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Brewery & Distillery
Craft Brewery
Muse said. “The drop of liquid nitrogen is trapped to improve the shelf life. Liquid nitrogen is also
inside the container, and as it evaporates and used for nitrogenated beers in single-serve contain-
warms up, it expands, pressurizing the container.” ers.
Muse said that for pure spirits, a plastic bot- “A drop of liquid nitrogen in the headspace will
tle could benefit from some internal pressure to pressurize the container, and under the right con-
reduce jams on the filling line, improve stacking ditions, the nitrogen will dissolve into the beer over
strength, improve storage efficiency and improve time,” Muse said. “When the container is opened,
the product appearance. the nitrogen will come out of solution and create
the cascading bubbles and creamy foam that cus-
“We have also seen an increase in the market for tomers expect. However, in order to get the nitro-
pre-mixed cocktails in aluminum cans,” he said. gen to come out of solution quickly, either the con-
“Carbonated cocktails, like a Cuba Libre or Moscow tainer needs to have a ‘widget,’ or the consumer
Mule, already have internal pressure created by needs to be aware of how to ‘hard-pour’ the bever-
the CO2. However, still cocktails, like a margarita age. Without a widget or a hard pour, the nitrogen
or a screwdriver, in an aluminum can are extremely will not create the cascade or foam, and the beer
flimsy and easily crushed without internal pressure will be flat.”
created by liquid nitrogen.”
Tanks for CO2 and Nitrogen
For breweries, liquid nitrogen has two different
applications. On a canning line or a bottling line Breweries and distilleries can buy a new or refur-
without a pre-evacuation system, a drop of liquid bished foam insulated tank for their equipment.
nitrogen into the empty container purges out oxy- Allcryo’s refurbished tanks are a cost-effective solu-
gen and creates an inert atmosphere. This helps tion that performs as well as new tanks because
reduce the amount of dissolved oxygen in the beer the refurbishment process comes with a warranty
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