Final Product Quality Control: Orbisphere Total Package Analyser

By Andreas Gahr, Hopfenveredlung St. Johann GmbH & Co. KG, Research Brewery, Train – St. Johann, Germany

The hop processing company of Hopfenveredlung St. Johann is processing around 25.000 metric tons of hops per year to pellets. At their production site in St. Johann, Hallertau, Germany, they run a state of the art pilot brewery. One of the key functions of the pilot brewery is to run trials on a variety of brewing functions, including raw product (hops and hop-products) and technology (including bottling, brewing and analytical instrumentation), as well as product development. These trials are done for the shareholders Barth Haas Group and HVG and other breweries or suppliers on a contract basis.