1. Applications and techniques
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Filtration has many applications in breweries. They vary according to the type of beer and the brewing stage concerned: separation of wort from spent grain, green beer, tank bottom yeast and end-of-age beer.
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Among the various brewing stages, filtration-clarification is of the utmost importance, as it ensures that the beer is clear and presents itself well to the consumer.
This operation, which follows the maturation and stabilization stages and precedes packaging, is the most studied stage and presents the most relevant technical and economic challenge for breweries.
Filtration has determined the quality of finished beer since it was first introduced in Germany by L. A. Enzinger after 1878.
In the past,...
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Bibliography
Events
• EBC
• MBAA-ASBC
• WBC
Regulations
AFSSA – Avis relatif à l'autorisation d'emploi de polyamide 11 en tant qu'adjuvant de filtration dans la bière – Saisines n° 2003-SA-0253 et n° 2002-SA-0196, December 9, 2003, République Française (2003).
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Brewers of Europe (all national brewers' associations) http://www.brewersofeurope.org
EBC (European Brewery Convention) is the scientific and technical organization of the Brewers of Europe.
Economic data
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A non-exhaustive summary of the main works in the literature relating to the application of membrane processes in brewing, published between 1984 and 1998, has been produced (table 1
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