisp Malt. “We’re proud to play a part in the British food and drink industry’s huge contribution to export. And it’s great to think that people far and wide can be tasting a little bit of East Anglia as they sip their beer or whisky.”

The expansion of craft brewing is stimulating demand for Crisp’s many different malts at home too. The 1,700plus breweries in the UK, including at least 70 in Norfolk and Suffolk, are between them producing over 10,000 different cask ales a year. The extra capacity provided by the silos is playing a

key role in ensuring that the company can meet the needs of the growing craft beer market.

“Our teams work closely with grain merchants like Fengrain, as well as plant scientists and agronomists. The close relationships mean we can support brewers with innovations with raw materials, as well as with processing.

For example, our work with scientists, farmers, grain merchants and brewers has led to the resurrection of the ancient barley variety (Chevallier) and creation of a new variety (Clear Choice). It has also supported the salvation of the legendary Maris Otter barley – which is in demand by craft brewers all over the world.”

Pictured above: Crisp MD Adrian Dyter (left) and Fengrain MD, Rob Munro (right) cutting the ribbon. Picture Red Flame Comms

For more information visit: www.crispmalt.co

Hygiene solutions for all Christeyns Food Hygiene has developed a suite of complimentary software packages that offer the ability to create bespoke, effective cleaning instruction cards (WiSH), implement paperless hygiene management systems (JANUS) or optimise and verify the activities of a Cleaning in Place (CIP) installation (In-Site).

CIP systems are something of a speciality and over the years Christeyns Food Hygiene has worked on finding a holistic blend of the right detergent with the optimisation and management systems needed to control the use of water, power and steam.

In-Site is unique in the food hygiene industry and has been designed to

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complement existing control and management software, such as SCADA. The system has been implemented in numerous sites ranging including brewing and provides automatic verification of cleaning regimes as well as the ability to optimise a CIP regime. This leads to a saving of time, water and energy.

Customers benefit from the enhancements in increased production time with a commensurate reduction in the overall cost of a cleaning regime – but of equal value is the automatic verification of each and every clean with detailed analysis possible to indicate where problems have occurred allowing producers to meet third party retailer and BRC requirements.

But its not just chemical solution

expertise that’s on offer. Christeyns Food Hygiene has an impressive training academy that offers a broad range of nationally accredited courses covering such diverse subjects as CIP, The Management of Allergens and Train the Trainer sessions, run either at their purpose built Training Academy or at customer sites.

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The role of finings in your brewing process Beer is one of the oldest recipes in the world, found in pottery jars that date back 7,000 years and documented on papyrus scrolls of ancient Egypt.

With such a long history, it’s no wonder that the process of brewing beer has become such an art.

so or not, that cask conditioned beers are competing with and being compared to keg and small pack, and with the birth of craft need to stand up to the comparison ever more so.

Plethora of processing aids and adjuncts

It’s widely believed that beer morphed into that which we know today, a drink sourced not just from malted barley but bittering hops, in the middle ages. Yet beer recipes now stretch far beyond the confines of water, malt, hops and yeast, as consolidated in medieval times. Today’s brewer is limited only by the confines of their imagination. With the explosion of microbreweries and the craft scene encouraging variation in the market and inviting all manner of new flavours and ingredients into brewer’s recipes, we find ourselves in the midst of a brewing renaissance. Something which we at Murphys perceive to have greatest strength when grounded in brewing science; providing greater control and stability over the brewing process so that creativity can go unhindered. It is, therefore, our ambition to arm every brewer with the technical expertise and tools required to take their recipe from a five-barrel idea to industry leading brew!

The task at hand is not unmanageable. With such great developments in brewing science, the modern brewer now has a plethora of processing aids and adjuncts at their fingertips, and it is these that all roads lead to, providing you with the confidence that your beer will remain stable and bright, so you can focus all efforts on flavour and might. Haze and instability can originate from many areas of the brewing process. There are, however, two common causes we believe most brewers should address; the proteins from your malt and the levels of yeast cells, both of which can be fined out. To do so we recommend adding small and uniquely defined rates of kettle and isinglass finings to your brewing recipe. There are three principle objects of beer fining; bright beer, rapid speed of fining and tight and minimal cask bottoms. The emphasis that any particular brewer places on these objectives, will determine their assessment of the best type and optimum usage rate of finings.

It is not, however, solely about the beer – its drinkers cannot be forgotten. It is apparent that today’s drinker uses all their senses, and although taste, smell and mouth-feel are unequivocally imperative, sight is a key player that shouldn’t be underestimated, whether that be the expectation of clarity to compete with international lagers or branding that puts your (foamy) head above the parapet (We’ll leave the marketing to you). It is therefore still increasingly apparent, whether rightly

Top tip! This seasons malt looks likely to be higher in nitrogens than usual, at around 1.5-1.7%, so your use of copper/kettle and auxiliary finings will be paramount in 2018, the rate of which (if you’re already using) will need to be reoptimised when the first malts of the harvest arrive in breweries.

Although your finings usage rate is something we recommend you regularly optimise, irrespective of changes in malt, to ensure the best results.

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Kettle finings are derived from seaweed, the active constituent being carrageenan, which complexes with undesirable proteins in wort that can lead to fermentation difficulties, short filter runs and off-flavours. Kettle finings are added towards the end of the boil. They have a negligible effect on hot break in the kettle or whirlpool, but react with small protein particles in cooled wort, precipitating them out as much larger particles, to be removed with the sediment. Refined and semi-refined kettle finings are available as powder, granules or tablets. Granular kettle finings such as Protafloc G and Koppakleer granules need only be weighed out, or for small breweries perhaps counted out, and then added to the kettle.

Isinglass is a by-product of the swim bladders of various types of tropical fish; the active ingredient is the protein collagen which reacts with suspended solids in beer. Positively charged isinglass is attracted to the negatively charged yeast cell walls and adheres, thereby increasing floc radius. The larger aggregates settle faster, enmeshing the much smaller uncharged protein particles and thus, fining out to leave a clarified final beer. Murphys provide Caskleer and Allkleer blends formulated to give brilliant clarity in cask conditioned beer, Tankleer blends to give compact sediments and Kompactikleer blends to provide the best sediment stability.

Isinglass finings are available in ready for use, concentrated and paste forms, where longer shelf life is a concern.

Excess trub (nitrogenous compounds) can also cause problems by coating the yeast, leading to poor fermentations, much reduced final beer stability and finings difficulties. The strain or mix strains of yeast you use should also be taken into consideration. Like we said, brewing is an art! A live, creative and fullyintegrated scientific process and the actions taken at any particular stage have a direct effect on all subsequent stages.

Last but not least, the quality of the finings you choose to use should be taken into consideration. There are a number of different types of auxiliary finings available. One particular type may work better on your beer than another. Furthermore, not all isinglass finings are the same. Just as a brewer carefully chooses his malt or hops, so a manufacturer of isinglass selects blends of raw material in order to meet his own quality and cost criteria. Make sure you seek advice from the Murphys team on the best finings for your brew, as well as the recommended rate of their usage.

Still think you could do with learning more? The team at Murphy & Son Ltd is always on hand to answer your questions and even come on site to talk through your brewing process and do optimisations on your behalf. Call on 0115 978 5494 or email techsupport@murphyandson.co.uk and start the conversation on how to improve your brew.

Many factors The fining of a beer and the propensity of a beer to form hazes is dependent upon many factors, which you should cater into your analysis of the rates and ultimate success of your finings usage. Firstly, liquor composition, as you require an adequate calcium level to precipitate phosphates, proteins and oxalates.

Malt quality, as previously mentioned, is also an important factor as high levels of Ă&#x;-glucan lead to high wort and beer viscosities. Mash pH and temperature, governed in part by liquor composition, should be tracked. Higher and lower pH or temperatures can cause isinglass finings to alter in shape and thus cease to work or the effectiveness of the copper finings regime to decrease. Another thing to consider is that excess sparging will leach undesirables from the mash, leading to subsequent haze forming potential and fining difficulties.

This article has been collated by Emily Kerrison and the Murphy & Son Technical Team, a team of qualified brewers with over a hundred years combined experience, whose specialisms cover the whole breath of the brewing process – on hand to support and advise breweries of all shapes and sizes, worldwide.

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Perfectly positioned to help brewers

Supported by decades of long-standing industry experience, an extensive support network, and strong technical expertise, Lallemand Brewing is perfectly positioned today to help breweries achieve their most ambitious growth and quality goals by offering products, services, and education, grouped under a different set of brands.

Throughout its history, Lallemand Brewing has always kept close ties with the brewing community. An example of such ties is the offering of the Lallemand Brewing’s premium brewing yeasts product line. These brewing yeasts deliver unmatched consistency, reliability and purity, allowing brewers to take full control of the brewing process, exercise their full creativity and obtain the exact aromatic and flavour qualities they want.

Also part of the Lallemand Brewing offering is the complete AB Vickers range of products, which goes from beer and wort clarification products to a

comprehensive range of non-GMO enzymes. Lallemand Brewing also brings to the brewing community outstanding education, services and products via the Siebel Institute of Technology. Founded in 1872 by Dr. J. E. Siebel., the Siebel Institute of Technology’s objective is, in the founder’s own words, to promote progress of the brewing industry “based on fermentation, which is done by instruction, investigation, analysis and otherwise.”

True to this promise, the Siebel Institute of Technology rapidly became one of the world’s most respected brewing schools and analytical laboratories, and a key part of North America’s brewing tradition while contributing to the education of generations of brewers around the world.

be able to attain effortless application, unmatched consistency, assured performance and unparalleled purity when brewing the sour beer of their choice. Next, in response to an increasing market need for vegan- and vegetarian-friendly products, Lallemand Brewing added to AB Vickers range of products PROTOFINE™, a pectin-based fining agent suitable for vegetarian and vegan diets. PROTOFINE™ reduces cold storage time, promotes fast clarification in tank and increases filtration throughput, ultimately maximising total brewing capacity. Under our LalBrew Premium Yeasts brand, we released LalBrew New England, a yeast strain specifically selected for brewing fruit forward American East Coast style ales.

In 2017 Lallemand Brewing added three innovative products to its portfolio.

Framed within the WildBrew™ product line, the team released WildBrew™ Sour Pitch, a ready-to-use dried bacteria specifically selected for its ability to produce a wide range of sour beer styles.

With WildBrew™ Sour Pitch brewers will

Lallemand Brewing serves all segments of the brewing industry - whether you are a microbrewer, a global leader in beer production or anywhere in between with products, services and education.

For more information visit: www.lallemandbrewing.com

Heritage, exclusivity and innovation in 2018 As one of the biggest one-stopshop suppliers to the craft and microbrewing sector, Brewers Select has introduced over twenty new product lines in the last year.

control, lengthy germination and a gentle roast process give an exceptional and extremely reliable wort, in which unwanted bitter compounds (pyrazine) are considerably reduced.

The Bairds Malt 1823 Heritage range was created by our UK parent company to celebrate nearly 200 years of malting history of Bairds as one of the oldest maltsters in the United Kingdom.

Alongside dozens of hops and exclusive are the latest hop innovation from our US hop partner, YCH Hops. Made from the concentrated lupulin of whole-leaf hops they are designed to provide intense hop flavour and aroma enabling brewers to dose large quantities of hops without introducing astringent flavours or vegetative cone material.

Produced to the same exacting standards as the core range of products, the Heritage range introduced a new collection of six quality malts with provenance and character, using traditional techniques and farming practises. Also new, Bairds Scottish Ale Malt, is a nod to Bairds malting heritage and deep roots within Scotland.

From Germany the BestMalz range comes from a traditional family-owned business using only the highest quality grain. Small batch sizes, careful moisture

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The latest yeast from Lallemand is New England East Coast Ale Yeast, a readyto-use dried strain specially selected for its specific ability to allow hop flavours and aromas to remain prominent while also providing the fruity notes brewers seek when brewing East Coast-style ales.

In a completely new category, WildBrew™ Sour Pitch is a ready-to-use,

high-performance, and high-purity lactic acid bacteria specifically selected for its ability to produce a wide range of sour beer styles.

Add to all this new easy open grain bags, the wide range of flavours, brewing consumables, equipment and even wooden casks, Brewers Select is living up to it’s mantra, ‘all under one roof’!

For more information visit: www.brewersselect.co.uk

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Fawcett’s – the one-stop malt shop – Quality, variety, flavour.

Thomas Fawcett & Sons Ltd is a seventh generation family business that has been manufacturing speciality quality malts for over 200 years on its original site in Castleford, West Yorkshire.

The Company has always operated on this site in Yorkshire for the simple reason that it is close to one of the best barley growing areas in the UK and the Company’s own bore holes provide excellent and consistent quality water for the manufacture of malt.

The Company is unique in that it operates 6 different production units from the same site; two floor maltings, a Saladin box maltings, a more modern Germinating Kilning Vessel maltings, and two bespoke roasting houses for the production of Crystal and Roasted products. Our production times are quite lengthy by modern standards, but we believe it leads to greater consistency in mash tun performance and more intense

malty flavours. Batch sizes are small which allows for tight control of blending in order to achieve any customer specification. We manufacture over 30 different standard malts.

The finest barleys make the finest malts and the Company strives to procure the best barley samples from each season.

Pale Ale malts are largely made from the iconic barley varieties Maris Otter and Golden Promise, though not exclusively.

Proven winter varieties such as Halcyon and Pearl are still available and the current main spring barley variety is Propino.

The Company prides itself on quality and service, and offers the complete range of products, packaging and delivery options – a “one stop malt shop” for all brewers.

Malt is supplied in 25kg sacks (either whole or pre-milled) shrink wrapped on pallets or in larger tote bags (350kg, 500kg, or 1,000kg) and in up to 25 tonne bulk loads. The Company provides a

dedicated delivery service via its own transport fleet inclusive of drivers willing to help off-load.

We are proud that our malts have contributed to 13 Supreme Champion Beers of Britain since 1997, including this year’s Champion “Goats Milk” from Church End Brewery.

For more information visit: www.fawcett-maltsters.co.uk

Quality control and technical assistance Zenith Hygiene, formerly CCL Pentasol, has for many years been regarded within the beverage and brewing industry as the UK leader when it comes to managing hygiene at both small plants operating at less than 500 hl per annum to those producing in excess of 7 million HL. The reason for this is simple - the dedicated Brewing and Beverage team recognises that chemicals are only part of the equation. What the customer really needs is the exceptional customer service which happens after the hygiene chemicals are delivered.

This could take the form of complete ownership and control of all items relating to hygiene as is the case with many of their larger customers. Total trust to control and order stock, production of weekly usage reports and audits including projects not only to

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make the hygiene process more efficient but to also drive down utility and chemical costs.

At the other end of the spectrum Zenith manages many smaller breweries and distilleries, a sector growing on a weekby-week basis. This continuous growth is driven by Zenith’s reputation within the craft sector of providing a unique service relating to quality control and technical brewing assistance.

Scott Lawrence. Head Brewer at Batemans Brewery, was quoted as saying, “The great part about working with Zenith is that aside from supplying world class hygiene solutions they know the brewing process and associated quality procedures inside out. It’s like having a technical brewer and quality consultant for free.”

Zenith can deliver this level of expertise and service purely because its team is made up of time-served Master Brewers,

Cider Makers, Packaging Managers and Hygiene Professionals. In addition to this it also operates its own water treatment division specialising in engineering where bespoke tanks and apparatus can be fabricated.

A further service on offer to all customers free of charge is access to the “System Assured Database”. This package empowers customers to completely manage all MSDS documentation, hygiene records, HIC documents and training records.

As a proactive and forward-thinking company, Zenith is continually seeking out new technologies and has recently entered partnership with “REALCO” who can deliver complete BIO-FILM removal and preventative systems. This is very exciting and is likely to be a major entity of future CIP. For more information visit: www.zhgplc.com

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Thomas Fawcett & Sons Ltd Est. 1809

Malts for Champions All Malts delivered ON TIME to your specification, crushed or whole.

Main products include: Maris Otter, Halcyon, Pearl, Golden Promise & Propino Ale Malts together with the complete range of Speciality and Coloured Malts including Wheat, Rye and Oat products.

The Company is very proud to have supplied malt to the brewers of 13 CAMRA Supreme Champion Beers of Britain since 1997 including Mighty Oak

Oscar Wilde in 2011.

Thomas Fawcett & Sons Limited Eastfield Lane, Castleford, West Yorkshire WF10 4LE

Tel: 01977 552490/552460 Email: james@fawcett-maltsters.co.uk

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Second BevExpo grows in Coventry Ricoh Arena, Coventry was the venue for BevExpo 2018, the second edition of this exhibition/seminar event, held every two years.

Next generation fluid on show Kilfrost Ltd exhibited at BevExpo 2018 to explain how its next generation ALV Plus fluid can actually reduce costs associated with brewing and beverage production, while still offering a premium alternative to monoethylene glycol (MEG) and monopropylene glycol (MPG).

“Not only is ALV Plus certified as NSF safe for incidental contact with food and drink, but it offers an absolutely premium performance,” explained Kilfrost’s Chief Executive, Gary Lydiate.

“Our research and development chemists have been working on our range of advanced low viscosity fluids, and we’ve had these products on robust tests to really challenge them throughout the development process.

We’ve been absolutely delighted with the results, and with the early response from food and drink firms globally,” he added.

Growing in exhibitor and visitor numbers from 2016, the event – a mixture of seminar sessions, hosted by partner organisations within the beverage industry and exhibitors, and exhibitors – was well received by visitors, and viewed as ‘high quality’, with good, technical information available.

The dispense seminar, held on the first day, enabled craft keg brand owners to discuss a future strategy for gaining access to the gas dispense system, as well as educating on the safety and quality aspects of the dispense system.

The Institute of Brewing & Distilling and Soft Drinks International held two-day and one-day seminar programmes, respectively. The newly-formed Wines GB (a merger of English Wine Producers Association and UK Wine Producers Ltd) has signed up to present a seminar programme at BevExpo 2020.

The event is organised for the industry by the industry, with the aim of bringing technical information to the beverage industry within a free of charge event.

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Kilfrost ALV Plus is a low viscosity heat transfer fluid which is formulated with organic, FDA/NSF accredited inhibitors and viscosity modifiers.

It has been developed to reduce the incidence of pressure drops, as well as to reduce pumping costs and increase hydraulic efficiency.

Pictured is Kilfrost’s HQ in Haltwhistle

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Stainless Steel Vessels showcases BSL ‘impressed’ was very pleased to spend a new Brew-Bloc system at BevExpo BSL couple of days exhibiting at the BevExpo 2018 gave SSV the opportunity to launch its new Brew-Bloc system, providing a fully turnkey brewhouse in sizes from 10hl up to 100hl in three, four and five vessel configurations.

“The show attracted good quality visitor footfall, giving us the opportunity to speak with new, existing and potential customers”, said Founder Director Sam Lawson.

SSV Ltd was a Gold Sponsor to BevExpo 2018. The company designs and supplies brewhouses, process vessels and pipework to the beverage industry. It also offers a wide range of products including pumps, valves and fittings as well as its new hopinator for dry hopping.

“With well over 700 tanks installed since 2014, SSV Ltd provides unrivalled value and customer service to meet the needs of all drinks related businesses,” says Sam Lawson. “We are uniquely positioned to be able to provide equipment from 10hl all the way up For more information email: enquiries@ssvlimited.co.uk to30,000hl to all sectors of the market”

BevExpo as we have not done so for a while. We were impressed at the interest we received.

We were introducing our new GasHub system for large pubs, microbreweries, stadiums and large outlets. This compact unit provides Compressed Air, N2 and Mixed Gas, using only CO2 and power. No external storage tanks required! A revolutionary space saving solution, proven to supply all the mixed gases for keg beers, plus all the compressed air for cask beers, in one central supply system which results in a hugely beneficial design.

The seminars were focusing on quality, safety and staff training. It was noted that the GasHub has a huge positive impact on all these aspects of presenting perfect beer products.

There was a lot of interest in our wellestablished Gas Mixing panels. These units mix 30% CO2 in N2 and 60% CO2 in N2 on site and as needed from a CO2 and N2 gas supply. In fact they can supply any gas mixture that users might need as they are not limited!

Lindl coolers on show Brewfitt demonstrated its range of Lindr coolers at BevExpo.

Said a spokesperson for the company; “It generated great interest in the product, based on the key plug and play features, compact size and removal of code of practice issues, due to their inbuilt compressors. This, combined with the easy-to-brand options, is proving to be a ‘win win’ for brewers and operators wanting to serve beer anywhere, anytime and still guarantee quality.”

More and more companies are also engaging in Future of Dispense, utilising Brewfitt’s CoolTube and 2Flow+ based on the huge uplift in dispense quality and savings presented For more information email: by the system. sales@brewfitt.com

There was also a lot of interest in BSL’s hand-held beer check CO2 gas analyser.

A lot of these are sold to check the quality of mixed gas cylinders used in the industry.

Most of BSL’s products revolve around reducing logistical costs, improvements in quality of operations, reducing waste and of course improving safety for bar staff. Overall the BevExpo was a great experience for BSL and an opportunity to reconnect with key people and companies involved in this industry.

For more information visit: https://bslgastech.com

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Water removal system for breweries, wineries and other low volume production facilities Compact and easy to install onto existing packaging lines, the SolvAir Eco-Blow offers small facilities an economic solution whilst maintaining energy efficiency. It is suitable for production rates of 3,000 bottle per hour with typical beer bottle sizes of 330ml and 500ml and standard wine bottles.

4kW / 400v – 3ph • Air divider & flexible tubes to connect blower to Air Blades

Installed onto your existing conveyor, SolvAir Linear Air Blades provide a powerful drying zone for the bottles to pass through. The airstream from the blades shears water droplets from the surface of the bottle. The high-speed centrifugal blower provides the airflow for the system.

The standard package includes: • Twin Air Blades / 304 Stainless Steel / 500mm & 600mm Long options / 76mm • Air Blade adjustable mounting kits / Stainless Steel • High Speed Energy Efficient blower with built-on inverter speed controller

The Eco-Blow system counters these typical production issues • Poor Label application • Bottle staining, poor shelf appearance • Crown cap issues, corrosion & contamination • Water migration onto other machine components downstream • Cardboard carton failure

Pictured is an installed system

For more information visit: www.solvair.co.uk

H & A Prestige orders STS labeller from Makro Labelling As H & A Prestige Bottling continues to flourish, it has ordered another STS multi-purpose labeller from Makro Labelling UK. This latest order is essentially two machines in one - the 7 station in-line labeller will also be applying capsules.

The labeller will apply body, back and neck labels to round, oval, rectangular and square bottles in various bottle sizes from 5cl miniature up to 1 litre. It is also capable of applying self-adhesive L seal labels for tamper evidence on products that have T-Cork closures. The second part of the machine will be applying shrink capsules. The multi-purpose unit will be installed into a new flexible filling line being installed at H&A to cope with the increased demand for craft spirit contract bottling at speeds of up to 2,000 b.p.h.

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Richard Portman, Managing Director of Makro Labelling UK, the UK agents for STS Labelling, said, “We have already installed a number of STS Labellers in the UK to the growing craft spirit industry as well as H & A, who are very busy not only as Contract Bottlers, but also with some of the Spirit brands within the group.

“The STS machines compliment the Makro Labellers, as they have the same high levels of engineering but are designed for the craft market.”

The STS labeller was scheduled for installation in January.

For more information email: sales@makro-labelling.co.uk

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Fourpure announces landmark brewery extension with ‘UK first’ system Bermondsey-based craft brewer Fourpure has announced a £2.5million investment into the development of its brewery, which has seen capacity increase by 400%.

Investing in a state-of-the-art, fourvessel CRAFT-STAR™ brewing system from GEA, the company has positioned itself at the forefront of technological advancement within the UK beer industry. The new brewery also sees the implementation of 12 new 200-hectolitre fermentation tanks.

In addition, Bulk Storage and Process Systems Ltd has supplied and installed two new 27t pale and lager malt silos, 4-roll Malt Mill, grist case and control system, enabling Fourpure to crush its own grain on site, giving greater control over production. As a result the team now brew up to eight times a day, which will increase output to over 14 million pints per year.

brew kettle and a whirlpool, facilitating the production of exceptional quality beer. CRAFT-STAR™ is GEA’s most compact brewhouse, ready-engineered, completely pre-piped, pre-wired and tested prior to shipping. Available in either a 2-, 3- or 4-vessel configuration, allowing for up to 7 brews per day, its vessels are oversized to handle high gravity recipes and the greatest versatility in beer styles.

Fourpure also has the GEA ‘Plug & Win’ separator for craft brewers which reduces the production time by 30 percent while generating up to ten percent higher yields.

Co-founder of Fourpure, Daniel Lowe, commented: “Coming from a technology background, I have always wanted to invest in this element of the business as much as we can, to keep innovating and to ensure we are best in class. This new brewing system is one of the best in the world and the first of its kind in the UK.”

“The addition of the bulk malt silos and milling has reduced manual handling and has given us control over the accuracy of our grist sample, this affords us better yields delivering accurate grist weigh directly to the new Brewhouse” said Sean Knight, Head of Operations at Fourpure Brewing Co. The cutting-edge CRAFT-START™ system, supplied by technology leading GEA, incorporates a mash tun, lauter tun,

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To support this crucial expansion, Close Brothers Brewery Rentals (CBBR) was able to provide a Hire Purchase facility to fund the new Brewhouse. In depth understanding of the industry and the equipment required enabled Fourpure and CBBR to arrange this complex deal in a time frame to suit the brewery.

In addition to equipment, CBBR have also supported Fourpure by providing a further funding facility to assist with the future keg procurement requirements that they will continue to have as a result of this growth.

The investment follows numerous initiatives, implemented by co-founders and brothers Dan and Tom Lowe, prioritising the quality of people, process and production from the ground up.

Recently this included sending all employees on a beer sensory training programme and installing a top of the range canning line as well as a full chemical and microbiological beer-testing laboratory at the site in Bermondsey.

The brewery’s latest development has also seen significant enhancements made to the customer taproom with upgrades being implemented to make the venue more comfortable, including family and wheelchair friendly amenities.

Customers can enjoy up to 20 taps of the latest seasonal releases including Fourpure’s renowned flagship stable and with the construction of a viewing gallery, mezzanine and glass-walled meeting rooms (which will be available to hire), the brewery is well set up for more extensive hospitality.

The brewery held a large public launch event on Saturday February 10th. The focus of the launch was to showcase its brewing capabilities as well as six very different and brand new small batch beers on show, in addition to brewery tours, street food, live music and talks.

For more information visit: gea.com www.closebreweryrentals.co.uk www.bulksystems.co.uk

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good design award 2016

NEW! 56.8cl 1 UK Pint Brimful

47.3cl 1 US 16oz Pint

New: Craft Master One

Pint Brimful!

As a result of strong interest at BeerX and since, RASTAL is delighted to announce the launch of Craft Master One Pint Brimful.

Created by Carsten Kehrein, RASTAL’s Head of Design, initially as a 47cl brimful tumbler, this multiple award-winning design has already proved to be a great success both in the UK and internationally. Its distinctive shape makes it comfortable to hold, whilst the the chimney-shaped upper bowl allows concentration of aroma.

Craft Master One Pint joins RASTAL’s range of quality Craft beer-focused designs including Teku, Craft Master Two and Craft Master Bowl, allowing dedicated brewers to present their beers at their very best.

RASTAL – at the forefront of glassware design for over 90 years offers: · In-house design and graphics studios · State-of-the-art 8-colour decoration with both ceramic and organic inks · A decoration MOQ of just 500 pcs · Dedicated and experienced in-market representation Please contact me for a quotation and the opportunity to pre-order production and be amongst the first to offer Craft Master One Pint glasses!

Best regards Nick Crossley UK Agent: Nick Crossley for Rastal GmbH & Co. KG ncrssly@aol.com Telephone: 07768 648660 (mobile) • 0208 546 9083 www.rastal.co.uk

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News PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT Fabdec and Ninkasi partner in pioneering brewkit rentals

Shropshire manufacturer Fabdec has partnered with pioneering brewkit rental providers Ninkasi to provide an affordable way to facilitate growth and innovation for breweries across the country.

Ninkasi operates a unique brewkit rental service, delivering fermenting vessels for hire on flexible terms from as little as eight weeks up to five years. By providing the Fabdec-produced vessels for hire at low-cost and a quick turnaround, Ninkasi lowers the risk associated with scaling up for small breweries, accommodates short-term capacity increases, and facilitates experimentation into new product flavours and unconventional formats.

Fabdec manufactures a range of high quality stainless steel fermenting vessels that provide unique product customisation with variations in shape, size, fittings and accessories available.

Peter Godwin, director of Ninkasi Brewkit

Rentals, commented on why Fabdec was chosen to deliver its range of vessels.

“We knew that as our concept is an industry-first we’d need top-of-the-line fermentation vessels that are locally sourced and provide fantastic quality,” he said. “That’s why Fabdec has been a key player in supplying our product offering, providing high quality and a variety of setups depending on the demands of a brewery. It really is state-of-the-art technology and being locally sourced allows us to turn around deliveries quickly while supporting the local economy. We have ambitious growth plans for 2018 and we’re excited to continue working with Fabdec to provide an affordable route to expansion for UK breweries.”

Chris Powell, managing director of Fabdec, added: “The growth in microbreweries and micropubs has seen demand for fermentation vessels soar through 2017 and we expect that to continue as we move into 2018.

Supporting these unique ventures

through partnerships with organisations like Ninkasi is something we’re immensely proud of at Fabdec, particularly providing a viable route to growth and innovation for the fast growing and dynamic breweries that are driving the industry forward with their new concepts.

“We’re looking forward to continuing to provide our products to the next generation of British breweries with Ninkasi and watching their development as they grow to shape the industry in the future.”

For more information visit: www.fabdec.com www.ninkasirentals.co.uk

Counterpressure filling systems with reliable vacuum technology Counterpressure filler systems for carbonated drinks are the main product of Leibinger GmbH in Teningen, southern Germany.

The company’s success can be attributed to its combination of state-of-the-art technology, top quality, equipment flexibility and hygienic design. The integrated vacuum technology supplied

by Busch Vacuum Pumps and Systems allows filling to be performed under extremely low oxygen conditions, which improves both shelf life and quality of the drinks.

Leibinger manufactures machinery and equipment for bottling and filling carbonated drinks, and produces systems which can rinse, fill and seal between 1,000 and 11,500 bottles or cans per hour. Most of the company’s customers

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are small breweries with a maximum production capacity of 11,500 bottles or cans per hour.

An important component of counterpressure filler systems is the vacuum pump, which pre-evacuates the bottles to extract the CO2 injected by the flushing process and removes any residual oxygen completely. Leibinger Multima counterpressure filler systems (pictured) are available with a double pre-evacuation option. Leibinger relies on Busch Dolphin liquid ring vacuum pumps to meet the high standards demanded by the bottle evacuation process. Dolphin liquid ring vacuum pumps are CIP-compliant and require minimal quantities of fresh water for their recirculation systems. The vacuum pumps are equipped with a CIP valve upstream of the gas inlet, allowing the

operator to decide whether or not to include the pumps in the CIP process.

Busch is based in the same region of southern Germany as Leibinger. Busch is also an internationally active company with its own subsidiaries worldwide, and maintains a comprehensive service network in Leibinger’s export countries.

For more information visit: www.busch.co.uk

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News PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT Still 4 U helps new distilleries get off the ground

Still 4 U specialises in sourcing a selection of beautiful copper alembic stills from across Europe and imports them into the UK and beyond.

With the craft spirit market swelling every year, there are new distilleries popping up all over the world. Following the success of Still 4 U’s first project at Dartmoor Whisky Distillery, the team continues to source, import, restore and deliver stills of all shapes and sizes.

This service can then be followed up with training, consultancy and a dedicated after sales service. Still 4 U have the experience and knowledge to help those starting out in the distilling industry make their dream become a reality.

Still 4 U’s latest success story started in

France and ended in Ireland. The team sourced the pictured 1800 litre exCognac still for a new Irish whiskey company based in Donegal. After finding this beautiful example, Still 4 U organised for the buyers to visit the source location to see where the still’s history played out, meet the previous owner and get some valuable content for its future marketing. This still was then dismantled, delivered to the UK, restored and now sits proudly in Ireland, awaiting its new life making whiskey in an Irish distillery.

Stills like this are not available off-theshelf and are usually only available if someone sadly passes or retires from distilling. Still 4 U’s founder Greg Millar has spent lots of time in Europe researching and visiting distilleries and

along the way, has made many connections in the distilling industry. As a result, he now has several ex-Cognac and ex-Calvados stills on hand, waiting for a buyer. Still 4 U can also source a still to fit your specification, if you have something specific you are looking for.

For more information visit: www.still4u.com

Quick release system to interchange forklift attachments Designed by B&B Attachments, PowerMount is a unique system that enables a forklift truck driver to quickly change from one hydraulic attachment to another in just 90 seconds.

The PowerMount system allows for attachment change to be completed without the need for an engineer, guaranteeing a fast, easy and safe way to interchange forklift attachments.

This popular system is now supplied to a number of major supermarket chains, production sites and logistics companies throughout the UK. PowerMount has become indispensable for companies that frequently handle various types of loads. It allows one forklift truck to use several different attachments, providing the best possible utilisation of a forklift fleet.

Forklift trucks fitted with dedicated attachments can restrict the use of the truck to only a few hours a day,

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effectively paying for the truck to sit idle for large amount of time. PowerMount has the potential to severely cut fleet costs as it allows the workforce to operate with fewer trucks. This system gives the option to use the same truck for various lifting jobs and to change attachments in seconds.

PowerMount is also popular for rental fleets during demanding periods. B&B service and support all rental attachments, offering options for either short or long term hire rentals, which can start from one week and last as long as your requirement demands.

The PowerMount system also enhances on-site safety, as it ensures operators are more likely to select the right equipment to perform each task, rather than compromising by using whatever attachment the truck has fitted at the time for quickness. Using an incorrect attachment can result in damage to the load and attachment.

B&B Attachments is the leading specialist in material handling solutions in UK and Ireland. B&B specialises in the design and manufacture of bespoke forklift truck attachment solutions, creating products for customers' with specific material handling requirements.

For more information visit: www.bandbattachments.com

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News PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT

LinaFlex Compact pasteuriser for the low output range In the shape of the LinaFlex Compact, Krones has supplemented its range of product treatment equipment to include a system for low-output filling lines.

What’s special about it is that the pasteuriser is not in modularised design like its big brother LinaFlex, but is delivered and commissioned as a single, completely pre-assembled unit: the electric cabling has been installed in its entirety, and all the pumps are already in their proper places – “plug and play” to perfection. So installation and link-up to an existing line, including all media connections, plus commissioning, will take only a few days.

size that can operate with dynamic PU control. For operator control, a 15-inch touch-screen has been integrated, and the familiar CHESS heating system has been fully installed in a space-saving configuration. Just a single heat exchanger supplies the pasteuriser’s individual zones with hot water, making for extremely economical operation.

The engineering of the new LinaFlex Compact is based on Krones’ tried-andtested pasteuriser technology – accommodated in a compact-size machine housing.

As in all Krones pasteurisers, there is a choice of optional extra packages here as well. For example, devices for measuring the consumption of water, power, air and heat, or dosing systems for disinfectants can be integrated into the LinaFlex Compact.

The LinaFlex Compact’s instrumentation and control, for example, corresponds to that of the large-size LinaFlex model, which makes it the first pasteuriser of its

The machine is also equipped with a newly developed spraying nozzle system, enabling pumps with a significantly lower rating to be used. This means

power consumption can be significantly downsized, to just 12 kilowatts per hour, for example, for a pasteuriser 11.2 metres long.

The new LinaFlex Compact is available in two different sizes, with treatment lengths of 9.6 or 11.2 metres for two or three pasteurisation zones. With treatment areas of 23 and 27 square metres respectively, the footprint has been reduced by the compact design to an absolutely essential minimum.

Referenced to pasteurisation of beer with 15 PUs, outputs of 15,000 glass bottles or 13,000 cans per hour can be achieved (for a container size of 330 millilitres).

For more information visit: www.krones.co.uk

Long Man praise for Lanemark burner The suitability of process gas burner technology from Lanemark Combustion Engineering Ltd. for the brewing sector is being fully demonstrated at a rapidly growing microbrewery on the south coast.

The Long Man Brewery in East Sussex, which takes its name from the celebrated chalk figure nearby, utilises a Lanemark TX30 burner system to meet key requirements, as Director of Brewing, Jamie Simm explains: “Although we only started brewing in 2012, we are proud of

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the rapid growth that we have achieved.

In turn, this has called for equipment that is both highly efficient and reliable – objectives that are fully met by the Lanemark burner system which, in effect, we see as ‘mission critical’.”

The rural location of Long Man Brewery pointed towards propane for the gas supply which, following assessment by Jamie and his colleagues, indicated significant cost efficiencies compared to alternative energy sources. The burner is mounted on the outside of a 20-barrel copper (pictured) that is central to all brewing at the site and fires through the wall into a helical coil heat exchanger.

“An external fan is connected to the end of the tube run that pulls the heat through the system and which, via alterations to its speed, enables us to

achieve the control that we need,” continues Jamie Simm.

With the added support of Lanemark BurnerCare, which provides operational confidence via a combination of regular maintenance, spares supplies and rapid engineer response if needed, Long Man Brewery’s belief in the suitability of the Lanemark system is well-founded.

Adds Jamie Simm, “We are committed to continuing our pattern of growth so the use of the optimum equipment is vital – and we can confidently say that the burner system from Lanemark Combustion Engineering helps to give us peace of mind for the future in a vital area of our brewing production.”

For more information visit: www.lanemark.com

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BeerX 2018 PREVIEW Since its inception five years ago, BeerX has rapidly grown into one of the most important brewing trade exhibitions in the U.K. We asked companies that have booked stand space at this year’s event in Liverpool to tell us a little about what delegates and trade visitors to the show can expect to see and hear on their stands. Over the next 30+ pages, you’ll get something of a flavour of that.....

NINKASI Brewkit Rentals

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A busy time of year!

The start of a New Year in the brewery world often coincides with capital expenditure planning for the coming 12 months.

This year, for the first time, there is the option of growing without capital commitment using the NINKASI FV/CT hire system. With periods as short as 8 weeks it is possible for breweries to have a “risk free” step in production, either to meet a sales increase that is not yet confirmed as permanent, or brew a product that is beyond existing capabilities.

Many breweries are taking advantage of the NINKASI Flexible Term Agreement of just 12 months to get high quality Unitanks installed at short notice and low cost, and then aim to renew if the sales trend continues.

Director, Peter Godwin says, “Since we launched our Flexible Term Rental product in October 2017, over 75% of enquiries are for this service – the short term commitment, price point and flexibility, coupled with our short lead times, quality equipment and comprehensive specification makes for a compelling package”.

Every hire tank can be supplied with chiller, temperature controls, all valves, caps, adaptors, spares and a complete carbonation kit. It really is a one-stopshop.

Of course, NINKASI has its own plans and is already working on further expanding its range of tanks, hopefully to launch in the second quarter of 2018.

Visit the NINKASi Stand 128 at BeerX and check out the quality of the tanks.

For more information visit: www.ninkasirentals.co.uk

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Beer Combo is fast becoming the ‘de facto’ standard for small and medium brewers in the UK Arlington Packaging, suppliers of the legendary Beer Combo bag-in-box hygienic transport and storage container, will be displaying the product along with a range of liners and fittings used in the industry.

The Beer Combo is a smooth plastic collapsible 1000ltr container which uses a single-use liner bag to contain the product. Because of its many advantages, the Beer Combo is fast becoming the ‘de facto’ standard for small and medium brewers in the UK. Because the food grade liner bags are new for each fill, brewers can be certain to avoid any risk of contamination, either biological or chemical, and as an air-free system the Beer Combo also provides the lowest possible levels of DO pickup through the filling transportation and discharging

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process. As a rental product Beer Combo’s can be hired singly or in multiples and for as long or as short a period as required, meaning no capital needs to be tied up in low utilisation assets. Like most products, the Beer Combo needs to be correctly allied to existing processes and equipment to maximise its benefits.

On the Arlington stand we will have technical sales people who will be able to advise and answer any questions you may have regarding the use of the Beer Combo within your process and how we can work with you to achieve the best quality at the best value.

Come and see us on stand 135.

Above: The only kind of beer that rigid IBC’s are good for!

For more information visit: www.arlingtonpackaging.com

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BeerX 2018 PREVIEW NDL Keg Europe Ltd

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STANDS Crusader Kegs and Casks changes corporate name to NDL Keg Europe

Name signifies a new beginning of growth and reaffirms the company's commitment to delivering value to the brewing industry.

Crusader Kegs and Casks Ltd. is changing its name to NDL Keg Europe Ltd. The new name and identity signifies a fresh beginning for the company. Lyman Luan, Group President said, "The unveiling of the new name helps position the company for a bright future by underscoring our commitment to become a trusted solutions provider within the brewing community, and it will help us increase shareholder value by improving our focus for employees, customers, suppliers, investors and the communities where we operate."

This change signifies the company's growing global reach offering turn-key brewing solutions for kegs, brewing systems, washers and fillers, packaging equipment and materials in select markets in the world.

of keg and cask washers at BeerX in Liverpool. We have also teamed up with iSpaniel, makers of an exciting new product that will allow breweries to accurately track and manage their casks and keg fleet.”

Justin Raines, European Sales Manager for NDL Keg Europe said, “We are still supplying the same great products and services that Crusader was known for, and now being part of a much larger company makes us stronger in the marketplace. This year, in addition to expanding our range of kegs and casks we are launching our brand-new range

The new name is effective immediately and will be implemented across the company's product and services throughout the calendar year 2018.

To support the new name launch, the company unveiled a refreshed website.

For more information visit: www.ndlkeg.com

GEA Mechanical Equipment UK Ltd Hightech boosts craft brewers’ creativity STAND 136 The global trend for craft brewing is catching the imagination of consumers and brewers worldwide.

Beer lovers - both craft novices and connoisseurs - are queuing up to try quality craft beers of every taste, aroma, and colour. GEA’s versatile technology gives craft brewers the freedom to convert their creativity and passion into market-winning beers. Starting from the special “plug & win” centrifuge skids progressing all the way to skid-mounted GEA CRAFT-STAR™ (3-vessel configuration pictured below) as a compact brewhouse.

In 2018, the London-based Fourpure Brewing Co., named UK Brewery of the Year 2017 by the Society of Independent

Brewers (SIBA) at its annual awards, installed its new CRAFT-STAR™ brewing system from GEA as part of a £2million growth project that will see its production capacity increase by 400 % to 14 million pints a year. The GEA brewing technology will reduce the time it takes for Fourpure to brew each batch of beer allowing it to improve quality control while expanding production to meet demand.

“They are a very progressive and innovative company. CRAFT-STAR™ is exactly the right system to take the company through the next stage of its development,” says John Aitken, GEA Head of Beverage Solutions Sales UK, pleased to present GEA’s first reference site for this technology in the UK. “Craft brewers mature, their customers get demanding and that is the point when technology is needed to create a high quality beer with reliable consistency.”

At BeerX , GEA will present its expertise in separation technology with the Plug & Win 20 (pictured right) . Depending on the beer recipe and brewing process with

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separation technology customers get 5 to 10 percent more beer from the same amount of raw ingredients.

The g-force in a rotating centrifuge achieves all these benefits. It separates the solids – wort trub, hops, some proteins, yeast, tank bottoms residue – from the valuable beer, before and after fermentation. The result: more beer from each brew. An added bonus is that subsequent clarification and maturation process of the beer in the storage tank is shortened by up to 30%.

Visit stand 136 at BeerX 2018 to see the Plug & Win 20 and meet our experts for an ideal solution for smaller and medium-sized brewers with great visions for the future.

For more information visit: gea.com

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BeerX 2018 PREVIEW Vigo Ltd

STANDs 21 installs of American Beer Equipment kit under our belt!

Three years ago we were privileged to be chosen by ABE to be the UK agents for its compact canning lines and brewhouses and we’ve never looked back.

So much so, that we only recently realised that our tally of installations of ABE kit in UK breweries is at 21. It’s really exciting to be involved in helping brewers a few steps along the way in the evolution of their unique brands and businesses.

ABE is one-step ahead. It recently launched its new Nitro Canning System for packaging nitro-beer into cans, and the new BrewPilot™ range of brewhouses which are the smallest brewhouses in its complete range. There is also ABE’s new Servo Seamer™ technology for can seamer monitoring and control via the PLC, which allows for real-time feedback

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and greater adjustment control over the seaming process.

There is more to Vigo than meets the eye, however, and we’re keen to spread the word. We’re also UK agents for other renowned manufacturers including CIMEC (bottling equipment), Malek Brautech (kegging equipment); Kreyer (temperature control kit), Bared (crossflow filters); and STS (labelling machines) and a whole range of semi-automatic equipment from various carefully chosen suppliers. With our in-house team of engineers, we offer full technical support and ongoing back-up for all the equipment we supply.

If we can help you with brewing equipment, come and talk to Andy and Rich or Adam and Tanner (from ABE) on our stands (45-47) at BeerX or at the ABE stand at CBC in Nashville.

Alternatively, call us on 01404 892100 or email sales@vigoltd.com For more information visit: www.vigoltd.com

Byworth

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Brewers – don’t forget the boiler!

Purchasing a boiler is one of the most important investments for a brewery. The boiler lies at the heart of your brewery as it supplies all of the steam.

The steam provides all the needs for heating up anything in the brewery.

Andrew Leman, Timothy Taylors, pictured with his Byworth boiler, says, “The biggest use is for boiling the full volume of beer with the hops.

“We have 50 or more uses of steam around the brewery because there’s lots of little tanks and equipment that need heating up for cleaning etc. and to put a little system in for each would be extraordinarily expensive.”

Steam is of course, the best heating option. It heats up efficiently and is controlled. Other benefits include: • High-quality dry steam is vital to producing the best quality beer.

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• If you can afford the upfront capital cost, steam is a lot cheaper than electricity to run. If you have an existing boiler that’s 10-15 years old, then upgrading to a more efficient boiler will also reduce your running costs. As soon as the more efficient operation has paid back your initial cost, you’re laughing!

Are you near Liverpool on 14th-15th March 2018? – Come and see us at BeerX on stand numbers: 1, 2, 6 and 7 – we’re next to the ‘Tap Room’ seminar stage.

This is what we’ve got in store: • Byworth will be showcasing a steam boiler that has proven popular amongst brewers • Our interactive ‘Unity’ bar gives you the opportunity to ‘play’ around on Byworth’s award winning boiler control and management system. From our stand at BeerX, Unity will actually be monitoring the factory boiler back at

Byworth’s manufacturing facility in West Yorkshire • Our on-stand bar will be serving the beers that our own brewery customer’s produce along with other refreshments • Our experts are on hand to help answer any questions you may have about your process requirements and eligibility to upgrading to steam • See if you can win a bottle of Whisky in our competition…

For more information visit: https://byworth.co.uk

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BeerX 2018 PREVIEW Enterprise Tondelli

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You need never buy another brewhouse again!

Enterprise Tondelli will once again be present at BeerX 2018 with stands 23 and 24.

Brewhouses are always top of the list of needs and Enterprise has some further enhancements in this field. Our innovative brewhouse - manufactured by our partner which has its own brewery has some unique features that save money whilst being of showcase quality and modular for easy expansion.

Enterprise supplies from 6HL to 200HL brewhouses with all services and packaging equipment required for 13 brews per day!. You need never buy another brewhouse again but invest in a brewhouse that can expand as your business grows. Computer graphics and 3d modelling showing this evolution will be on the stand. Visit for full details.

Another innovation is the Brew One system designed for start-up companies.

The entry level systems are packaged with brewhouse, chiller, boiler and tanks for 3hl, 6hl and 12hl to allow new brewers to enter the market with a reduced budget.

This year we will also be focusing on craft canning, bottling and kegging. We supply bottling lines from 600bph - 72,000bph and canning lines from 3,500 cph - 80,000cph. Also kegging lines 16 - 1,200 kegs/hr – and all sizes in between! There will be audio visual displays of the various line sizes.

Enterprise Tondelli has a full design service so we can check space required and also ergonomics to give the most efficient project as possible. We welcome the opportunity to discuss your requirements from single machines to

complete lines.

If you are unable to visit BeerX then check out our website to see the full range and also recent case studies. from single machines to turn key projects.

For more information visit: www.enterprisetondelli.co.uk

TREASURE

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The bulk distribution experts For over 60 years TREASURE has been a major name in the transportation of bulk liquids, especially beer. Many breweries trust TREASURE to deliver hundreds of millions of perfect pints every year.

We are proud to service a range of clients from large nationals to small microbreweries and understand that hygiene and service are of paramount importance.

TREASURE is not just a logistics company, we are THE bulk beer distribution experts in the UK. Our staff have the training, experience and specialist knowledge of bulk beer transportation to ensure that your product is in safe hands from the moment that the order is placed to the sample being taken on delivery.

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TREASURE runs a fleet of purpose-built dedicated brewery tankers which give you the peace of mind that the tanker being used to transport your premium beer has only been used for brewery use, ensuring the quality of your beer’s unique flavour and identity is preserved in transit.

Last year alone, TREASURE delivered an astonishing 361 million pints all over the UK and Europe - even carrying beer to the world-famous Glastonbury festival.

At TREASURE, we are proud of our association with the brewing industry.

We transport more beer in bulk, for more breweries, than any other company in the UK, operating the largest multicompartment brewery tanker fleet. Multi compartment tankers offer you the flexibility of transporting up to three

beers in one compartmentalized tanker for a more cost effective option whilst preserving the high quality of your beer.

We offer incredible flexibility and are able to transport volumes ranging from 1,000L to 30,000L. Come and meet the TREASURE team on stand 92 at BeerX to discuss options that are suitable for you.

Pictured above: TREASURE’s awardwinning Beer Can Tanker For more information visit: www.treasuregroup.co.uk

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BeerX 2018 PREVIEW Festival Glass STAND 174 Core Equipment Glassware to suit all requirements STAND 117 Festival Glass is the UK's largest independent glassware decorator.

Core Equipment supplies a range of fully integrated brewhouse systems to meet the needs of small and large producers.

Whether it's 200 litres per brew or 2,000 litres per brew, Core Equipment's range of brewing systems can provide the exact specifications to match individual requirements.

Produced by renowned manufacturers Letina, our range of brewhouse systems offers high build quality, alongside ease of use and efficiency.

Our aim is to offer the most technically advanced, productive and cost-effective equipment to our customers, backed by great customer service and technical support - from individual machines to complete production lines!

Working in partnership with some of the industry's best manufacturers, we select a wide range of equipment to provide our customers with the latest technology, best quality and most costeffective options. Overall this enables Core to provide our customers with production equipment to suit their individual needs.

To support our sales and distribution operation we offer a complete service, technical support and repair facility from our workshop in central Northamptonshire. We also offer a mobile service and repair operation for field based maintenance and repairs.

Alongside our servicing and maintenance we also provide comprehensive installations, commissioning and training services for all of the equipment we supply ÂŹ from individual machines to complete production lines.

For more information visit: www.core-equip.com

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Supplying SIBA members since 2002, we're associate members ourselves.

Growing with the industry, we supply millions of printed glasses every year across the UK - on time, every time! And, thanks to our long-term relations with our European glassware partners we can offer a wide range of glass shapes and sizes from stock which include stem beer glasses, generic pints and specialist shapes. We receive weekly shipments from our glassware suppliers enabling us to offer glassware options to suit all requirements and budgets with orders from just 300 pieces and lead times within 7/10 days.

We work with CAMRA and SIBA offering

discounted pricing, and supply independent events and brewers throughout the UK and Europe.

Based in heart of the Pennines, West Yorkshire, we are able to offer state-ofthe-art decorating which includes screen printing up to 8 colours where MOQ allow etch and embossed effects bespoke laser nucleation for better head retention organic and UV decoration on toughened glass in house CE marking and lining.

Come and see us at BeerX STAND 174 to discuss your glassware and decoration requirements for 2018.

For more information visit: www.festivalglass.co.uk

Schafer

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According to Mike Hickman, the ECOKEG could well prove to be the natural progression in keg design globally, as the design reduces the average keg weight by more than 2kg due to its being produced from mixed material.

The polypropylene top and bottom end rings replace traditional steel chimes and are mechanically attached to the stainless-steel body.

The reduction in steel content due to being produced from mixed material also reduces significantly the risk of metal theft.

Both the end rings can be colour coded and branded to maximise brand appeal and replaced easily in the event of damage. The stackable end rings are designed with a built-in shock absorber to absorb impact and reduce noise in the racking hall. During normal handling it will always be the PP hoops in contact with the ground or against other kegs, not steel against steel.

The Schafer company has sold over three million ECOKEGS during the last decade in various beer drinking countries and look to the UK as a natural market with the growth in craft keg.

Visit Mike and the Schafer team on stand 167.

For more information visit: www.schaefer-container-systems.com

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BeerX 2018 PREVIEW Dixon

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The right connection Dixon will be at BeerX for the first time this year showcasing our extensive range of hygienic fittings, actuated valves and of 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 projects carried out at breweries and beverage plants across the UK. Dixon’s hose range now 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 and steam lances.

The new compact impact resistant sight glass is also going to be available to see.

This new sight glass is used widely in the food, dairy and beverage hygienic processes to view products and fluids.

This design is perfect for hoses and high traffic areas.

Also on the stand will be the Dixon Breakaway Check Valve which is an innovative solution that is designed to eliminate product loss too. It incorporates the Breakaway Coupling and a Hygienic Check Valve. It acts as a single unit that has a diverted breaking point which will break at a determined break-load. Then the check valve will close protecting the loading bay pipe system AND avoiding product spillage.

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 Hygienic Product Manager will be available to talk about correct valve

selection, eliminating contamination risk, new innovations in valve technology and the hose management programme Dixon-Hose Connect, now being used by some major breweries beverage manufacturers within the UK. 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 Find out how Dixon can provide you with ‘the right connection’ by visiting stand 184 at BeerX. For more information visit: www.dixoneurope.co.uk

SPAsoft

STAND Business efficiency in your brewery with SPAsoft’s BMS cloud SPAsoft’s BMS cloud now offers secure integration with Xero Accounting, the leading cloudbased accounting package.

It’s just one of many new system features designed to help breweries increase efficiency. Run invoices in SPAsoft’s BMS cloud and it automatically updates Xero, one click retrieves bank reconciled invoice detail which ensures the telesales account overview is accurate and up to date. This saves time and improves management of bad debt.

• Reduce costs by improving delivery efficiency and cask recovery. BMS cloud is integrated with WorkWave, a leading cloud-based routing program, to

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generate schedules for timed deliveries and dray capacity, including collections within a 5-mile radius of any delivery.

• Accurate stock control for ingredients and all container styles with full and easy traceability of ingredients through to the customer.

• Stay in touch with your customers; increase the number of pubs called with remote teleworking. Telesales gives secure access to named accounts on a call schedule to ensure none are missed, with traceability on call activity. It provides full access to outstanding balances, previous orders and credit notes, live-stock updates for all products, auto customer pricing enables fast entry of orders and gathering of customer

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comments plus all casks on premises.

Telesales can auto schedule a call back at a set period after each order, has call logging, access to all previous orders and casks on premises.

SPAsoft’s BMS cloud solution helps you efficiently run your business. Remote access to your data, PC or MAC, on our secure ‘cloud’ server with three-tier disaster recovery, multi-fibre feed and complete power backup, available to you 24/7.

Add SPAsoft efficiency to your business, we are here to support you.

For more information visit: www.spasoft.co.uk

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STAND Great news for the UK and Ireland beer, wine and cider industry From the Dutch town of Den Helder, Lightweight Containers is storming the beer, wine and beverages industry with its revolutionary KeyKeg system, claimed to improve quality, reduce costs, increases sales and have a huge positive impact on the environment.

Until now, these products have been imported from the Netherlands. However, this is going to change!

Across all continents, breweries, winemakers and producers of soft drinks and other beverages are switching to KeyKeg. Since its start in 2006, Lightweight Containers has grown into an impressive global market leader, serving thousands of happy customers worldwide. Lightweight Containers currently operates production facilities in the United States, Germany and the

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Netherlands. Because of the overwhelming success, a fourth production facility will be opened in the UK and several more will follow in the years to come.

Complete manufacturing and assembly factory in the UK Jan Veenendaal, CEO of Lightweight Containers, says: “With the increasing popularity of KeyKeg throughout the complete supply chain, we have decided to build a complete manufacturing and assembly factory in the United Kingdom.”

The factory will start production in Q22018.”

Reduction of transport costs of one-way kegs The new production plant enables us to produce and keep stock closer to our customers, reducing carbon footprints, shorten lead times and cutting costs for our customers.

The recruiting of new enthusiastic employees has already begun. They will be educated and instructed extensively.

If you are curious what our new UK production plant could mean for you, or if you have any other question, please visit our booth at BeerX

For more information visit: www.lightweight-containers.com

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STAND Kemtile to demonstrate hygienic flooring, wall and drainage capabilities The countdown is on for Kemtile to demonstrate its enviable brewing industry credentials at BeerX 2018.

There, the company will bring to life its hygienic flooring, wall lining and drainage solutions – providing visitors with the chance to see product ranges up close and discuss their individual requirements with Kemtile’s expert team.

Since 1979, Kemtile has worked in partnership with food and beverage producers to supply state-of-the-art flooring and drainage systems to help achieve strategic growth targets, safeguard operational efficiencies and meet the most stringent health and safety legislation. At BeerX, Kemtile will focus on its sectoral capabilities through its market-leading suppliers such BASF (UCRETE), KAGETEC ARGELITH (MV Tech) and WIEDEMANN-TECHNIK.

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The company’s brewing industry credentials will also be showcased at the show, including: Camden Town Brewery; Magic Rock Brewing; Meantime Brewery; Cloudwater Brew Co; Greene King; John Smiths Brewery; Heineken and AB Inbev UK. As will the breadth of projects undertaken - from fast track weekend shutdown work to extensive full refurbishment projects, including new builds. And because Kemtile only uses materials from proven, reliable suppliers – which are then installed by its own inhouse installation teams – the company delivers flooring, wall lining and drainage solutions for the most rigorous brewing environments.

Kemtile’s David Priest said: “Our long list of brewery industry clients – which we secure through our experience and expertise – help position us as one of the market leading installers of hygienic

floors, wall linings and drainage solutions.

“We’re lucky enough to have worked with many leading players within the sector and our presence at BeerX will provide us with an excellent opportunity to showcase exactly what we do and how we operate amongst a very important audience for us. We’re looking forward to providing a warm welcome to new and existing customers on our stand, where we’ll be delighted to discuss specific project plans in greater detail.”

For more information visit: www.kemtile.co.uk

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BeerX 2018 PREVIEW QCL Scientific

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Showcasing two in-house testing systems The ability to quickly and accurately test chemical and microbiological parameters throughout the brewing process helps improve quality and consistency in the brewery, which are vital considerations for the production of great beer.

During this year’s SIBA BeerX exhibition in Liverpool, QCL will be showcasing two systems for in-house laboratory testing on stand 10: • CDR BeerLab is a fast and reliable analyser that measures a wide range of parameters in the brewing process including ABV, Bitterness, Colour and pH.

By monitoring the brewing process – from HLT to packaged product – the BeerLab can help avoid the use of excess ingredients, monitor mash progression, and investigate IBU pick-up from new equipment and during dry-hopping.

• Invisible Sentinel rapid microbiology tests for beer spoilage organisms can be used to detect Hop-resistant Pediococcus and Lactobacillus in under 3-hours and can also be used to detect Brettanomyces Wild yeast and Saccharomyces Diastaticus in less than 4-hours.

The system can be used to check finished beer samples, fermenting beer samples, yeast slurries and environmental swabs – all ensuring that your beer reaches the customer exactly how you wish.

For more information visit: www.qclscientific.com

Brewing Services & Consultancy Ltd. Training brewers to achieve their full potential STAND 154 Brewing Services & Consultancy Ltd has worked with over 200 breweries in the UK and abroad, offering training, advice and technical support.

Our mission is to help establish breweries with a complete commitment to quality, promote excellence throughout the brewing process, assist brewers in producing beers of the highest possible standard and train brewers to achieve their full potential.

Brewing & QA Surveys At Brewing Services, we believe that good technique, consistency and efficiency are the foundations of great beer. Through a combination of on-site surveys and remote technical support, we provide a service tailored to your needs, looking at your brewing process and procedures, from raw materials to the quality of the beer on the bar, along with microbiological checks, analytical testing of products and hygiene monitoring.

David (left) and Rob Smith of Brewing Services & Consultancy Ltd.

Training Providing on-site training, exam mentoring and brewing courses, Brewing Services has helped increase the knowledge of hundreds of brewers. Our ‘Fundamentals of Mini-Brewing’, a fourday residential training course held in March and November each year, covers the basics of brewing theory and good brewing practice through a combination of lectures, workshops and visits, with participants gaining greater insight into the art, science and craft of brewing.

Start-Up Services We aim to help you make a better beer before you’ve even brewed your first pint. Our Start-Up Consultancy service covers initial feasibility studies, through site and equipment planning, to training, recipe development and commissioning.

We provide full support over those first critical brews.

For further details of any of our services, come and visit us at BeerX stand 154.

For more information visit: www.brewingservices.co.uk

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BeerX 2018 PREVIEW Pentair

STAND More sophisticated methods to monitor O2 and CO2 levels Carbon dioxide and oxygen are crucial gases to monitor in order to determine packaged product quality and consequently the market success of a beer or beverage. Very low O2 levels and a consistent CO2 content in the packaged product are vitally important to achieve reliable quality and high flavour stability during the product’s shelf-life.

For these reasons, breweries and soft drink manufacturers are looking for more sophisticated methods to monitor the O2 and CO2 levels during production and in the filled package.

Pentair Haffmans’ package analyzers meet this challenge in a single measurement step. Unlike conventional methods, Haffmans’ package analyzers

provide a differentiated measurement of Headspace Oxygen (HSO), Dissolved Oxygen (DO) and Total Package Oxygen (TPO).

This detailed information enables you to better pinpoint any O2 pickup and optimize the filling area quickly and efficiently. No sample preparation is required for the measurement, and product losses are minimal as the product remains in the package and is not consumed by the instrument.

The Pentair Haffmans’ package analyzer family is now even more specialized. One method during packaging is the use of nitrogen (N2) during filling instead of CO2. When N2 is used the existing CO2 measuring methods are insufficient as the N2 in the filled package interferes

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with the dissolved CO2 content measurement. This can result in a product that is not compliant with established CO2 levels.

Pentair Haffmans’ Package Analyzer, type c-TPO Selective with selective CO2 measurement provides the advanced technology needed for this application.

Visit Pentair at stand 22 to see the Haffmans cTPO INPACK TPO/CO2 METER and live filtration demos with our portable filtration system.

For more information visit: www.foodandbeverage.pentair.com

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STAND Believe Beavertown when they say business intelligence is now an essential, not an add on.

Cloud-based business intelligence company sales-i has been analysing the data of breweries (wholesalers, manufacturers and distributors) since 2008 – and they have some notable fans. sales-i integrates seamlessly with existing data systems, such as Brewman and Sage, to do the heavy lifting when it comes to data analysis.

It promises to deliver fast reporting, detailed product analysis and highlight opportunities to cross-sell and up-sell products to customers.

Among the 80+ UK breweries singing their praises are Beavertown Brewery.

Despite being one of the flagship London breweries, Beavertown was hitting a wall when it came to managing the information their

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growing empire was creating.

that require our attention.”

Lauren Lister is Head of Sales & Marketing for the brewery and found collating sales information into something coherent was a daily struggle: “We used an old ordering and stock management system that made it almost impossible to pull any sales reports or access any sales information,” he says.

“We were flying blind.”

With access to their sales data and trends at their fingertips, the team at Beavertown is using the information in sales-i to inform their brewing schedule based on historic sales activity.

While they have only been using sales-i for little over a year, the change at Beavertown since introducing the software has been remarkable. “sales-i has been a game changer for us.

We are now able to take a deep dive into our business, take steps to negate any potential problems before they even arise and focus on the areas of the business

“We’ve been able to forecast our production schedule based on the accurate, easy to extract numbers available in sales-i.” Lauren continued to say, “We are a much more efficient and effective team because we are using sales-i.”

Find the sales-i team on stand 71 at SIBA BeerX 2018 For more information visit: www.sales-i.com/beer

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BeerX 2018 PREVIEW Air Products

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STAND 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.

The proper mix of food grade gases can enhance the flavour characteristics of your drinks, affect the after-taste, fobbing and haze and have an impact on quality. However, it’s important to stay

mindful of the numerous regulations and safety bodies that are designed to help keep you and your team safe in utilising food grade gases, such as site ventilation, safety and security.

Air Products has 60 years’ experience in the UK, and can guide you in best practice and help you develop a system that delivers quality tasting products to your customers as well as helping you to meet the safety codes. Our fit and forget system is a tailor-made system to meet

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your specific cellar and safety needs with equipment to provide all your gas needs for drinks dispense and line cleaning.

Come and talk to us at BeerX in Liverpool to discuss your needs. We’re at stand number 175. We have a friendly team of technical experts who can help to guide you in your operation.

For more information visit: www.airproducts.co.uk

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STAND World’s first full range supplier for beer analysis Anton Paar provides solutions to measure key parameters from the incoming raw materials to the final quality control of the packaged beverage.

Choose from more than 25 industry specific instruments, one can individually combine laboratory and process instrumentation to perfectly fit any production requirements. The technology allows calibration at the push of a button as well as easy and fast

connectivity. It reduces out-of spec production and ensures product and company reputation.

Anton Paar’s beer analysing systems are the result of more than 40 years of expertise in in-line, at-line and laboratory beverage analysis. Based on thousands of samples, the measuring portfolio includes first-class instruments for continuous, accurate and safe measurement of key quality parameters such as alcohol, extract, dissolved CO2

and O2, calories and many more. Global support and service from local specialists guarantee the highest of quality over an instrument’s lifespan, thereby reducing stand-by times.

Product specialist will be present BeerX to discuss and questions you have. Come and take this opportunity to visit us at stand 12.

For more information visit: www.anton-paar.com

The Carling Partnership Ltd

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Professional and personal service CPL is the leading search and selection specialist in the drinks industry.

Bill and Julie Carling, together with the team of Tricia, Penny and Laurence, work across the sector from craft breweries to global companies. They are experts in the field using their extensive industry knowledge and contacts to identify talented individuals.

The Craft Brewing sector has grown considerably over the years and continues to do so. Offering a profes-

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sional and personal service the CPL team can source the talented brewer, engineer, packaging or quality person to help your business flourish.

Tricia and Julie will be attending SIBA BeerX in Liverpool and would be delighted to meet you on Stand No. 134 so whether you are looking to recruit or discuss your next career move, go and have a chat with them and see how CPL can help you.

L-R: Laurence, Penny, Tricia, Bill and Julie

For more information visit: www.carlingpartnership.com

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BeerX 2018 PREVIEW Lambrechts

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Our business is booming, both in Europe and abroad All through this, we keep an eye out for every customer because each one deserves our utmost attention.

In 2017 our presence in London grew, when we installed our C-omnipact at Gipsy Hill last September. This machine allows the brewery to wash and fill returnable kegs as well as 1-way kegs (bag or no bag).

McMullen in Hertford chose our Compact to enlarge its brewery.

Before the summer holidays 2018, we will have installed an Omnikeg filler at Magic Rock Brewing (Huddersfield) and a larger Monobloc washer/filler at Butcombe Brewery (Wrington).

Lambrechts has developed 2 stand-alone machines: Monobloc 80 and Monobloc Slimline. They can wash and fill 60–80 kegs/hour and take up minimal installation space because the media tanks are built into the frame. Optionally, an external washer and/or check weigher can also be included.

All of the above make our machines especially suited for the craft sector.

Another bonus is that the need for an operator is kept to a minimum. All of our machines are fully tested prior to leaving the Lambrechts facility. That way installation time on site is kept to a minimum, if the required services are in place.

We look forward to meeting you at our booth 168 at Beer X.

For the expanding craft brewers

For more information visit: www.lambrechts-group.com

CFB Boilers

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CFB Boilers builds up steam for BeerX CFB Boilers is building up steam for this year’s BeerX show, where the 120-year-old manufacturer will be exhibiting a number of its popular steam products that are proven to optimise production and reduce operational costs within the brewing process.

CFB Boilers’ 4VT Steam Boiler, Boiler RO budget reverse osmosis unit, and Maxi 60 Electric Steam Boiler are all set to feature on the stand, providing visitors with an opportunity to see for themselves why CFB Boiler’s products are the solutions of choice within the brewery industry.

The exclusive 4VT Steam Boiler, which is famed for its distinctive bright green colour, will be transformed for BeerX with a stunning 12mm copper overskin.

Beneath its shiny coat, however, the boiler – which is manufactured by CFB Boilers in Essex - retains its industryleading features such as energy-saving

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four-pass technology, a 30% larger steam chamber, and integral heat recovery.

Also on show will be the BoilerRO, a budget-friendly reverse osmosis unit developed by CFB Boilers that is capable of achieving almost 100% purity of boiler feedwater for superior steam quality. The BoilerRO costs around half that of many comparable units yet boasts benefits such as efficient boiler running capacity, energy savings from less frequent boiler blowdowns, superior water taste and clarity, spot-free rinses and reduced scale.

Breweries requiring electric-powered steam solutions will not be left disappointed, as CFB Boilers will be showcasing its impressive Maxi 60 skid unit. This ultra-compact, pre-assembled electric steam boiler needs only external connections for installation, ensuring little to no disruption to brewery production.

Throughout BeerX, CFB Boilers’ in-house engineers will be ready to provide specialist advice on tap, particularly in the areas of cost and energy savings. CFB Boilers will be exhibiting on stands 27 and 28 the event.

Pictured above: CFB's 4VT Steam Boiler with copper overskin will be on display at BeerX.

For more information visit: www.steamboilers.co.uk

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BeerX 2018 PREVIEW Close Brothers Brewery Rentals CBBR - Looking forward to another brilliant BeerX This year’s BeerX in Liverpool will be another highlight of Close Brothers Brewery Rentals’ events calendar. Having been a Gold Member for nine years, this year’s exhibition will mark the eleventh year of attendance for CBBR. With such a mixture of seminars, awards, customer and supplier interaction, BeerX

has always provided a fantastic platform for customers to meet the CBBR team and find out how we can support their business.

Our ECasks and EKegs are once again winging their way to breweries around the country to be filled, free of charge, for use at the event. It’s great to be able to support the show with our products

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and to provide customers with a hassle free solution to supplying their beer.

Here’s to another brilliant BeerX – see you there!

Visit us on stand 3,4 & 5 For more information visit: www.closebreweryrentals.co.uk

Murphy & Son Ltd

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100+ years of expertise Murphy & Son Ltd is a supplier to the brewing industry, specialising in liquor treatments and processing aids.

A core range, which we supplement with all the ingredients, refinements, hygiene products and manual handling equipment required for brewing beer, is part of our ‘one-stop-shop’ mantra.

Committed to excellence, we take this one step further and also offer unparalleled technical support and expertise, so you can brew with complete confidence. It’s expertise grounded in our 100+ year history and master training.

Visit our us at BeerX, stand 19, to discuss any brewing query, big or small, learn

more about our product range and see what technical services we can offer you, whether that’s an optimisation as part of an onsite audit, one of our Laboratory due diligence packages or training with one of our master brewers.

We’ll also be presenting a seminar on ‘Water composition and its impact on beer styles’ on the Wednesday, leading a discussion on Beer Analysis on the

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Thursday and participating in this year’s National Beer Awards. We can’t wait!

See you there!

For more information visit: www.murphyandson.co.uk

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Core strains and specialities from the Vault White Labs provides pure liquid yeast, fermentation products, services, analysis and education to breweries worldwide.

The company strives to be a partner to our customers assisting with their products from start to finish. We produce a wide selection of yeast, including 68 Core Strains that are produced yearround, seven days a week and speciality

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strains from The Vault - a collection of unique strains that White Labs has been cultivating and storing for nearly 25 years. Additionally, White Labs offers consultation, training, and testing to improve your fermentation processes and operations.

White Labs is headquartered in the U.S., has a distribution warehouse in Hong Kong that provides yeast to the Asian

market and operates a production and research facility in Copenhagen, Denmark which supplies pure liquid yeast to European customers.

For more information visit: whitelabs.com

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BeerX 2018 PREVIEW Oasthouse STANDs 107,108 Lots to see on the Oasthouse stand at BeerX Oasthouse Engineering is a UK and Europe partner for Meheen Manufacturing and Wild Goose Canning, providing sales, installation, parts and maintenance for their bottling and canning machinery. There will be a mix of machinery on the stand this year including a WGC250 for attendees to take a closer look.

Also new for this year we will have some decorated cans on show from SleeveDec.

With the rise in craft canning SleeveDec was conceived by Oasthouse especially for the craft beverage canning market providing a solution to deliver both blank and high quality decorated cans supporting low volume requirements at affordable prices, providing an alternative to printed cans.

We are also supporting Paktech with small volume supply of its can and bottle carriers to customers across UK and Europe.

In addition to our key partners we work with a number of other companies including Zahm & Nagel, SKA Fabrication and Five Star Chemicals and will have a number of these products on display.

NFU Mutual STAND 199 The right protection for your business

At Oasthouse we aim to build long term relationships by supporting our customers with their packaging requirements large or small from early planning to future growth and development.

We also offer design and supply of complete packaging hall solutions including carbonation, storage and cooling for carbonated and noncarbonated drinks in bottles and cans with variable automation levels, from conveyors, automatic rinsing to box sealing for customers producing less than 100HL to 100,000HL a year. pictured: Wild Goose Canning 100CE

For more information visit: oasthouse-engineering.com

THIELMANN UK

NFU Mutual is proud to be a Silver Sponsor at Beer X 2018 for the third year running.

STAND Container solutions for your beverage

With a focus on the food and drink manufacturing industry in the UK, our team of insurance specialists understands the unique challenges the brewery industry faces and will work with you to ensure your business is protected should the worst happen.

Come along and meet our team on Stand 199 at Beer X 2018 where we can talk to you about the right protection for your business, as well as an opportunity for you to enter into our fantastic prize draw. We look forward to seeing you there.

As one of the market leaders in stainless steel containers, THIELMANN UK is equipped with the greatest levels of expertise when it comes to beverage containers.

For more information visit: www.nfumutual.co.uk

Being guaranteed that all of your company’s drink containers are made with the highest quality stainless steel means having a distribution solution that offers the highest returns on investment, in addition to this being the most hygienic, reliable, safe and 100% recyclable material.

According to recent research, stainless steel containers are the best transport and storage solutions for products such as beer. Ensure the organoleptic properties of your product through the

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whole supply chain, from the production stage right to the end consumer!

THIELMANN will be showcasing a full range of stainless steel containers solutions for your beverage – feel free to contact us and arrange a meeting.

For more information visit: thielmann.com

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BeerX 2018 PREVIEW Advanced Packaging Materials New year, new factory, new products The start of the year has already brought new developments for Advanced Packaging Materials with the move into a second production facility.

Having outgrown its existing manufacturing unit the company is moving to a dedicated printing unit which will concentrate on the brewery packaging. There has been a 50% growth in its brewery business in 2017 achieved by increased business from both current and new customers, one being a brewery in the Falkland Islands. This has been helped with the introduction of our Safepak transit bottle system for 3, 4, 6 and 12 bottles.

Previously printed packaging has been

our forte however, with the purchase of new machinery we are looking to be a one-stop-shop for both plain and printed packaging. With our inhouse printing and conversion we can offer short runs of most packaging at cost-effective prices. The minimum print run for bottle boxes is only 300, which can be produced from a single colour up to photo quality with no setup costs.

Can packaging and carry out baskets are just two of the new products introduced in 2017, along with a Christmas 12bottle box. Further development in these ranges is expected in 2018.

There will be further developments in 2018 with new packaging being designed for the spirit market particularly gin.

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now has Safepak packaging to hold individual wine and spirit bottles with a range of boxes to hold up to 6 bottles of spirits. These having been laboratory drop tested to UPS specification.

For more information visit: www.printedbeerbottleboxes.co.uk

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Beer and cellar collers headline at BeerX J & E Hall’s JCC Cellar Cooler range and its ambient beer cooler will be on show at BeerX. The JCC Cellar Cooler Range provides low cost and reliable units designed to maintain the perfect temperature required for beer and wine cellars. The units allow pubs and clubs to keep their cellars at a constant 12°C – the optimum temperature for beer and lager. They are also extremely quiet which is of key importance in the licensing trade The JCC range of indoor units has brewery specification six fins per inch evaporation coils and a powder coated mild steel casing which makes them easy to clean.

The units are fitted with a standard electronic controller across the range which allows room temperatures down to 4°C and also makes them suitable for extending the life of perishable foods.

The J & E Hall ambient beer cooler can cut pub and restaurant energy bills for

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cellar cooling significantly. The unit makes use of free cooling during winter months to allow beers to be stored at a perfect temperature.

When the outside temperature is low enough, the fan-based cooler brings cold air into a beer cellar to reduce the temperature and will switch off the main refrigeration cellar cooler system.

The ambient beer cooler operates when it’s cold outside at temperatures under 8°C. When temperatures rise above this level the ambient beer cooler will turn itself off and revert back to the main refrigerated cellar cooling system.

The ambient beer cooler is easy to install and fits with any make or model of cellar cooling system on the market.

To see the JCC Cellar Cooler range and the ambient beer cooler visit J & E Hall at BeerX on Stand 177.

Pictured above: The J & E Hall ambient beer cooler is on show at BeerX.

For more information visit: www.jehall.co.uk

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BeerX 2018 PREVIEW Drink-IT STAND 32 Stay ahead of the competition with Drink-IT Simplify and automate your business by tapping into the power of Drink-IT – the leading turn-key brewery management solution that addresses all the unique challenges breweries face.

Make your business more profitable Drink-IT is a complete and easy-to-use brewery management solution covering your entire value chain. Drink-IT simplifies your business, makes your processes more effective and makes your business more profitable. The solution powers some of the most well-run beverage companies in the world, ranging from mid-size companies to the world’s largest. Drink-IT is implemented

in more than 45 different countries.

Built-in best practice Drink-IT brings best practice to the heart of your business, and every day thousands and thousands of users benefit from the functionally rich and user-friendly solution.

Meeting the challenges with the right tools Drink-IT addresses all the unique challenges of the brewery industry, including the need for detailed profitability analysis, integrated production and quality management, order fulfilment, and customer service.

With Drink-IT you will be able to manage your pricing and discounts professionally and make it easy to handle your imports and exports using the EMCS module.

Drink-IT also offers smooth MES integration and makes it easy for you to comply with regulatory obligations.

Meet Drink-IT on stand 32 and understand how you with the aid of a beverage business solution can bring operational excellence to your company.

For more information visit: www.drink-it.com

Cask Brewing Systems

STANDs Craft brewers diversify with new Cask Canning System

Phillips adds, “and we can change from can sizes, lid formats, and product types in just a few minutes, with minimal effort.”

Cask Global Canning Solutions - the company that invented micro-canning for craft brewers - is now helping brewers package more than just beer. The company’s new and unique Micro-Automated Canning System (mACS) features an all-star list of features and new package-size and beverage-type flexibility.

“With this machine,” company founder Peter Love says, “brewers can quickly shift to new can sizes for their current products, or jump from beer and cider to uncarbonated beverages such as coldbrew coffee and wine.”

Dead Armadillo Craft Brewing (Tulsa, Oklahoma) is now using an mACS to can its beer and something new. “When you

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add a liquid nitrogen doser to the mACS,” says Todd Phillips, Dead Armadillo’s Director of Operations, “you can use it to can coffee. So after many months of R&D, we’re entering the nitro cold-brewed coffee market with some friends at a local coffee roaster. It's a brave new world for us that wouldn't have been possible without Cask.”

“The mACS supports a larger array of can sizes than any line we have ever seen,”

Love says a more competitive market is driving US brewers to add new revenue streams. He thinks UK brewers are getting the same idea Cask has just placed an mACS with a UK brewer (an announcement is coming soon) and is fielding calls from other UK breweries looking to expand their packaging options and beverage lists.

“With its high-performance technology and unique ability to be equipped with automated components,” Love says, “the mACS enables brewers to scale up their canning automation and grow and diversify.”

For more information visit: www.cask.com

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BeerX 2018 PREVIEW PakTech STANDS 20,21 Responsible packaging solutions PakTech delivers the highest quality and most environmentally responsible packaging solutions in the market.

Our handles are attractive, convenient to use and easy to apply and remove. Our minimalistic approach accentuates and complements your container design, rather than obscure it, delivering better market presence, enhanced consumer awareness, and improved sales.

From design to final handle application (by hand or utilising our automated applicators), our responsiveness, rapid turn-around time, and comprehensive product offerings separates us from our competition. Tremendous value is what we offer and what we deliver, for our

customers, our employees, and the global packaging industry.

Our clients are as unique as we are and they trust us because we put their needs first in everything we do. Our employees are empowered and encouraged to act creatively, thoughtfully and thoroughly to meet our clients’ ever-changing demands and needs.

Delivering responsive, effective, and personalised customer service daily is key to our current and continuing success.

We are dedicated to protecting our planet and our environment.

Transforming recycled plastic into recyclable products animates our mission and sets us aside from our competition.

We believe post-consumer recycled plastic (PCR) that is also 100% recyclable is part of the solution by limiting the amount of new plastic that is being manufactured. Handles manufactured with PCR are the right product to use for our clients, for consumers, and for our planet. This is full circle sustainability.

Low impact, mean, clean, and green. In action and on a massive scale.

For more information visit: www.paktech-opi.com

Makro Labelling

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Labelling solutions for the craft beer market BeerX in Liverpool will be the first time that Makro Labelling has attended the event with its new agencies, ideal for those in the craft beer market who are looking to either install bottling or canning facilities for the first time or upgrade their existing production lines.

Richard Portman, Managing Director of Makro Labelling UK, said, “I have spent some time in Italy sourcing some really excellent equipment for the craft beer and spirit markets. After many discussions with UK producers it has become very clear that potential customers want high quality, slower speed equipment.

“For filling we have been appointed the exclusive UK and Ireland agents for Eurostar, which offers a wonderful range of filling equipment for both glass bottles and cans. The bottle fillers are designed from 1,000 to 24,000 b.p.h and the can fillers from 1,500 to 3,000 c.p.h.

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its high-quality equipment. With a resurgence in can filling for microbrewers I can see a great future for this equipment.

“Even though can suppliers in Europe, with new digital printing techniques, can offer lower volume production runs to customers for empty can supply, this still requires too large of an order for cans for some micro-brewery customers,” continued Richard, “so we have a labelling solution for the craft market that want high end label applications for lower speeds using the STS range of in-line self-adhesive labellers for empty can decoration.

“STS can also offer linear type bottle labelling equipment which is capable of accurately applying up to three labels, typically body, back and neck selfadhesive labels, STS can also offer an integrated capsule dispenser for those who want to include a foil capsule on their bottles.

“For clients who want higher labelling speeds we can of course offer our Makro range of labellers coupled with a Nortan

capsule applicator. We have already upgraded some of the slower in-line labellers for a faster Makro unit when sales require a higher output,” Richard said.

“Furthermore, with all the discussions about the use of plastics in beverage packaging at present, for secondary packaging, Makro has also been appointed the UK and Ireland agent for Mas Pack, who produce a range of automatic carton erector, carton loaders and sealers which are ideal for the craft beer market. Richardadded, “The craft market is very conscious of all environmental issues, so to be able to present their beers in a corrugated case which is fully recyclable really does tick all the boxes for them. The box is safe and secure during transit so ensuring the filled bottles arrive in good condition.”

BeerX will be an excellent event to showcase these latest developments, to a burgeoning craft beer market.

For more information email: sales@makro-labelling.co.uk

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New world installation

City Dispense looks for expansion in 2018

Continuing a series of installations at the venues of New World Trading Company, T&J has installed the tanks for Budweiser Budvar tank beer at the Newcastle branch of The Botanist.

A leading supplier of drinks dispense systems to the hospitality industry, City Dispense, is celebrating five of its technicians passing all five units of the BIIAB Level 2 Certificate for Drinks Dispense Systems.

The Botanist venues usually incorporate elements of plant life in its design and Newcastle provides one of the more striking examples of this – with a sycamore tree at its centre, reaching out high above the bar.

For the first time, drinkers in the city are being offered the true taste of the hallowed cellars within the Budweiser Budvar brewery. The beer held in the tanks is a ‘brewery fresh’, unpasteurised product which is transported in refrigerated tanks direct from Budweiser Budvar’s brewery in the Czech Republic, over the course of three days.

Budweiser’s premium lager brand, Budvar, is most commonly available in bottles in the UK, but has seen great success in Europe with the tank beer method.

Tank beer is a system of beer storage and dispensing that - says T&J provides fresh, cask conditioned beer, as if it was direct from the brewery. Not only is the sheer freshness and quality of the product markedly different, but the tank beer system is also very space efficient compared with barrels.

Over the past couple of years, the Budvar tank beer brand has been rolled out across the country with a series of landmark installations, care of T&J. Paul Jones, T&J Operations Director, said: “It’s great to see the UK roll-out of Budweiser Budvar’s Tankové Pivo tank beer push further north, to Newcastle.

“We’re very proud of the work we have done across the New World Trading Company portfolio so far.”

For more information visit: www.tjinstall.co.uk

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Martyn Oakley, Will Johnstone, Aaron Omand, Darren Fuller and Mark Hopper all passed the qualification which certifies them to install drinks dispense systems in a safe, hygienic and secure working environment. The further training of the technicians comes as part of the Leigh-based company’s plans for expansion in 2018, along with a continued drive for new recruits.

ensure the service we provide is of the best quality, and that our technicians can be on-site when needed. We’re thrilled that our technicians all passed the certification because it’s a real testament to their hard work and dedication.”

The move seeks to enhance City Dispense’s presence across the UK and ensure its technicians aim to be on-site within two hours of a call – no matter where in the country that call comes from.

Established more than 25 years ago, the Greater-Manchester-based company has worked with high-profile clients such as Greene King, Young’s Pub Co., Air Products, Molson Coors and Meantime Brewing Company throughout the UK.

Andy Fletcher, managing director at City Dispense said: “As a business with nationwide coverage our focus is to

For more information visit: www.citydispense.co.uk

Online shop for lenses Micro Matic is dedicated to bringing the brewery trade innovative leading-edge products and services that makes life easier for its customers.

The latest innovation is allowing small and medium sized breweries the convenience of ordering new bespoke lenses direct online.

With increasing demand for small order quantities and one off seasonal or short run designs, Micro Matic can now offer the premium service offered to the big brewery brands to all sizes of customers.

Simply upload artwork onto the new Micro Matic website and using cutting edge web design technology, customers can see how their design will look as a lens. Once happy, customers can order

directly online making the process easy and straight forward.

Micro Matic has printed lenses for over 30 years for the biggest beer brands in the UK and Worldwide with clients including Guinness, Carling and Carlsberg brands.

When talking about the new website, Tony Duffy, Sales Manager for Micro Matic in the UK, said, “We are delighted to be able to offer our services to the smaller brewery sector in the UK. We have developed a simple 5-step process for uploading artwork to create a new lens so even the smallest of customers can now be catered for. “ For more information visit: www.micro-matic.co.uk

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Aluminium drinks can ‘is the most recycled drinks container in the world’ Aluminium beverage cans have now been certified as the world’s most recycled drinks container at the recent Smithers Pira Sustainability in Packaging Europe Conference in Barcelona. Seven out of 10 drinks cans sold in the UK are recycled and 75% of all aluminium ever produced is still in use today.

Metal, particularly aluminium, has long been a leader in recycling because it is a permanently available material that can be recycled again and again, without losing any quality of its structural integrity. But it’s not just aluminium steel for packaging recorded an average European recycling rate of 78% in 2015, a record performance, which included five countries exceeding 85%. With

greater focus being placed on packaging, consumers are now more concerned about waste produced and want to be informed of the most up-to-date recycling statistics.

Martin Constable, Chairman of the Can Makers, says, “The news that aluminium cans are now confirmed as the most recycled drinks packaging in the world is great news for environmentally concerned consumers. The can is the ideal packaging of choice for brands to meet their own sustainability targets as well as meet customer demand for ‘greener’ packaging.”

Whilst these numbers are encouraging, there remains much to do to reach the 2020 metal packaging industry ambition of an 80% European average rate. Metal

packaging must be fully recognised in the consumers’ eyes as the model for real recycling. To reach this objective, consumer engagement campaigns, like EveryCanCounts and MetalMatters, are crucial.

It’s not just down to conscientious consumers however, there is a need for the right legislative framework to create a functioning Circular Economy. It is inherent in a circular economy that it starts and ends with a new product that can be recycled again and again.

Recycling rates are a good indicator of whether or not recyclates are used for new applications. Packaging and packaging waste policies should be based on sound life-cycle assessments. In a Circular Economy this means the focus should be on multiple-life-cycles.

Linx provides solution Linx printers are providing the ideal solution for the coding of both primary and secondary packaging at London-based brewery Fourpure Brewing Co. A Linx 8900 Continuous Ink Jet (CIJ) printer is printing three lines of code onto the base of aluminium cans. These are subsequently packed into boxes, onto which two Linx TJ725 Thermal Inkjet (TIJ) printers apply product information text and a barcode. The Linx 8900 is currently running at 12,000 cans per hour, with the Linx TJ725 coding 20 boxes per minute.

The arrival of the Linx TJ725 has enabled the coding of boxes to be carried out in-line for greater efficiency, delivering important cost and time savings compared to the previous method of hand applying labels to boxes on pallets off-line.

The Linx 8900 meanwhile delivers high quality codes, printing vertically against gravity. The conveyor sits higher than the printer and a 2m conduit has been

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supplied to enable the printhead to be positioned directly underneath.

Linx Black fast-drying ink 1240 has been selected for the Linx 8900 as it is able to deal effectively with typical filling conditions such as dampness, humidity and water vapour while ensuring excellent adhesion and high clarity codes.

A particular benefit of both printers for Fourpure is their ability to deliver excellent quality codes from the moment they start up, even if they are run intermittently. The Linx 8900 features Linx’s proven autoflush system which thoroughly cleans the printhead every time it is shut down for a fast and clean startup when next required. The Linx TJ725’s innovative Active Cartridge Care System® slows the nozzle drying process to give good consistent prints every time.

Both printers incorporate intuitive touch screens for easy set-up and product

changeovers. The cartridge system on the Linx 8900 makes changing fluids a fast and simple process, while the Linx TJ725 features a replaceable ink cartridge with integral printhead that can be removed and replaced in a matter of seconds.

“We particularly like the ease of use of the Linx 8900,” confirms Steve Morris, Fourpure’s Head of Packaging. “Changing fluids is really simple with the printer’s cartridge system, and setup and selection of codes are equally user-friendly.”

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Craft beer and cans: A perfect match says Martin Constable, Chairman of the Can Makers Craft beer has enjoyed huge success, opening a whole new scene where passionate entrepreneurial drinks makers, such as Windsor & Eton, are successfully competing with bigger brands with their unique flavours.

New tastes combined with personalised brand stories are giving consumers an experience as well as a great drink, and this trend looks set to continue. Drinks cans have an important role to play in this craft trend and are becoming more popular with brands, consumers and retailers alike.

is where cans stand out over other packaging formats because they can be recycled infinitely without losing their structural integrity, so they are easily recycled again and again without any loss of quality. Up to 80% of all metal ever produced in the world is still available for use and drinks cans were recently confirmed as the most recycled drinks container in the world by Resource Recycling Systems (RRS). By 2016, 70% of aluminium drinks cans in the UK are already being recycled (Alupro), compared to PET (43%) and glass (46%) (RRS). For glass, New Scientist recently stated: “waste managers often have to pay recyclers to take glass off their hands” (2017).

A thirst for craft The significant growth in the UK craft beer market continues with the opening of over 500 craft breweries in just 12 months – that’s an increase of 55 per cent since last year (UHY Hacker Young, March 2017).

This fast-paced growth is being driven by British start-ups hoping to emulate the success of hometown heroes like BrewDog, now worth around £1bn, and it shows no signs of slowing up. Nielsen data (H1 2017) showed overall craft beer sales were up 85 per cent¹, with cans now accounting for over a quarter of craft beer sales in terms of grocery multiples and off licenses2.

Easy low volume canning Canned beer growth can also be attributed to easier access to low volume mobile and contract canning facilities and as well as inhouse lines. These affordable canning methods are transformational for indie brewers.

These options are cost effective and flexible. Mobile canning, ideal for small or one-off brews, means passionate brewers can retain control and feel confident about the handling of their beer as the canning is done on site.

Contract canning comes into its own for drinks producers looking for bigger runs.

UK canned craft beer exports Easy to drink & infinitely recyclable Canned craft drinks have a wide-ranging consumer appeal thanks to their ability to deliver a great tasting product in an easy to drink, infinitely recyclable pack.

Craft brewers worldwide are choosing cans to maintain the all-important taste of their drink. Sealed from light and air, drinks are kept protected and fresh. This is important as any change to the taste or look is usually the result of oxidisation or exposure to (UV) light.

Recyclability is also increasingly important for consumers – it’s becoming more influential in decision making. This

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As expected, the influx of beer producers in the UK has resulted in fierce domestic competition. To continue to grow their business, many craft beer brands are looking overseas and exploring exporting.

The UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) found that those who export are 11 per cent more likely to survive and thrive.

Cans are the ideal pack choice for exporting, due to their cube efficiency and light weight. The quality of beer is also maintained, despite being transported vast distances, as the can protects against UV light, which can affect flavour. Cans are also less likely to suffer breakages and are tamper resistant and tamper evident, offering

producers and consumers’ peace of mind.

The consumer thirst for new tastes and drinks that fit in with their lifestyles is continuing to drive innovation in the drinks sector. As a result, drinks cans are providing the perfect match for craft beer, enabling consumers to enjoy great tasting and good-looking drinks in the best pack choice. Whether that’s through its sustainability credentials, its ability to deliver bold ‘cool’ designs or that its light weight and easy to transport, this combination is proving to be a winner for an ever-growing number of craft beer brands.

References ¹Neilson Craft Beer Update, August 2017 ²Nielsen/Can Makers UK Market Report 2016

Martin’s career in the can making industry started when he joined Crown Packaging in 2004, going in as a UK Key Account Manager following 15 years at General Electric. He is now based at Crown Bevcan’s offices in Carlisle, where he is responsible for UK and Ireland as the Sales Director. Since joining the company more than 10 years ago, Martin has gained incredible insight within all aspects of the can making industry, including the growing market for independent canned beers.

In 2015 Martin took on the position of Chairman of the Can Makers and has been active in many of the association’s initiatives, including the Indie Beer Can Festivals.

For more information visit: www.canmakers.co.uk www.indiedrinkscanadvice.co.uk

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Loving the label Digital printing makes life easier for craft beer brewers, according to specialist label printer, label.co.uk, quoting the example of Tempest Brewing Co., one of the newest and most innovative craft breweries to come out of Scotland Since starting operations in 2010, this craft brewery has won Scottish Brewery of the Year 2016 at the BII Scotland Awards and no less than six awards in the 2017 Scottish Beer Awards. As with many craft breweries, on top of a core range of beers, Tempest produces an eclectic range of seasonal brews as well as limited edition beers. Seasonal beers are brewed when the key ingredients are at their peak and so can be in and out of production pretty quick.

It is crucial therefore that bottling, labelling and merchandise materials can be turned around very quickly and in varying quantities.

The introduction of digital printing has been revolutionary for craft brewers, not least in that it allows the printing of multiple design variations in a single print run. The process is simple and efficient, producing high quality labels that are cost effective and delivered practically overnight.

“One of the biggest benefits of digital printing for us is the flexibility and quality you can achieve with it,” comments Shannon McFarlane, Tempest Brand & Marketing Manager.

“With other types of printing there is quite a cost involved in making small changes to labels, and when it comes to quality, I can generally be sure that what is on the screen is what I get when the printed label arrives.”

Keeping the dimensions of the brew label the same each time means an identical set of cutting tools can be used, requiring just one print run which keeps costs down. However, standardising the dimensions doesn’t mean design and appearance have to be limited. At Tempest this is far from the case.

According to McFarlane the label inspiration always comes from the beer itself; every beer is unique, has its own story, inspiration, season and style and the brewers are usually the ones that come up with a starting point for the label and its elements. Working with several artists, the brewery will select one whose style is the best fit to convey these initial ideas onto the label.

recently added hot foil stamping to some of its labels, for various reasons.

“For example, ‘The Old Fashioned’ (pictured above) was made as a concept beer, brewed to replicate the mouthfeel and flavour of the eponymous cocktail,” adds McFarlane. “Because of that, we wanted it to have a modern take on a Bourbon label inspired design, so using textured paper, different fonts, and hot foiling. The gold really sets the entire label off and, in my opinion, ties it to Bourbon bottle label.”

For small breweries, it can be difficult to find suppliers that are a good balance of cost, efficiency and flexibility, who understand your business and who are easy to work with. McFarlane chooses to use label.co.uk because, she says, they offer this balanced service.

With the help of label.co.uk, Tempest has

For more information visit: www.label.co.uk

Safepak protective bottle packaging further developed Advanced Packaging Materials is an innovative manufacturer of packaging products. In 2017 it introduced Safepak to the brewery industry with tremendous success.

wine industry, having been successfully UPS drop standard tested at an internationally accredited laboratory. This test was conducted with a full range of single, two, three, four and 6-bottle packaging.

This was initially designed for 12-bottle transit packaging for courier use. One brewery ordered 500 for use over the Christmas period and experienced no breakages. Since then Safepak has been further developed to carry 3 ,4 and 6bottle gift boxes.

With the huge increase in the gin industry, Advanced Packaging Materials is looking to develop Safepak into this sector. With the use of this packaging distilleries will be able to offer cost effective professional, protective packaging. A further advantage of the packaging its ability to hold either a gift box or just a bottle.

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For more information visit: www.printedbeerbottleboxes.co.uk

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Kemtile moves to new headquarters

Leading hygienic flooring and drainage specialists Kemtile has just moved to new premises on Taylor Business Park in Warrington - taking 16,000 sq. ft. of office and warehouse space.

Kemtile is relocating its 18-person head office team from a smaller space on the same park on a 5-year-lease. Its move to this fully renovated, newly refurbished unit sees the company increase its working space by a third.

Stephen Westley, director of Kemtile, said: "Our decision to move to significantly larger premises reaffirms our strategic growth plans for the future, whilst acknowledging and celebrating our commercial achievements over the last two decades.

“We have traded very successfully from Taylor Business Park since 1979 but since 1998, when my co-director Jamie Cook and I took over, our turnover has increased year on year – even during the recessions of 2008 and 2009 - and we’ve grown considerably in terms of size, capabilities and customer base.

“Our move into new premises - which provides us with an additional 5,000 sq

ft of office and warehouse space – marks a very exciting time for us as a company.

"We chose the new unit because it offers us clean, modern office and warehouse space, excellent motorway links and, most importantly, a really pleasant work space with room for the team to grow in the future. In fact, we’ve already expanded the team with the appointment of a dedicated Health and Safety Manager. The provision of a dedicated training room is another exciting addition to our facilities and we very much look forward to increasing our team in terms of numbers as well as skills and expertise, which in turn we’ll pass on to our customers.”

Kemtile has been supplying hygienic floors to the food & drink and pharmaceutical industries for almost 40 years and has become a leading player, working on projects across the UK for major producers and employing 50+ skilled flooring contractors.

A clear understanding of the food and drink sector’s operational and legislative demands means Kemtile can provide total flooring solutions to suit including sub-structures and drainage.

Customers in recent years include Heineken, with repeat business driven by quality of workmanship, attention to detail and excellent customer service.

Pictured: Kemtile Directors Jamie Cook and Stephen Westley at the company’s new Warrington headquarters.

For more information visit: www.kemtile.co.uk

Rapid growth sees project engineering firm set up UK headquarters to meet demand Growth in the project engineering sector has seen an expanding international firm set up UK headquarters in the Midlands bringing new jobs and further opportunities for expansion in the region.

Malone Group, which was established in Dublin in 1999 by Stephen Malone, and has an impressive customer base, largely made up of blue chip organisations in industries including brewing and beverages, has consolidated its soughtafter services with a new UK headquarters in Burton on Trent. The firm, which specialises in offering professional engineering and safety

services to project manage some of the country’s leading multi-million-pound developments, has seen rapid growth in the last few years and is keen to expand its offer in the UK. Stephen Malone, CEO at Malone Group, said: “Having been operating in the UK for six years now we are keen to consolidate and increase our offer for the UK market. Our customer base is seeing a period of growth with firms continually updating their production lines and business capabilities to meet demand.

Working across all industry sectors Malone Group is at the forefront of delivering on some of the country’s leading multi-million-pound developments.

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“Our new acquisitions and the opening of a central UK headquarters in Burton on Trent means that we can further develop our offer and continue to lead on delivering projects which are shaping the industry future.”

For more information visit: www.malonegroup.com

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Fuel-efficient FUSO Canter for Purity

The Good Pub Guide’s Brewery of the Year for 2018 has turned once again to the tried and trusted FUSO Canter to deliver its champion beers for thirsty customers.

Purity Brewing Company, which operates from an idyllic, working farm in rural Great Alne, Warwickshire, is now running its third 7.5-tonner supplied by Mercedes-Benz Dealer Midlands Truck & Van – the German manufacturer’s franchised network is also responsible for sales and support of the popular FUSO light truck range in Great Britain.

Smartly finished in eye-catching silver, Purity’s Canters are fitted with curtainside bodies by Fred Smith & Sons, of West Bromwich. Like its two predecessors, the latest arrival is a 7C15 model and powered by an economical 3.0-litre common-rail turbo-diesel which offers high-torque characteristics – 370 Nm is available over a broad engine speed range. The truck’s 110 kW (150 hp) output is transmitted to the road via an efficient, smooth-shifting DUONIC® dual clutch automated gearbox, while an engine brake is included as standard.

In line with its commitment to producing high-quality beers in a natural and sustainable way, Purity specifies its Canters’ Comfort day cabs with roof-

mounted wind deflectors and collars. These air management kits help to maximise mpg returns and thereby reduce emissions, particularly on longer runs, while also further enhancing the trucks’ appearance.

Exceptional reliability and a market-leading payload are key to the vehicle’s appeal. Purity’s Canters offer a carrying capacity of around 4,000 kg, at least 1,000 kg more than a conventional 7.5-tonner. Not only does this enhanced productivity translate into highly competitive running costs, but it also complements the operator’s environmental profile by restricting the number of road miles its vehicles travel.

Purity operates five trucks – the Canters are gradually replacing vehicles by its previous supplier – and a couple of vans.

The company uses them primarily to deliver its own products, as well as best-in-class beers from around the world, to pubs, restaurants and other

customers within a 70-mile radius of the brewery. They also run regularly to central London and Bristol, where Purity has a well-established freehouse clientele. A third-party transport provider handles distribution to the major supermarkets and major pub chains.

Purity Logistics Manager Ian Back confirmed: “The Canter’s great strengths are its body and payload allowance, which we make full use of, and its outstanding reliability. We bought our first a couple of years ago and it hasn’t missed a beat. This robust engineering and build quality have proved invaluable in enabling us to meet our delivery commitments to customers.”

For more information visit: www.midlandstruckvan.com

LPR certified to new ISO standard Leading pallet pooling specialist LPR UK has once again affirmed its commitment to first-rate quality management systems, having been certified to the new ISO 9001:2015 standard. LPR’s success in achieving this new accreditation follows six consecutive years of the business achieving certification for the previous standard.

Businesses which achieve the ISO 9001:2015 certification must consistently demonstrate the ability to provide products and services that meet customer, statutory and regulatory

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requirements. LPR has once again achieved ISO recognition thanks to its industry-leading quality management processes and leadership across the logistics and pallet pooling sector.

alongside the high level of quality both our pallets and services are renowned for, is what sets us apart as industry leaders.”

Simon Wood, operations director of LPR UK and Ireland, commented: “Achieving accreditation in the UK for the seventh year is a fantastic testament to our high standard of service. The acknowledgement recognises the continued effort we put into innovation and best practice.

The past year has seen considerable success for LPR. Earlier this year, the business achieved an EcoVadis Advanced Gold rating for its excellent CSR practices – the first business of its kind to secure such an accolade. LPR has also announced a volley of new contract wins and extensions across the FMCG and logistics sphere, with businesses including Accolade Wines.

“We believe that continued recognition from an organisation such as the ISO,

For more information visit: www.lpr.eu

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Why training is an investment, not a cost Engineering managers are facing increased pressure to boost productivity whilst reducing costs and downtime due to simple mistakes.

Training is often overlooked due to the time and expense associated with training, however those companies who choose to invest time and money in upgrading the skills of their engineers will reap the rewards of their investment through reduced downtime and emergency servicing costs.

Expert training provided by industry professionals, like Moody Direct courses, provide your engineers with the knowhow to find, fix and prevent faults on a variety of equipment before they become bigger problems or breakdowns. Moody Direct understand the importance of training, and has committed to invest in upgrading its training facilities to ensure customers receive the best quality

experience at very competitive rates Moody Direct’s upcoming training courses: • Pumps & Valves, Theory & Practical, 20th March • Homogeniser Course, Theory & Practical, 3rd April • Process Cleaning & CIP, Theory only, 17th April If you require a tailored course, get in touch with Moody Direct to discuss course type, dates and location.

Call 01777 712111, or email training@moodydirect.com For more information visit: www.moodydirect.com/training

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THE LAST WORD

2018 – what to expect Rob Smith of Brewing Services & Consultancy Ltd looks into his crystal ball 2018 is off to a good start at Brewing Services & Consultancy Ltd, with the commissioning and first brew at a brewery in Edinburgh taking our tally of new brewery projects to more than 180.

But what trends are we predicting for brewery businesses looking to start 2018?

Brewery Turnover Breweries such as Saltaire and Goose Eye doubled or even trebled their capacities in 2017, while others such as Hawkshead are set to do the same in 2018. Last year, however, the country also saw a large number of breweries close; not since 1999 when the Firkin Brewing Group ceased trading and over 90 brewpubs closed overnight have we seen such a reduction in brewery numbers. Though this was more than equalled by the number of new breweries starting up, we anticipate a steady turnover of breweries for the foreseeable future.

Some believe that we are reaching an industry saturation point, both in terms of the number of breweries and in the number of different beers offered to the consumer. Creating ever more varied products, while possibly useful for exposure, is not a sure-fire way to increase sales and can risk the opposite if the core beers are neglected. Time and time again, we find that successful breweries focus on quality and consistency, offering beers that both licensed retailers and drinkers alike can put their faith in.

brewery. Navigating the complexities of planning permission is becoming ever more difficult, with even minor queries taking months to overcome, whilst this last year has also seen problems with water companies being slow to issue consents to discharge effluent or even, in one case, not knowing where their own drains are located. The increasing numbers of breweries is also putting an apparent strain on HMRC; with brewing licences or AWRS certification often not granted without site inspections and only a limited number of officers, delays in receiving the official sign off to brew and trade are becoming increasingly common. All these delays can have a serious effect on when a brewery can start operating, with projects which once took six to nine months to complete now taking nine to fifteen months or longer.

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Patience & Guidance

Whilst the brewery in Edinburgh may well be our first to start production in 2018, both it and the two breweries we are commissioning over the next few weeks were expected to be in production before the end of last year. With these and other projects, there were the usual building work delays, but much of the blame can be laid at the feet of the increasing red tape required for starting a new brewery or expanding an existing

New brewery entrants should have the patience to work through the inevitable delays and the resolve to keep going, knowing that sooner or later their project will come to fruition. Delays can be expensive so having deep pockets and adequate financial contingency is essential, as is knowing where to go for the answers and solutions to the many technical questions and problems which crop up along the way.

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Rob Smith is a Diploma-qualified member of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling, having entered the brewing industry following a Master’s Degree in Biology. He gained practical experience of brewing cask ales and craft lagers at Dartmoor and Freedom Breweries and spent three years as QA Brewer at the Meantime Brewing Company, before joining Brewing Services & Consultancy in 2015.

Brewing Services & Consultancy Ltd has been providing technical support and training to brewers and breweries of all sizes for three decades

For more information visit: www.brewingservices.co.uk

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Today’s flavour of the month, tomorrow’s favourite beer? asks Myles Pinfold, WPA Pinfold

Last year seemed to be the year of flavoured beers and all the leading beer festivals were majoring on them.

Cloudwater’s Mango Fruit Sour being the most outstanding I found on the market. It looked like real mango juice and tasted like mango juice – it beats your average breakfast fruit juice drink, at 6.5% ABV…

The inventiveness of brewers in their pursuit of the next big thing seems to be limitless, from mango beer to lemon meringue ice cream pie (Buxton Brewery’s 6.0%), it’s surprising Heston Blumenthal hasn’t got in on the act.

Like cooking, the quality of the ingredients is important, but not as important as the quality of the chef – so too with beer, it’s the skill of the

brewer that will ensure the success of the brewery.

It’s great that all this experimentation and invention is happening in the world of brewing – it helps ensure that beer remains current and topical in our ‘Fast-Moving Consumer Generations.’

However, this has resulted in the retail and bar landscape becoming increasingly complicated and confusing.

Whilst it is easy to focus on and emulate the ‘rock star’ brewers, innovation is important to create noise around your brand – the likes of Brewdog (those ‘bad boys’ of brewing) have proven it is the balanced, quality beers that deliver volume sales.

The challenge is to ensure your brand is relevant – relevant to the beers that you brew and relevant to the market that drinks it.

We Are Beer raise the bar New for 2018 and a first for the industry, We Are Beer is launching ‘Raise the Bar’, which seeks to find new, up-coming brewers and shine a light on creativity and innovation.

In a bid to champion new talent, an expert panel will independently blind taste all submissions. They will then select the top four brewers to attend all three Craft Beer Festivals - London, Edinburgh and Bristol - providing them with a platform to showcase their beer to 17,000 people across the UK festivals.

The Raise the Bar panel includes: Jenn Merrick, former Beavertown head brewer and founder of a new community based brewery, Earth Station; Ben Freeman, co-founder and brewer at Pressure Drop; Jonny Garrett from Craft Beer Channel, alongside Greg Wells and Dan Sylvester from We Are Beer.

Potential brewers (under 2 years in commercial production) are asked to enter online at https://raisethebar.wearebeer.com/ before submitting some samples of their beer for panel review.

Entry deadline for Raise the Bar is Monday 12th March.

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JULIAN GROCOCK

Leadership…that's an important thing, isn't it?

You might expect someone who's been a managing director and a chief executive to know a bit about leadership – although I’ve never been the absolute ‘alpha’ in any position I've held. There’s always been someone with senior status for me to answer to. Just ask Mrs G. Let’s not dwell on the leadership issues bugging the big wide world. I’ll ‘trump’ them, if I ‘may’, with a few thoughts about what’s been going on in our very own beer sphere – especially within the two organisations that have been and remain closest to my heart.

official postponement, and enough time for the ‘horse committee’ to build the most fabulous umpteen-humped camel, the Report is out – with all the conclusions and recommendations most of us could have foreseen from the outset.

To their credit, both CAMRA and SIBA have always embraced open debate and championed democratic procedure, in a quest for broad consensus when deciding their core principles, internal structure, and policy direction. And both are currently engaged in tackling critical and potentially contentious issues of this nature, as they seek to evolve in an ever-changing industry and consumer environment.

I am relieved to be able (mostly) to support these; and if the tortuous methodology really has been necessary to underpin the legitimacy of the Project and secure its ratification – as I’m sure would be the claim – then so be it. But the predictability of its outcome suggests a little more forthright leadership might have achieved the same, without so much time (and money) being wasted on a ‘smoke-andmirrors’ validation process.

But there’s a balance that must be struck, between the perception of the democratic vote as an unassailable virtue, regardless of how (un)informed we are about what we’re voting for, and the essential need for leadership that is qualified and insightful – and knows how to lead.

(If you’re not sure about that, I refer you to the brief mention of international politics a few lines ago.)

In an attempt to redefine and reinforce its continuing relevance, CAMRA’s Revitalisation Project has followed an overlong consultative route of successive membership surveys, dressed up as the truly democratic and therefore righteous way of doing things. Finally, after one

Rather than looking forward, SIBA’s problem revives a bone of contention familiar from my first couple of years as the trade body’s CEO. The upper size limit on brewing membership had been discontinued, but I arrived to an undercurrent of grumbling demands for its reinstatement. Following a ballot – which mandated this with the tiniest of majorities – a proposal was drafted to set a limit, in line with the European definition of a ‘smaller brewer’ (200,000 hectolitres per annum), and introduce a non-voting category of ‘associate’ brewing member, to encourage continued engagement with companies above that size.

After AGM approval in 2009 (NO votes

against and just one abstention), SIBA set about its key mission to become The Voice of British Beer, working across the industry from the smallest brewer upwards. Today, this unity-is-strength ethos is reflected by: continued support for the industry-wide There’s A Beer For That campaign; praise for the ‘immensely powerful voice for the hospitality sector’ created by the ALMR/BHA merger; and the welcome to Heineken (Star Pubs & Bars) as a headline sponsor of BeerX 2018.

What undermines it, however, is a renewed campaign against the big boys, who are being held responsible for the commercial tribulations of the genuine ‘independent craft’ sector. And I have read pieces implying that SIBA might pander to this nonsense and get rid of its associate brewers – companies like Fuller’s, Marston’s and St Austell – which would no doubt be ‘justified’ on spurious democratic grounds.

I would dearly love to be reassured that there is no place in The Voice of British Beer for such a confrontational and Trumpish ‘we’re gonna build a wall’ attitude.

Leadership…that’s an important thing, isn’t it?

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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