Hop application in brewery

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"Vacupacks". Vacupacks are sold solely in Germany by the HVG. In the 5 kg Vacupacks not only cone hops but also ground hop powder is packed under vacuum and sealed. This type of packaging does not only reduce the volume it also protects the components from being damaged by oxygen.

VACUPACKS are ideal for breweries which do not want to go without using cone hops despite the diversity of various hop products.

Systematic classification of the important non-isomerized hop products for use in the brew-house

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Chemically modified hops

Isomerized pellets: for use in the brew-house

Isomerized extracts: for use in the brew-house and following fermentation

Reduced extracts: for use in the brew-house and following fermentation

Special hop products

Tannin extracts: for use in the brew-house

Beta acids: for use in the brew-house

Xanthohumol products: for use in the brew-house

Hop oil preparations: for use in the brew-house and following fermentation

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Hop Pellets in Bags.
The equipment is designed for the automatic dosage of hop pellets (type 45 and type 90). The hop pellets are delivered in foil bags.

Hop storage tanks are manually filled (e.g. once a week) with hop pellets

Hop Pellets in Boxes
The equipment is designed for the automatic dosage of hop pellets (type 45 and type 90). The hop pellets are delivered in carton boxes with a maximum capacity of 150 kg.
The boxes are of standardized dimension and have an air-tight inner foil. All hop pellets suppliers offer their product in this packaging.
Advantages of carton boxes:

[pic]Minimum amount of packaging material in relation to the product amount.
[pic]Optimal space utilisation: 4 cartons on one pallet (= 600 kg hop pellets per m²),
[pic]3 stackable pallets (= 1,800 kg hop pellets per m²).
[pic]Hop pellets remain in air-tight packaging, oxidation is prevented.

Barcodes on each box provide breweries with the option of tracing the