Consumer trends within the alcoholic drinks industry have meant that the production of neutral alcohol from malt, grape, apple and other sugar substrates has grown considerably over the last few years. TY00 is the newest addition to SPL International’s range of high alcohol yield Turbo Yeasts to cater to this market. Developed on site at our state-of-the-art product development laboratory in Cheshire, it is designed to consistently ferment a super clean, neutral alcohol base up to 15% ABV. Provided in a ready-to-pitch, active dry form, this yeast product has proven cost effectiveness versus purchasing a neutral grain spirit. The neutral alcohol base produced by TY00 is a high purity, flavourless, colourless alcohol that’s ideal for many alcoholic beverage applications, including flavoured malt beverages, RTDs, or for distillation of a clean and neutral spirit alcohol that’s ideal for Gins and Vodkas. It can be used with any fermentable sugar substrate to yield high quality alcohol, although optimum results are achieved in refined sugar fermentation systems. The product has been designed around an ultra-low congener active yeast strain that produces minimal fusel oils and esters. This is combined with a complex blend of nutrition for a fast and efficient fermentation. This not only neutralises any flavour and aroma contribution to the end drink, it also optimises alcohol yield, saving time and money. 12 BREWING & BEVERAGE INDUSTRIES BUSINESS ‘Consistent, super clean fermentations’ IN THE MIX Showcase www.spl-int.com For more information visit: For centuries the Faversham Brewery, the home of Britain’s oldest brewer Shepherd Neame, has nestled in the medieval market town of Faversham in Kent. Using natural ingredients, Shepherd Neame brewers produce Kentish ales bursting with character and renowned international lagers. The brewery laboratory was using traditional plating out methods and force bottles in incubators for up to 3 weeks for positive release of bottle conditioned beer. Plating out bottles each week was time consuming and potentially meant waiting for up to 4 weeks before final results were available, allowing release of the product. Demand meant that this process needed to be looked at to enable earlier release. Laboratory manager Sarah Marshall decided to evaluate rapid micro analysis systems for detecting beer spoilage bacteria to see if they were an improvement over the traditional methods. “QCL suggested the brewPAL kit, from Invisible Sentinel, to detect Pediococcus and Lactobacilus sp. Recommendations from large breweries across America gave us the confidence to trial it. “Representatives from Invisible Sentinel flew in from America to help set it up along with QCL and we trialled the kit for just over a week. We ran the kit alongside regular plating out and were pleased with the accuracy of results and ease of use. “The kit comes complete with instructions on how to prepare and run the tests very simply. We found it easy to use and it provided results, which would normally take one week to obtain, within three hours. We decided to invest in this kit primarily for the positive release of our bottle conditioned ale and in the future potentially for yeast slurry prior to pitching to avoid costly pitching of infected yeast.” Claimed as the only detection tool with proven accuracy, brewPAL is easy to use and provides quantitative test data in less than 3 hours. The sample is placed in a centrifuge for 10 minutes followed by a 2½ hour amplification in a Thermocycler. The sample is then transferred to a test cassette. One line indicates negative result, two lines indicate semi-quantitative positive results. Detection of beer spoilage bacteria We asked companies supplying the following products and services to let us know something about them.... l Malts, hops, fruit, yeast and any other raw materials which contribute to the finished product l Chemicals and other adjuncts used in the drinks production process l Power and other resources, plus products and services formulated to aid production and meet hygiene regulations www.qclscientific.com For more information visit: 12_Layout 1 12/02/2018 09:49 Page 1