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Frankfurter Brauhaus p 6

Palm Breweries p 4

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Christian De Brackeleire

Chief Executive Officer

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Dear Readers,

More than ever the successful breweries will require reliable equipment that will contribute to produce the best beers as well as to keep production costs at the lowest level.

Manufacturing such equipment has been the aim of MEURA for 165 years!

Through this 14th issue of our Meur@News I take the opportunity to introduce you to our latest breakthrough in mash filtration technology: the MEURA 2001 Hybrid mash filter.

It will be a pleasure for us to meet you on our stand in BRAU and to explain you in details the technological advantages of this latest development.

And as usual, of course, you’ll be greeted with a selection of our best Belgian beers.

I wish you all a pleasant reading and look forward to seeing you in Nuremberg.

Sincerely yours,

Hall 7, StandS 432-434-531

c o m e a n d v i s i T u s !

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Brewhouse suppliers are continuously challenged to develop technologies that improve the extract yields, the productivity, the wort quality and increase the HGB.

The Meura 2001 is recognized worldwide as the lead-ing technology in the field of mash filtration.

In 2006, with a wealth of experience in mash filtra-tion (280 Meura 2001 mash filters installed all over the world), Meura decided to rethink the Meura 2001 tech-nology and modify the design of the filter chambers. The main objective was to further reduce the sparging

water ratio, and this could only be done by improving the flow pattern inside the filter chambers.

In 2007, a first prototype hybrid plate was installed in our pilot filter at Meura Technologies. The initial results were very promising and test plates were subsequently installed in an industrial filter, which confirmed and even exceeded the pilot results.

At the end of 2008, the hybrid plates were ready for industrialization and the first Meura 2001 Hybrid (for the hybrid design of the filter plates) was installed in Palm Breweries (see article on page 4).

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The major improvement with the

Meura 2001 Hybrid lies in a con-

ceptual change in its filter plate

design. Previous internal research

showed an irregularity in the

sparging efficiency of the filter

bed cakes. The reason was a differ-

ent filling pattern from one cake to

another (see drawing).

A solution was found by keeping only

the filter bed in the direction of the

best sparging efficiency. The Meura

2001 Hybrid was born, which has

filter plates of one single identical

design. The plate is now called the

“hybrid plate” and no longer a “filter

plate” or a “membrane plate”. Each

hybrid plate is equipped with one

cloth AND one membrane (compared

to the Meura 2001 which had plates

equipped with two membranes OR

two cloths). See drawings.

This leads to a wide range

of advantages:

Filtration chambers are filled with

an improved regularity, thus with an

optimal homogeneity of the cake.

Shear forces during filling

are reduced

The wort quality is improved

thanks to a reduced sparging

ratio (below 2.2 l/kg while main-

taining 100% of extraction yield)

Thanks to the improved flow

pattern the filters can now be

equipped with up to 160 plates

(15.5 tons) compared to the previ-

ous filter equipped with maximum

65 chambers (12 tons).

Reduced sparging time and

thus shorter occupation time

All these advantages currently make the new MeurA 2001

HyBrid the best and most efficient mash filter in the world!

MeurA 2001 Hybrid

Note: with the Meura 2001 Hybrid, one plate has one cloth and one membrane and thus contains

one filter bed. One plate is designed for a nominal capacity of 90kg malt or malt equivalent.

MeurA 2001 – (previous version)

Note: with the Meura 2001 a filter chamber was defined as having two filter beds formed on two cloths

including two membranes. One chamber could have a load of 175kg of malt or malt equivalent.

PALM Breweries occupies

a unique position in the

brewing industry as it is

the only brewery group

in the world brewing

authentic Belgian beers

by using four traditional

fermentation methods

(bottom fermentation,

top fermentation,

mixed fermentation and

spontaneous fermentation)

in three historical sites in

Belgium: PALM Brewery,

rOdeNBACH Brewery

(see our Meuranews n° 1)

and BOON Brewery

(50/50 joint venture

with the Boon family).

The independent Belgian family brew-

ery group PALM Breweries has a total

production capacity of 1 million hl

and a headcount of roughly 250.

At the end of the 1980s, when Palm’s

exports to The Netherlands sharply

increased, a modernization of the

brewhouse was needed. At that time

the Meura 2001 mash filter was still

under development with the first

industrial prototype installed at the

Jupiler brewery in Belgium.

In 1989, when the commercialization

of the Meura 2001 was launched, Palm

Breweries became the first brewery to

invest in this pioneer technology. This

filter was equipped with 38 chambers

for a loading in malt of 7 tons.

In 2009, after three years of intensive

research, the Meura 2001 Hybrid was

developed and a partner was sought

for the first industrialization.

Palm Breweries was contacted and,

after having thoroughly studied the

new development, the group decided

once again to become the first mover

for this new Meura breakthrough.

Thanks to an improved flow pattern

during filtration and sparging, the

following advantages are obtained:

Plates are filled with an improved

regularity, thus with an optimal

homogeneity of the cake.

Reduced shear forces during filling

The wort quality is improved

thanks to a reduced sparging ratio

(below 2.2 l/kg while maintaining

100% of extraction yield)

Reduced sparging time and thus

shorter occupation time

Meura guaranteed Palm Breweries a

minimum gain in extract yield after

sparging of 1%.

In the end, an average increase of 1.51%

in the extraction yield was observed.

And for some brands using high grav-

ity the yield increase is even up to 3%!

The only minor complaint comes from

the cattle, who seem to prefer the old-

style spent grains to the new…

Meura once again thanks Palm Brewery

for having been the first mover to trust

in its new developments in the field of

mash filtration.

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PAlM BrewerIes: Once again a first mover!

“ Palm Breweries had the opportunity to test the new Meura 2001 Hybrid mash filter in

premiere on industrial scale. Both cooperation with the Meura Team as the brewing

results are a fantastic experience. Compared to the previous situation our brewhouse

yield increased by 1,5% for pilsner type beers, and even more for our speciality beers.”

Alex desmet, PALM BreWerieS – Director of Production, Head brewer

A successful Indian Partnership!

in 2006, Praj industries Limited and Meura signed

a strategic partnership for the indian market.

Praj is by far the leading brewery equipment

manufacturer and turnkey supplier in india.

The partnership provides a perfect solution for Indian brew-

ers that not only need to keep pace with the increasing beer

consumption, but also must focus on extract savings, water

consumption, wort quality and energy efficiency.

After a four-year collaboration, the general assessment

is very positive for both companies. In fact, six Greenfield

projects have originated with the following companies:

Blossom Industries Limited, Daman

Balaji Breweries, Tamilnadu

Jagatjit Industries Limited, Punjab (Malt extract plant)

Apollo Distilleries Limited, Tamilnadu (Empee Group)

United Breweries Limited, Andhra Pradesh, (UB group)

UBIO Chemicals Limited, Uttar Pradesh

In addition to the mash filters supplied previously, the total

number of Meura mash filters operational in India today

comes to 13! (eleven Meura2001 and two classical filters).

For all these projects, Meura supplied the hammer mills as

well as the Meura 2001 filters, while Praj Industries inte-

grated this technology into their brewhouses and organized

the electrical and automation works. Since the beginning of

this partnership the teamwork has been very successful and

the market forecasts continue to be very promising.

Both companies are very determined to intensify their

business relationships with the Indian brewers, since con-

tributing to the ever-renewed pleasure of high-quality beer

on the Indian sub-continent is the daily challenge, indeed

the passion of Meura and Praj.

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*PRAJ INDUSTRIES LTD:

PRAJ INDUSTRIES LTD, is a Pune based Indian

company supplying total solutions for setting up

turnkey Ethanol, Brewery and Bio-Diesel plant.

Praj has a presence of over 15 years in the India beer

industry and is a market leader with 60% market

share. Praj offers its customer a total solution from

“Concept to Commissioning” giving its customer

the highest “Value for Money” invested.

For more information visit www.praj.net

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Frankfurter Brauhaus (previously called Oderland Brauerei) is located in Frankfurt

an der Oder, Germany, on the Polish border.

The brewery is known for its excellent beers like Frankfurter export, Frankfurter Pilsner

and Weizen Bier, and is one of europe’s biggest players on the private label market.

Quality and cost efficiency are this brewery’s main requirements.

Frankfurter Brauhaus Knows the best mash filter supplier

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In the mid-1990s the brewery decided to modernize the

brewhouse with the installation of a mash filter. Supplied

by one of Meura’s competitors, this filter was originally

equipped with a membrane technology. But the concept

failed and the supplier had to retrofit the filter to a conven-

tional mash filter. This mash filter was never able to meet

the brewer’s requirements and showed low yield, high wort

turbidity, CIP required every 15 brews, etc.

In 2009 the brewery needed to increase its brewhouse capac-

ity and, because of their bad experience with the mash filter,

a new lauter tun was the first option. But their need to be

the most cost efficient brewer finally made them decide in

favour of the only filter combining the highest quality and

the highest cost efficiency: the Meura 2001 mash filter.

The order was signed on 13 September 2009, at our booth

at the Drinktec fair in Munich.

CHALLeNGe

Less than two months after the signing of the contract, the

installation started on 2 November 2009. On 4 January 2010

(less than four months after the contract was signed), the first

brew was performed. The time period was thus very short but

nevertheless all performance guarantees were fulfilled.

The Meura technology installed in Frankfurter Brauhaus

consist of:

a Classicmill (CLM4 of 13.2 tons malt per hour)

a Mechamasher (60 tons malt grist per hour)

a sparging water tank

a double Meura 2001 mash filter, each equipped with

43 chambers extendable to 53 chambers and produc-

ing brews of 770 hl cold wort.

This double mash filter is equipped with the new ilobox

technology, which enables it to perform continuously with

an optimized parameter setting.

For the mechanical and electrical installation, Meura col-

laborated with the Polish subsidiary of Boccard Enterprises,

Meura’s parent company, called Boccard Polska.

Feed-BACk

Today the brewery is extremely satisfied with its new state-

of-the-art equipment. The performance of the Meura 2001

are incomparable to the previously installed mash filter

and even exceed by far the expectations of the brewery.

The project was thus a complete success for both Frankfurter

Brauhaus and Meura. Meura wishes great and continued

success to the brewery and thanks them for their outstand-

ing collaboration during the project.

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Brewhouse Lay-out

iBd, Gold CoastFrom 14 to 19 March 2010 Jeroen Vandenbussche, Meura Sales and Marketing Manager, took part in the IBD Congress organized in Australia Gold Coast. We made use of the opportuni-ty to show our latest devel-opments, which led to some promising discussions.

Craft Brewers Conference, Chicago (uSA) From 7 to 10 April, Meura, together with Centec USA, took part in the Craft Brewers Conference organized in Chicago, USA. We took the opportunity to present them our Monsville concept, which encountered marked success among the craft brewers.

MBAA Caribbean Convention (Trinidad and Tobago)On 21-24 April, Raul Martinez Gonzalez, Meura Area Sales Manager, attended the MBAA Caribbean Convention in Trinidad and

Tobago where he was able to develop numer-ous interesting contacts.

Brewing Summit, rhode island (uSA)

In June (14-21), Jeroen V a n d e n b u s s c h e , Meura Sales and Marketing Manager, participated in the

Brewing Summit in Rhode Island, USA, organized by the ASBC and the MBAA. This summit was really successful for Meura.

China Brew and Beverage 2010 and VLB Beijing (China) China Brew and Beverage 2010 was organized from 7 to 10 September. Meura had a small booth where a num-ber of interesting discussions occurred. Simultaneously, Meura participated in the VLB Congress, also organized in Beijing. Noah Zhai, Sales and

Marketing Manager of Boccard Shanghai, a sister company of Meura, gave a lecture on the Meurabrew entitled “Why Develop a Continuous Brewhouse?” which generated significant interest among the participants.

iBC Manchester, ukLast October, from the 18th to the 20th, David Clifford, Manager of Meura UK, and Jeroen Vandenbussche, Meura Sales and Marketing Manager, exhibited at the IBC Manchester, UK. Meura was pleased to welcome many in-teresting visitors to its booth.

VLB Moscow (russia) At the end of October, from the 25th to the 28th, Alexander Tronnikov, Manager of Meura Moscow, attended the VLB Seminar organized in Moscow, Russia. He took this oppor-tunity to make a presenta-

tion on “Continuous Wort Production: Myth or Reality?” which was a great success for Meura.

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Current news

The most recent orders:

1. Chimay Brewery, Belgium: A whirlpool and a wort cooler will be installed.

2. SOLiBrA, ivory Coast: In addition to the revamping of the Meura 2001 mash filter the brewery has ordered a Mechamasher, a wort kettle and a wort preheater.

3. Brakina Brewery, Burkina Faso: Meura will make the revamping of the brewhouse and supply a Classicmill, a Mechamasher, a wort kettle and a Meura 2001 Hybrid mash filter.

4. Beer Lao Brewery, Laos: Meura will carry out the revamping of the Meura 2001 mash filter.

5. uBiO Chemicals Limited, india: ordered a Meura 2001 Hybrid mash filter and a Classicmill.

6. Brasserie du Congo (Pointe Noire), Congo Brazzaville: Meura will supply a complete brewhouse and the malt handling plant.

7. Waitemata Brewery, New Zealand: A Mechamasher, a Classicmill and a Meura 2001 Hybrid mash filter will be installed.

8. Tanzanian Breweries Limited, Tanzania: Meura will supply a Mechamasher.

Major projects being carried out:

1. APB Guangzhou, China: a Meura 2001 Carbo+ mash filter and a Classicmill are being erected.

2. BGi (Hawassa), ethiopia: a complete brewhouse as well as a malt handling plant are being installed.

3. Cambrew, Cambodia: Meura is erecting a double Meura 2001 Hybrid mash filter.

4. Full Sail Brewing, uSA: A Meura 2001 Hybrid mash filter and a Classicmill are under erection.

5. international Breweries Plc. (ilesha), Nigeria: Meura is installing a new milling line with a Classicmill and grist bin.

6. Les Brasseries du Cameroun (koumassi), Cameroon: A cereal cooker and a mash tun are being erected.

Major projects recently commissioned:

1. international Breweries Plc. (ilesha), Nigeria: Revamping of the Meura 2001 mash filter.

2. Consolidated Breweries, Nigeria: A mash tun, a Meura 2001 Carbo+ mash filter, an internal boiler and the automation.

3. Ogba Brewery, Nigeria: A Mechamasher and a capacity extension of the Meura 2001 mash filter.

4. Harboes Brewery, denmark: An Ilobox (PSLA) has been integrated in the existing Meura 2001 mash filter.

5. Balaji Breweries, india: A Classicmill and a Meura 2001 Carbo+ mash filter integrated into the brewhouse delivered by Praj Industries Ltd.

6. Nocal Brewery, Angola: A Clarisaver and a CIP Unit .

7. Chongqing Brewery, China: A Meura 2001 Carbo+ mash filter and a Meuraclean .

8. Gauteng Brewery, South Africa: A Classicmill, a Mechamasher and a Meura 2001 Carbo+ mash filter.

9. kolwezi Brewery, democratic republic of the Congo: Brewhouse revamping.

10. Chimay Brewery, Belgium: Steam energy recovery and external boiler.

11. Frankfurter Brauhaus, Germany: A Classicmill, a Mechamasher and a double Meura 2001 mash filter with an Ilobox .

12. united Breweries Andrah-Pradesh, india: A Classicmill and a Meura 2001 Carbo+ mash filter integrated into the greenfield brewery supplied by Praj Industries Ltd.

13. SOBeBrA Brewery (Cotonou), Benin: Integration of a second-hand Meura 2001 mash filter, a new Classicmill and a Mechamasher. Modernisation of the milling line.

14. Cuca Brewery, Angola: A mash tun and a mash kettle.

15. Les Brasseries du Cameroun (koumassi), Cameroon: A Classicmill, two Mechamashers (one for malt and one for adjuncts) and a second-hand Meura 2001 mash filter.

Meura’s projects Meura is on the move all over the world.Here is a quick overview of Meura’s current projects: