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Irish delights - The Alltech Craft Brews and Food Fair, Dublin, February 2017
By: Gerry McGovern
01/04/2017
The Annual Alltech Craft Fair has yet again thundered into the City of Dublin, emphasising the fact that it has become one of the highlights of the craft year in Ireland. Through the enthusiastic drive and intensity of Dr Pearse Lyons, the President and owner of Alltech, this fair has thrown up even more variety and explosions of beer styles, and has showcased the best there is in Irish and overseas craft beer and spirits, and now ciders as well.
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Spirit of Africa: The craft distilling industry in South Africa
01/04/2017
Whilst South African craft brewing has started to follow international trends, less is known about the country’s blossoming craft spirits industry. Apiwe Nxusani Mawela of Brewster’s Craft takes a look at the growing number of distillers in Africa’s southernmost country.
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Resurrection of ‘heritage’ grains
By: Ian Hornsey
01/04/2017
Part 1: British barley varieties. Like it or not, the potentially devastating impact of climate change, plus the fact that the global population is expected to reach nine billion by 2050, means that agriculture faces massive challenges. Of prime importance is the need to increase the productive capacity and stability of our major crops, i.e. maintain ‘food security’.
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From coil to can - Beverage can manufacturing at Ardagh Metal Beverage
By: Steve Curtis
01/04/2017
Despite their seemingly simple structure, cans are much more than meets the eye. Body, end and tab are the result of separate and highly complex manufacturing processes, each one backed by stateof- the-art research. With metal packaging capabilities for diverse market sectors, Ardagh Metal Beverage stands at the global forefront of metal can production.
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Believing the spin: Should you buy a centrifuge?
By: Sophie Atherton
01/04/2017
They promise to dramatically increase yields and cut the time taken to brew but with price tags of at least £50,000, should you invest in a centrifuge? Sophie Atherton looks at the pros and cons of this hitech piece of brewing kit.
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Batch distillation - The pot still process
By: Billy Mitchell
01/04/2017
This is the fifth in a series of articles to support those studying for the General Certificate in Distilling. Having already covered the specification, purchase and storage of raw materials in article one, through the various conversion and mashing processes in articles two and three into article four on yeast and fermentation, we are now in a position to gain a greater understanding of how distillation delivers our products. I will cover batch distillation in this article followed by continuous distillation in article six.
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Chichibu Distillery - Towards a 100% Japanese whisky
By: Yumi Yoshikawa
01/04/2017
Ichiro Akuto’s famous ‘Card Series’ of ‘Ichiro’s Malt’ whiskies have made him famous throughout the international whisky scene, on to which he burst in 2004. The journey to this point was long and hard won, but the journey since has been even more fascinating.