Brewing Technology

Basics & Process Solutions

Tobias Fluegel

Innovations for a better world.

Beer Facts.

1.95 bn 27 Mio 3000

100 138 l
hl hl B.C.

180’000 57 %
China 19’000 1516
MT vol

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Brewery Technology.
Agenda

1 Introduction Beer basics

2 Definition & Difference Grain vs. malt

3 Brewery Technology Bühler process solutions

Maltomat III MDBA
Malt De-Husking

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Beer.
Just four primary ingredients

Water Malt & Cereals

By far the main Providing starch
beer ingredient that is converted
into fermentable
sugars, protein for
>90 l 16 kg foam, color, flavor
per 100 l per 100 l and texture

150 g 100 g
per 100 l per 100 l
Yeast
Hops Producing alcohol
Bittering, flavoring and carbon dioxide
and stabilizing through
agent fermentation

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Grain vs. Malt. Beer Liquor
What’s the difference?

Malt
Cereal grains that have been partially Bread
germinated (and subsequently dried). NAB
Cereals

Sweets Other

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World Malt Production.

97% Barley Bühler:

2% Wheat
Emmer #1 in malt
Rye processing
Spelt More than 75% of the
Triticale worlds’ beer is brewed
Sorghum
with malt that is
Oats
manufactured with
Bühler equipment.

Barley Wheat Others

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Grain vs. Malt.
What’s the difference?

Kernel Moisture Bulk Color Smell Vitality Enzymatic

Density Taste Activity

BARLEY Hard 9-15 % 0.68 t/m3 Light, yellow Strawy Viable Low

MALT Friable 3-5 % 0.54 t/m3 Type specific Type specific Non-viable High

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Brewing Process.

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Grinding Systems for Breweries.
Standard brewhouse application

DRY WET

HAMMER MILL ROLLER MILL

H2O Not provided

by Bühler
DFZK DFZC MDBA MDZE LEFA

Mash Filter Lauter Tun

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Roller Grinding.
Maltomat III MDBA
Integrated
Sieve
Box
• Malt and non-malted grain
• Conditioned or unconditioned
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• ALL mashing and lautering processes Roller
• Three different sizes Mill
• Up to 15 t/h barley malt

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Maltomat III MDBA 6S.
3 step grinding

1
Roller Pair 1
Grist
Crushing of kernels without tearing the husks
2

Roller Pair 2
Grist Husk
Further crushing, comminution of the husks
Flour & Grist
SB Grist Husk

Sieve Box Flour & Grist

Husk separation (Example: 2.0 mm + 0.4 mm)

3
Roller Pair 3

Grinding of grist fraction

Grist Flour Husks

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Malt De-Husking. Malt
Process principle

MDBA
Three-step-roller-grinding
Husk separation with dual mesh size sieve box

MKZH
Vibro-sieving of husks for maximum starch
recovery

Up to 5 % (wt) husk separation Clean

Starch loss < 0.3 % (wt) > 95 % Husks
Grist <5%
Flour

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Malt De-Husking.
Benefits

Grinding Brewhouse
• 50% energy saving vs. hammer mill • Reduced energy demand
• Reduced maintenance labor • Capacity increase
• Reduction of mycotoxins

• Use of husks for other purposes • Improved taste

• Higher spent grains value • Minimizing quality variations
• Positive impact on shelf life

Byproducts Final product

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Husks.
Not just waste!
HUSK
High in fiber
Rich in minerals
Feed Mixing with byproducts

Direct combustion
Energy
Biogas production

Filling material
Other Packaging
Composting

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Together Invincible