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Craft Beverage

Photo Courtesy of DK Advanced Technologies

Innovative Bottling Systems Allow

Craft Brewers to Adjust to Trends

By: Gerald Dlubala

W hile tastes for craft beer are as individ- are key. That includes your packaging system,”
said Dan Komarony, President of DK Advanced
ual as each customer that walks into
your tasting room, the reasons to pack-
age your craft beer in a bottle remain Technologies, manufacturer of the MicroBottler fill-
ing machine. “When looking to purchase a packag-
consistent whether manually capping a few bottles ing system, craft brewers should be aware of their
or running a high-speed bottling machine around projected volume, available floor space and the
the clock. You want that bottle of beer to retain its potential effects that adding additional equipment
quality, compete with other breweries for on-shelf will have on their workflow. Most machines offer a
presence and present a consistent product to those sanitizer or pre-sanitizer and a filling and rinse func-
consumers who look to packaged beer as their pri- tion, but can they do it within the footprint that
mary selection. you can offer? Can they transition from canning to
bottling across any product you offer without sig-
Flexibility And Versatility Are Key nificant downtime during changeover?”

“In a crazy industry like craft brewing, versatili- “Breweries need to follow the trend of what their
ty and the ability to react to and meet changes customers want, not what their equipment forces

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