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Castlemaine XXXX brewery flooded

By: Gary Blomeley, Simon Rowe

01/02/2011

During January the state of Queensland experienced its worst flooding since 1974. At the height of the floods, which really began with heavy rains in central Queensland in early December, an estimated 75%of the State was under water – an area said to be twice the size of France.

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Conveyor lubrication in a sustainable world

By: Pierre Stachura, Stefaan Verschaeve

01/02/2011

Traditional lubrication of conveyors in a bottling hall requires the use of significant quantities of water, a factor at odds with today’s ecological and conservation principles. An indepth study of the fundamental mechanisms that determine the behaviour of a drop of lubricating solution was needed to answer the question “Why does soap slide?”

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The refined brewery - A holistic approach to co-products

By: Richard Heathcote

01/02/2011

Since days of yore, brewers have been keen on disposing of their spent grains in order to keep the brewing process going. Initially it went to local farmers and then to merchants like James the Grains which started to serve the huge London breweries back in 1850. Hops went to local allotment holders although various Gardening Clubs have always said that they encouraged wireworm. Then there was cullet which was collected and sent off to make glass paper for the joinery trade.

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Recent developments in small-packing technology

By: Colin McCrorie

01/02/2011

There is currently a pronounced dichotomy in the state of the global brewing industry. In the UK and elsewhere there is a general move further away from large- towards small-pack as we go to the pub less often and overall the industry is in steep decline. In the developing world and South America sales are expanding exponentially.

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Rebirthing the assets - A look at South Australian Brewing Co

By: Roger Putman

01/02/2011

The South Australian beer market is unusual in having three major players rather than the usual two. Lion Nathan leads with Coopers at number two well ahead of Fosters which does not have a brewery in the State. The biggest selling beer is West End Draught (4.5%ABV, 9°EBC and 20BU) so I popped along to Lion Nathan’s Thebarton plant to the north west of Adelaide to see how they were getting along.

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Trappist explained

By: Julie Carolan

01/02/2011

The location of the world’s seven Trappist producers. Brewer & Distiller International • February 2011 • www.ibd.org.uk 39 London’s very first Trappist beer tasting was hosted by Chimay at the White Horse pub on Parsons Green in July. The session was led by beer sommelier and journalist Ben Vinken, editor of Belgian Bier Passion magazine and author of Belgian Beer on the Menu and Philippe Henroz of Chimay.

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Wrapping it up - The expanding market for paperboard multi-packs

By: Graham Hand

01/02/2011

With the continued consolidation of the global beer industry, the mature but declining markets of North America and Western Europe remain vitally important to the big brewers due to their attractive margins. Their strategy in these markets is to maximise margin by cost control coupled with pricing strategies for a portfolio of brands. Brand building is critical to this success and paperboard multipacks play a pivotal role in the marketing mix.

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A look at self-adhesive labels

By: Roger Putman

01/02/2011

We saw in the July issue last year how the design of secondary packaging can enhance ‘shelf pull’. We shall now take a look at the humble beer label which is also not so humble anymore.