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Craft Brewery

Innovation Helps Modernize

Brewing Equipment

By: Alyssa L. Ochs
A t Beverage Master Magazine, we’re ment in the modern brewery setting, we looked

always looking to keep up with craft
into what’s being used in breweries lately and what
brewing trends, which more often than
not relates to pieces of innovative equip- industry leaders who work in this space are saying.
ment and new technologies. Certain types of new Types of Equipment & New Changes
equipment are slowly but steadily being introduced
to breweries, as are new technologies, tools, mech- There are a few essential equipment types that
anisms and improvements to processes relied upon breweries use today. Examples include the malt
in the past. mill, mash tun, filtration system, heat exchanger
and brite tank. Breweries also regularly use pumps,
These things factor into how efficiently brewer- valves, kegs, hydrometers and equipment for dis-
ies can operate during challenging times and how pensing and packaging.
memorable their beers are when they reach con-
sumers. To learn more about the role of new equip- While experienced brewers are already familiar

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