Lab

1. small batch test brews

For larger breweries, we offer a service to make small batch test brews. Wondering about the right amount of additive, type of hops, yeast strain or fermentation temperature? Before you implement a large-scale plan, you can have us develop a recipe and make a small batch test brew with real-time monitoring of the entire process allowing you to determine a number of modifications. We can provide production conditions that allow 100% translation of the process to a larger scale.

The profile of our water can be freely modified and adapted to suit the style and parameters of the brewery commissioning the service. The current parameters are available on the Waterworks website at: https://www.wodociagi.katowice.pl

We have an innovative method that allows the wort in the vat to be cooled quickly to the intended temperature immediately after the brewing process using ice water, which makes it possible, among other things, to carry out hopping using the efficient hopstand method.

The brew can be divided into 2-4 fermentation tanks with conical bottoms, suitable for pressure fermentation, carrying out the further process at different temperatures and pressures. Bottling is done into bottles or keg containers. When bottling, pasteurisation with precise control of PU units is possible. .

During the process, we offer access to information on the current fermentation phase recorded in real time in the cloud. At the end, in addition to a fixed quantity of finished beer, you receive:

– detailed documentation including a record of the fermentation process in the form of a graph with real-time readings of temperature and degree of attenuation, precise readings at each stage taken with an Anton Paar oscillating densimeter.

– results of microscopic examination for quantity and viability of yeasts, presence of bacteria

– possibility of measuring by gas chromatography with concentration of min. ethanol, acetaldehyde, 2,3-butanol (additional test cost)

If you are interested please contact us at: biuro@starkraft.pl or +48603800401.

The service is offered in connection with a project implemented under the Regional Operational Program of the Silesian Voivodeship for 2014-2020 (European Regional Development Fund) entitled “Increasing the competitiveness of the company by implementing an innovative production line for profiling brewing yeast and small batch test brews.”

2. Developing beer recipes

If you want to introduce a new type of beer but do not have time to develop the recipe, you can outsource the entire process to us. We will produce a fixed number of small batch test brews according to your guidelines, after which you will be able to choose the final result most suitable for you, along with full production documentation.

3. new strains and yeast propagation

Badanie, profilowanie szczepów drożdży
We cooperate with the scientific circle “BioWar” at the University of Silesia. As part of the project carried out at the University of Silesia, yeast strains unique to the brewing industry have been isolated from the natural environment, which we implement in production. You can also order through us the propagation of any yeast strain under laboratory conditions. In order to select the appropriate strain and to learn about the detailed documentation, please contact us.

List of available strains put into production:

Strain

Identification

Certainty marking [%]

IB1

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

92,2

IB17

–

–

IO16

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

92,2

IO18

Candida colliculosa

50,7

IO27

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

99,5

IO29

–

–

IO31

Candida colliculosa

85,1

IP15

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

99,5

IP19

–

–

IP30

Lachancea kluyverii

70,9

IP62

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

99,9
The service is offered in connection with a project implemented under the Regional Operational Program of the Silesian Voivodeship for 2014-2020 (European Regional Development Fund) entitled “Increasing the competitiveness of the company by implementing an innovative production line for profiling brewing yeast and small batch test brews.”