SUPPLIER NEWS
Atlas Packaging helps to facilitate St.Austell Brewery re-brand St Austell Brewery has recently unveiled new bottle designs and logos for its Tribute, Korev and Proper Job beers in the UK. Atlas Packaging has helped to facilitate this by developing bespoke packaging suitable for the new range of bottles. Mark Leverton, Sales Director and Key Account Manager for St. Austell Brewery, said: “Re-visiting the design of the perforation on the 8 x 500ml packs has
allowed the new packaging line to become more user friendly and to also aid the presentation in store. “Tweaking the design ever so slightly really does make an impact and has allowed for a more consistent and efficient run via St. Austell Brewery’s case erector. “Our approach to St. Austell Brewery’s packaging has always been to support their superior knowledge, integrity and innovation whilst communicating clearly about each other’s manufacturing processes. Ultimately, we have found
that efficient boxes and bottling allows for operations for both companies to run smoothly and to occur in regular working hours. During our 20-year relationship with St. Austell Brewery we have developed and advanced our corrugated offering, which we are delighted to provide to St. Austell Brewery and to the brewing and drink industry today as a whole.”
For more information go to www.atlaspackaging.co.uk
Moncada Brewery – moving into the future When successful micro brewery Moncada recognised that they were rapidly outgrowing their premises, they started to look for help with developing a new site. By some strange twist of fate they found out about NIRAS when one of their team went to the hairdressers and the hairdresser turned out to be the cousin of one of the NIRAS brew experts. As an experimental brewer Moncada needed a new facility to give them space to be even more creative and grow the range. The NIRAS team were originally engaged to review the business model and make recommendations on taking the brand forward. The options were to build a new brewery or revamp an existing building. The Project Manager, Fred Bechman, led a Master Plan Workshop where he presented the findings of the business analysis. This workshop allowed the Moncada and NIRAS teams to work through the findings, discuss ideas and options and come away with an outline action plan. It wasn’t long before a building was identified, which fitted the brief for the new Moncada Brewery. The NIRAS team were engaged to project manage the front end engineering design and prepare the tenders. The Moncada team agreed the budget and the project kicked off. A Civil Consultant was appointed who was responsible for areas such as fully upgrading the floor for industrial use. The main construction works were completed on time enabling the manual installation of the plant. The result is an efficient, productive and creative brewery that not only creating beautiful beer but also creating new and exciting collaborations with other brewers.
For more information go to www.niras.com/
Brausol beats finings in Brewlab clarification test Over the past few years, more and more breweries have been switching to Brausol P Special. The silica-based clarification aid gives results comparable to traditional finings – with the added benefits that it’s cheaper, has a longer shelf life and is vegetarian/ vegan-friendly. No fishy ingredients. So Sunderland’s highly respected Brewlab Training and Analysis asked if they could put Brausol to the test, to see how it faired
in a direct laboratory comparison against finings. And the test results were eyeopening, to say the least! Keith Thomas, Director of Brewlab, said: “Non-gluten beers were selected for testing after primary fermentation when attenuation was complete and before primary settlement of yeast. “Initial settlement after 23 hours indicated a clear difference in OD with little difference between isinglass, auxillary and Brausol samples.
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Brausol was comparable or better than isinglass or auxillary on the primary settlement at 70μl and 350μl doses.” This is perfect for racking, kegging or bottling clarified beer. Brewlab did note that when the beer was unsettled in cask, traditional finings worked better on the resuspension.
For more information go to www.nichesolutionsgb.co.uk
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