Quality control for beer brewers & breweries

All processes in the beer production must be designed to ensure continuously high product quality

Beer is brewed using naturally grown products that vary from year to year and from harvest to harvest. The brewer must react to these changes to produce a beer of stable quality, and moreover, the beer must also taste the same year after year in order to meet the customer's expectations. To hit this moving target, a lot of experience is necessary. And that is the art of brewing beer.

Our offering

Endress+Hauser is here to help you run your brewing process consistently on a high-quality level day and night. Our state-of-the-art sensor technology supports the brewing industry. Constantly improved accuracy of process sensors, along with high repeatability enables you to run your process in the most efficient manner. Our offering stands for:

Stable beer quality
Reliable process instrumentation
Efficient use of raw materials

Applications

Brewhouse

Efficient conversion of starch into malt sugar must be ensured. To find the right moment within the certain processes, innovative and accurate measurement technologies are crucial.

Our expertise in the field

Endress+Hauser offers the largest product portfolio to optimize every single processes in your brewhouse.

Ensure highest reliability and accuracy using non-glass pH sensors like CPS77E with Memosens technology and retractable holders.
To see the real yield, the multi-frequency Coriolis mass flowmeter Promass Q provides temperature compensated flow, totalized value and totalized Brix or Plato° values even in entrained gas applications.
Rely on highest reliablity in your mash tun level measurement using the temperature compensated Deltapilot FMB50 hydrostatic level sensor . Remote electronics make access easy.
Optimize raw material usage by adding liquified adjuncts and dextrose with high accuracy. The Coriolis mass flowmeter Promass F100 provides the best temperature stability and precise measurement.

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Fermentation

The goal of fermentation is to produce alcohol. Based on the condition of the yeast, the oxygen supply level is controlled, allowing the yeast to populate at an optimum rate. Reliable temperature measurement is key throughout the complete process to ensure consistent quality batch after batch.

Beer quality control performed by two brewers

Our expertise in the field

High quality RTDs in hygienic design combined with ultra-fast response time guarantee optimum temperature control. Extract measurement with an accuracy of 0.15 Plato° in fermentation vessels with Coriolis flowmeters or Vibronic density measurement ensure a stable fermentation process by allowing continuous adjustments.

Improve your temperature control with our digital thermometer iTHERM TM411.
Optimize your extract measurement using our flowmeter Promass Q300 or the density computer FML621.

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Filtration

The major challenge of the conventional filtration process is related to the diatomaceous earth filtration because the diatomaceous earth can vary in quality. It is problematic for handling and disposal since it is hazardous and generates large amounts of effluent.

Our expertise in the field

Differential pressure is a common indicator for filter performance. Conventional DP transmitters or electronic DP systems provide the needed reliability.

Improve reliability and optimize your filter performance with the electronic differential pressure system Deltabar FMD71.

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Color based in-line detection of beer types

Breweries often produce many different types of beer. It is quite a challenge to keep a clear overview in production to ensure proper filling.

Our expertise in the field

To ensure production runs smoothly and to reduce beer loss, manufacturers must, where possible, distinguish the individual beer types automatically and directly inline. Dual-channel photometers are used for the measurement, making it possible to analyze color absorbance according to EBC guidelines. Together with a conductivity measurement, the individual types can be identified.

Rely on our optical sensor OUSAF22 for a precise inline color measurement.
Use the digital conductivity sensor Indumax CLS54D.

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Cleaning in place (CIP) optimization

CIP concentration is critical to food safety but also has big impact on the use of detergent and wastewater costs.

Our expertise in the field

Highly accurate conductivity measurement ensures the exact calculation of the required concentration. Level measurement of aggressive chemicals can be solved using different options depending on tank size and user preference.

Ensure minimal beer loss during beer/water transitions thanks to the very fast temperature compensation of our conductivity transmitters.
Rely on the most common measuring principles hydrostatic level measurement and radar level measurement.Discover more innovative sensor technologies to optimize your Clean-In-Place (CIP) process.

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Learn more about how to improve your brewing processes

Process instrumentation in beer fermentation

Instrumentation in beer maturation and filtration

Meet an expert

"In my job as an Industry Manager I’m committed to helping you ensure product quality and taste. Working together, we do what it takes to further improve your quality control process."

Matthias Schützeberg

Industry Development Manager - Food & Beverage, Endress+Hauser Group Services AG

Benefits

Trust our reliable instruments for quality control and quality assurance in your brewery, that supplies the necessary data for ideal processes, supports suitable solutions for tracking and tracing your beer and minimizes product losses. Our experienced team of industry and application experts helps you select the right process instrumentation for your critical parameters.

52 weeks

stable product quality and processes thanks to best-fit instrumentation for your critical parameters
30%

less water and chemicals used in your CIP process
100%

compliance to industry standards and regulations

Success stories

Testing the future

Testing the future - At the Steinecker Brew Center, Krones relies on its partnership with Endress+Hauser
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Energy monitoring 4.0

Hofbräuhaus installed an energy monitoring system, which relies on digitalization, with the support of Endress+Hauser.
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Simple products
Easy to select, install and operate

Technical excellence

Simplicity

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Standard products
Reliable, robust and low-maintenance

Technical excellence

Simplicity

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High-end products
Highly functional and convenient

Technical excellence

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Specialized products
Designed for demanding applications

Technical excellence

Simplicity

Variable

What is FLEX?

FLEX selections	Technical excellence	Simplicity
F L E X Fundamental selection Meet your basic measurement needs	Technical excellence	Simplicity
F L E X Lean selection Handle your core processes easily	Technical excellence	Simplicity
F L E X Extended selection Optimize your processes with innovative technologies	Technical excellence	Simplicity
F L E X Xpert selection Master your most challenging applications	Technical excellence	Simplicity Variable

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Browse through our portfolio!

Analysis

Analysis

Water, beverages, dairy products, chemicals or pharmaceuticals have to be analyzed every day. Choose the device best suited to your process needs from our comprehensive product portfolio.
Flowmeter

Flowmeter

Water, natural gas, steam, mineral oil, chemicals are some of the fluids that have to be measured day in, day out. Select the flowmeter best suited to your process needs.
Level

Level

Continuous level measurement and point level detection in liquids and bulk solids
Pressure

Pressure

Powerful instruments for process pressure, differential pressure, level and flow.
Software

Software

Apart from all relevant measuring and system technologies, we also offer appropriate software for all branches of industry that provide to run your operating processes at its full potential.
System products

System products

Applicator
Temperature measurement

Temperature measurement

Thermometers and transmitters for the process industry
Instrumentation services

Instrumentation services

Maximize plant performance, minimize OPEX, increase uptime, all with compliance. Partner with Endress+Hauser instrumentation services.

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Quality control for beer brewers & breweries

All processes in the beer production must be designed to ensure continuously high product quality

Our offering