Beer Quality Check and Control

Great taste comes with great recipe and great quality

The SpectraAlyzer BRAUMEISTER is a dedicated instrument for beer quality control and analysis, offering an ideal solution for routine measurement of key quality parameters throughout the brewing process.

In modern brewing operations, reliable and accurate analytical results are essential to consistently deliver products of the highest quality. To remain competitive in the global market, breweries must achieve consistent yields, superior product quality, and optimized production costs.

Designed as a modular system, the SpectraAlyzer BRAUMEISTER delivers analytical results for major quality parameters within 45 seconds:
Beer: alcohol, density, extract, nitrogen content, FAN, and color (EBC)
Beer mix drinks: alcohol, density, sugar content, total acidity, and pH value
Cider: alcohol, density, extract, total acidity, pH value, SO₂, individual and total sugars, and dissolved CO₂

No manual sample conditioning is required, and no additional harmful reagents are needed. This analyzer provides highly accurate quality control measurements at various production stages, including mashing, lautering, boiling, fermentation, maturation, filtration, and filling — all without additional operating costs.

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.

As a standalone system, the analyzer is designed for simple and intuitive operation, enabling efficient quality control even directly near the production line. Its rugged construction and unique optical sample/reference design ensure reliable performance in challenging environments with temperature fluctuations, 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 comes with ready-to-use calibration models and a powerful software package that supports model fine-tuning, automated data logging, and comprehensive database storage of analytical results. Data can be stored locally on the analyzer, within the company intranet, or via internet-based systems.

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”.

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

Key Features

NIR Sample – Reference technology

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

Versatile sample presentation

with closed, open, viscous, slide and disposable cups for powders, pastes, slurries and liquids.

User friendly

sample presentation and easy to operate.

Compact design

optimized 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 algorithms installation and start-up.

Webserver

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

Scan and take advanteges of the quality

One Instrument Many Applications

Beer production process

Technical Data

SpectraAlyzer BRAUMEISTER 110-A100-6

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 calibrations, methods and history results
Auto-diagnostics
Graphical user interface, projected capacitive glass touch panel

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, Audio out
Dimensions Height: 310 mm / Width: 300 mm / Depth: 480 mm
Weight 17 kg

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

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

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

SpectraAlyzer BRAUMEISTER