Sustainability Focus: Eddie Gadd
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CO2 capture in a small brewery Eddie Gadd, Head Brewer of the Ramsgate Brewery on the East Kent Coast, has been in the business for nearly 30 years but also has a background in engineering, which made him the perfect candidate to trial a new CO2 capture device designed specifically for small breweries. The device captures CO2 during the fermentation process to be packaged for re-use in the brewery or to sell on to other businesses. The equipment was designed by a Danish engineer, and the results achieved so far at the Ramsgate Brewery have been fantastic, not only in terms of dramatically cutting the amount of CO2 being released into the atmosphere during the brewing process, but also in creating a new income stream in supplying captured CO2 to a local soft drinks business. The system could be a game-changer for small brewers facing rising costs for CO2 and also supply issues, and with a green light from engineer Eddie, several more systems are due to go into craft breweries in the UK market shortly. Caroline Nodder from SIBA Independent Brewer spoke to Eddie to find out more about the system and the results he has achieved so far…
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