SpectraAlyzer BRAUMEISTER – Beer Quality Check and Control

Great taste comes with great recipe and great quality

The SpectraAlyzer BRAUMEISTER is an instrument for beer quality check and control and is the ideal solution for routine analysis of major quality parameters during beer production.

In modern brewing quality control operations, reliable and accurate analytical results are necessary to provide customers with products of highest and – what is most important – consistent quality. In order to be most competitive in the world market, consistent high yields, top quality and low production costs are the objectives that need to be achieved.

Designed as a modular system, the SpectraAlyzer BRAUMEISTER solution presents the analytical results of these major quality parameters within 45 seconds:
Beers: alcohol, density, extracts, N-content, FAN and color (EBC).
Beer Mix drinks: alcohol, density, sugar content, total acidity and pH-Value.
Cider: alcohol, density, extracs, total acidity, pH-Value, SO2, individual and total sugars, dissolved CO2.

There is no need to manually condition the sample and extra (harmful) reagents do not need to be used. This analyser solution provides highly accurate beer quality control parameters at no extra cost at different production areas e.g. mashing, lautering, boiling, fermenting, maturation, filtering and filling.

As a stand alone system, the analyser solution can be operated very easily and intuitively for beer quality check and quality control – even close to the production line. The rugged construction and unique optical sample/reference setup ensures reliable operation in environments with fluctuating temperatures, vibration and dust.

The SpectraAlyzer BRAUMEISTER comes with ready to use calibration models and a powerful software package to facilitate model fine tuning and extensive and automated logging as well as database storage of the analytical results on the analyser, within the company intranet and/or the internet.

The SpectraAlyzer BRAUMEISTER complies with EBC method: “9.2.6 Alcohol in Beer by Near Infrared Spectroscopy”.

The SpectraAlyzer BRAUMEISTER complies with ASBC method Beer-4G: “Alcohol by NIR and original extract content”.

Key features

NIR sample/reference technology

like all SpectraAlyzer® instruments for high sensitive
and long term stable measurements.

Versatile sample presentation

by means of a syringe, a pump, or an autosampler.

User friendly

sample presentation and easy to operate.

Compact design

optimised for bench top or at-line application.

Touch user interface

and intrinsically mounted glass touch for straight
forward hygenic instrument operation.

Many mathematical models

for all kind of products included for quick
calibration models installation and start-up.

Webserver

web connectivity for direct instrument access
via LAN and internet from anywhere, any time.

Video

ZEUTEC BRAUMEISTER with Autosampler

ZEUTEC BRAUMEISTER with Pump

Performance

Analytical parameters and performance in beer are:

Parameter	Range	Unit	Repeatability
Alcohol	0 – 12	VV %	< 0.01
Alcohol	0 – 10	GG %	< 0.01
Density	1,000 – 1,020	g/ccm	0.00001
Original gravity	0 – 25	°P	< 0.01
Extracts	0 – 10	GG %	< 0.01
pH	3-5		< 0.01

Analytical parameters in wort are:

Parameter	Range	Unit	Repeatability
Extract, apparent	11 – 15	%	< 0.002
Colour	7 – 50	EBC	0.05
Viscosity	1.7 – 2.2	mpa s	< 0,002

Technical data

SpectraAlyzer BRAUMEISTER 110-A100-6

Design

For brewing products
Spectral range	(800) 1400-2500 nm
Wavelength Accuracy	<0.05 nm
Wavelength Precision	<0.005 nm
Optical bandwidth	< 10 nm ±2 nm
Dual beam system, sample/reference measurement
High signal to noise ratio	> 150.000:1
Large expandable internal memory for calibration models, methods and history results
Auto-diagnostics
Graphical user interface, projected capacitive glass touch panel

Liquid cell

Sample temperature control	15 – 50 °C ± 0.01 °C
Liquid ports	¼”- 28 UNF
Synchronisation to SpectraAlyzer, integrated soft control via SpectraAlyzer

Accessories

Standard calibration models	Included
Keyboard	As optional accessory
Barcode reader	As optional accessory
Printer	Thermal ticket or office type printer as optional accessory
Liquid handling options	Syringe, pump or autosampler
AWX	Application worx, chemometric software package

Analytical performance

Alcohol	Reproducability +/- 0,03 %v/v Repeatability +/- 0,01 %v/v

Specifications

Screen	TFT 800 x 480 pixel
Power requirements	min. 90 V AC (50 – 60 Hz), max. 260 V AC (50 – 60 Hz), 220VA
Operating temperature	5 °C – 40 °C non-condensing
Interfaces	1 x front USB 2.0, 3 x USB 2.0, 2 x RS232, ethernet
Dimensions	Height: 310 mm / width: 300 mm / depth: 480 mm
Weight	17 kg