Further Reading

Strategies for Craft Brewers to Achieve Future Market Growth As I explored how craft brewers can thrive in the future, I asked an AI chatbot, "What should craft brewers do to achieve future market growth?" Here’s what it shared: Maintain...

The old tales of Vikings are incomplete without their cornerstone mythology of Valhalla, the hall of fallen warriors who live under the all-father Odin. Once, sustenance-based fishermen and farmers, the warriors feast on a boar that is reborn each evening...

The role of yeast in the formation of aroma and flavour compounds in brewery products. Introduction: Effects of Fermentation Parameters The manipulation of amino acids from malt by yeast provides the pathways for the conversion of wort sugars that cause...

Case Study: When Life Hands You Lemons, Make Consumer-Friendly Lemonade In the food and beverage industry, product recalls can be a costly and complex challenge, ranging from immediate costs like removing products from the market to long-term expenses, such as...

The mash is the first enzymatic process in the brewing day, where the germination enzymes in the barleycorn are reactivated. By steeping the kilned malt in warm water, the enzymes that were paused during malting are brought back to life...

Safe Food for Canadians Regulations As of July 15, 2020, Canadian manufacturers of alcoholic beverages containing 0.5% or more alcohol must implement a traceability system under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations. This affects producers of beer, wine, spirits, kombucha,...

Diacetyl in Beer: Sources In the family of vicinal diketones (VDKs), there are two that are of the most importance to brewers: diacetyl (2,3-butanedione) and pentanedione (2,3-pentanedione). The flavour threshold for pentanedione is ten times higher than that of diacetyl...

Introduction One of the largest questions I ask myself with the slow but steady acknowledgement of the harms of plastics is how to make replacement options. Plant-based polymers are gaining in popularity, however, there is a finite amount of arable...

When working with stainless steel in industrial applications, people often use the terms “pipe,” “tube,” and “sanitary tubing” interchangeably. However, each of these terms refers to distinct types of materials with unique characteristics, making it essential to understand the differences...