Greatest flexibility when brewing

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Beer recipes are becoming increasingly more complex, individual and unusual. Yet even the most minor change to the ingredients must be well considered and thoroughly tested. And it is precisely for this reason that Krones now has an in-house pilot brewery: the Steinecker Brew Center provides both breweries all over the world and Krones itself with the opportunity to perform trials together and to test new technologies.

At a glance:

The most modern pilot brewery in the world with a diverse range of available services:

Joint recipe and process development
Field tests and feasibility studies
Plant optimisations
Customer training courses and training for internal and external employees

Download brochure Steinecker Brew Center

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The three pillars of the Steinecker Brew Center

Customer and market

Customer and market-oriented, joint recipe and process development
Research and development

Field tests, feasibility studies, plant optimisations, global science collaboration
Teaching and academia

Customer training courses, training for internal and external employees, publications

Digitalisation in the Steinecker Brew Center

Networking the entire production

Industrial wireless LAN in all areas and complete networking with Botec F1
Picture and language recognition for safe and user-friendly operation of the system by tablet computer
Production optimisation through the automatic evaluation of production and laboratory data (via LIMS, Botec and ReadyKit)

Information in real time

Plant monitoring using image and sound processing (for example, motor noise or steam formation)
QR codes on all systems and components
Obtainment of information, as well as the ability to order spare parts directly online using a smartphone or tablet computer

Easiest operation via apps

Tasting app allowing the consumer to rate the beers
Cloud-based data storage with Share2Act
Automatic data analysis with teachable software

Digital research and test system

The most modern cameras, monitors and microphones for live conferences during tests
Continuous data acquisition and analysis
Complete transparency with the highest data security