The beer production process is mainly divided into four parts: malting, saccharification, fermentation and canning.
With the cooperation of computer and testing equipment, with the help of monitoring configuration software platform, different control schemes can be selected according to different needs, and the parameters such as temperature and pressure in the production process can be accurately adjusted to ensure the production process requirements.
The development of beer industry in recent decades is a process from industrialization to automation. The future of beer industry should be similar to other process industries, and gradually transition to the direction of management and control integration, so that production data can be better integrated into business decision-making channels, production control models will become more reasonable, and the degree of intelligence will be further improved.
Malt is made from barley Barley is a hard grain, which matures much faster than other grains. It is precisely because barley is faster than wheat, rye and oats to make malt that it is selected as the main raw material for brewing. Wheat without shell is difficult to malt, and it is also not suitable for brewing. Barley must transform insoluble sediments into soluble sugars for brewing process through malting process. In addition to ordinary malt, crystallized malt or roasted malt can also be used as ingredients of various brewing types. Crystalline malt is steamed malt, which is slowly stewed and then dried. It is dark in color and tastes like coffee. The roasted malt is dried and roasted in a rotary drum with high heat, which can make the beer contain burnt flavor and black color. The quality of malt will be very different with different producing areas. Generally speaking, there are three major beer wheat producing areas in the world, Australia, North America and Europe. Among them, Australian beer malt is most favored by beer brewing experts because of its emphasis on nature, sufficient light, pollution-free and pure variety, so it is also known as golden malt.
Hops belong to nettles or cannabis plants. Wine peanuts have the structure of cones, and it is these cones that inject bitterness and sweetness into beer, making it more refreshing and delicious, and helping digestion. Types of hops: cones: cones are collected in early autumn and need to be quickly dried, and then put into barrels and sold to brewers. Pellets: Crush the crushed cones in a special mold and put them on a tray. Trays are placed in vacuum or nitrogen-filled environment to reduce the possibility of oxidation. The shape of the pellets is suitable for adding to the container. Extract: The extract of hops cones is now widely used in all beer varieties, and different extraction methods will produce very different tastes. The extract should be added at the last stage of the process, which is more conducive to controlling the final bitterness. Special extract can be used to organize the occurrence of light reaction, so that beer can be produced in transparent containers. Different brands choose different high-quality hops. For example, Shihao Beer only uses the "green bullet" hops in the deep valley of the clean country New Zealand.
Yeast is a microorganism of fungi. In the process of beer brewing, yeast is a magician. It ferments the sugar in malt and rice into beer, producing alcohol, carbon dioxide and other trace fermentation products. These small but varied fermentation products, together with other flavor substances directly from malt and hops, constitute the attractive and unique sensory characteristics of the finished beer. There are two main kinds of beer yeast: "Top Yeast" and "Bottom Yeast". When viewed under a microscope, the top yeast is slightly more oval than the bottom yeast. The name "Top Yeast" comes from the fact that during fermentation, yeast rises to the surface of beer and can be skimmed at the top. The "bottom yeast" always exists in beer, and finally precipitates at the bottom of fermentation barrel after fermentation. "Top Yeast" produces light beer, strong dark beer and bitter beer. "Bottom yeast" produces lager beer and Pilsner.
The beer produced by Lion King Group anywhere in the world only uses the strains of Lion King's "Yeast Bank" headquartered in Australia. There, the researchers of Lion King are committed to the cultivation of pure yeast and the development of new strains to meet the constant demand of consumers for new flavor beer. Lion King Group regularly transports yeast needed for brewing Shihao Beer, Lake Beer and Taihu Lake Beer to China by air in Australia to maintain the uniformity of taste of each bottle of Lion King beer. The yeasts used in Baker Beer are all regularly transported to China by air from German Baker Company.
Refined sugar: Refined sugar is an important additive in some beers. It makes beer lighter in color, less in impurities and more refreshing in taste. In Taihu Lake beer and Lake beer brewed by Lion King, refined sugar is obtained by adding rice, which makes the taste of beer more refreshing to meet the needs of consumers in southern Jiangsu.
Water: More than 90% of each bottle of beer is water, which plays a very important role in the process of beer brewing. Besides the cleanliness of the water quality needed for beer brewing, the mineral salts contained in the water must also be removed (some manufacturers claim that the beer is brewed with mineral water for the purpose of commercial propaganda) to become soft water. The location of the earlier brewery was very demanding, and it must be a place with clean water. With the development of science and technology and the maturity of water filtration and treatment technology, the requirements for the location selection of modern breweries are greatly reduced. Tap water and groundwater can be filtered and treated to make them almost pure water, and then used to brew beer.
What needs to be pointed out in particular here is that, for the sake of environmental protection, more and more socially responsible beer producers have begun to give up using relatively cheap groundwater to brew beer, and started to use relatively expensive tap water.
Malt is sent to the crushing tower before being sent to the brewing workshop. Here, malt is crushed by light pressure to make malt for brewing. The height of the crushing tower of Lion King Beer & Beverage (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. is equivalent to a seven-story building.
Gelatinization treatment The malt/grain to be crushed is mixed with water in a gelatinization pot. Gelatinization pot is a huge revolving metal container, equipped with hot water and steam inlets, stirring devices such as stirring rods, paddles or propellers, and a large number of temperature and control devices. In the gelatinization pot, malt and water boil after being heated. This is the natural acid that transforms insoluble starch and protein into soluble malt extract, which is called "wort". The wort is then sent to a filtration vessel called a separation tower.
Before the wort is pumped into the boiling pot, the husk of the wort should be removed in the filter tank and hops and sugar should be added.
Boiling: in a boiling pot, the mixture is boiled to absorb the smell of hops, and it is improved and disinfected.
After boiling, the wort added with hops is pumped into a rotary sedimentation tank to remove unwanted hops residues and insoluble protein.
Cooling and fermentation: after the clean wort is pumped out of the cyclone sedimentation tank, it is sent to a heat exchanger for cooling. Subsequently, yeast was added to the wort to start the fermentation process.
In the process of fermentation, artificially cultivated yeast converts fermentable sugar in wort into alcohol and carbon dioxide to produce beer. Fermentation took place within eight hours and proceeded at an accelerated speed, accumulating a high-density foam called "wrinkle foam". The foam reached its highest stage on the 3rd or 4th day. From the fifth day, the fermentation speed slowed down, and wrinkle foam began to spread on the surface of wort, which must be skimmed off. After yeast fermented all the fermentable substances in wort, it began to form a thick sediment at the bottom of the container. Then the temperature gradually decreased, and the fermentation was completely finished after 8~ 10 days. In the whole process, it is necessary to strictly control the temperature and pressure. Of course, different beer and different production technology lead to different fermentation time. Usually, the fermentation process of stored beer takes about 6 days, and that of light beer takes about 5 days.
After the fermentation, most of the yeast settled at the bottom of the tank. The brewers recycled this part of yeast for the next jar. After the yeast is removed, the product "tender beer" is pumped into the post-fermentor (or the ripening tank). Here, the remaining yeast and insoluble protein are further precipitated, which makes the style of beer mature gradually. The ripening time varies with different kinds of beer, generally 7~2 1 day.
After post-fermentation, all the remaining yeast and insoluble protein are filtered out in the filter, which becomes sake to be packaged. In Lion King, the unique double filtration process not only removes the impurities produced in brewing more thoroughly, but also makes the liquor particularly clear. The crystal clear water light enables the drinker to enjoy the delicious beer as well as the visual enjoyment.
Before packaging, each batch of Lion King beer will pass strict physical and chemical inspection and sensory evaluation by sommeliers before being sent to the packaging line.
There are several packaging forms of finished beer: bottled, canned and barreled. Coupled with the different shapes and capacities of bottles, the different labels, neck covers and bottle caps, and the diversification of outer packaging, a wide variety of beer products are formed in the market. Lion King can produce any kind of packaging products in the contemporary era.
Bottled beer is the most popular packaging form, and it also has the most typical packaging process, that is, washing bottles, filling wine, sealing, sterilization, labeling and packing.
The closer the beer is to the production date, the fresher it is, the better it tastes. The beer produced from the brewery is transported to the distributor, then from the distributor to the retailer, and finally to the consumers. Efficient and smooth distribution channels are the guarantee for consumers to drink fresh beer. At present, Lion King has established a distribution network in more than 20 provinces across the country, especially in southern Jiangsu, and the distribution network of Lion King has been able to cover and serve every beer retail point.
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(Flowchart of Brewing Beer)