Brewing a
Sustainable Future
The beer brewing industry is a dynamic landscape that continually evolves to meet the changing preferences and demands of consumers. Technological advancements in the utilization of brewing enzymes are revolutionizing the brewing process and reshaping the way breweries operate and craft their beer in a more sustainable way.
Brewing enzymes are natural proteins that act as catalysts in the brewing process, enabling brewers to extract more fermentable sugars from raw materials such as malted barley, wheat, and other grains. By breaking down complex carbohydrates that might otherwise remain unfermented, brewing enzymes enhance the yield of fermentable sugars, maximize the utilization of ingredients and reduce waste.
Leading the Charge for Sustainable Brewery Operations
The brewing industry has undergone significant changes in recent years, with a strong shift towards sustainability-driven practices. This evolution towards sustainability extends beyond operational changes. It has become a core value driving the development of new brewing methods and products.
Our brewing enzymes offer a multifaceted solution for breweries seeking to align with sustainability principles and facilitate a more efficient brewing process.
Energy Saving
The use of brewing enzymes aids in improving energy efficiency during the brewing process. By accelerating the conversion of starches into sugars, brewing enzyme reduce the time and energy required for mashing and other brewing stages, leading to lower energy consumption.
Water Conservation
Brewing enzymes enhance the extraction of fermentable sugars from grain and barley, which means less water is required for mashing and rinsing processes. This reduction in water usage is crucial for breweries as water is a valuable resource in brewing and conserving it contributes significantly to sustainability efforts.
Waste Minimization
Brewing enzymes help in breaking down complex compounds in raw materials, resulting in more complete utilization of these ingredients. This reduces the amount of solid waste generated during brewing, as well as the quantity of by-products that would otherwise end up as waste.
Supporting Circular Economy
Brewing enzymes aid in the breakdown of spent grains and other organic matter, contributing to a circular economy within the brewing industry. These by-products can be repurposed as animal feed or compost, minimizing waste and promoting sustainability.
Brewing Enzyme to Elevate Your Craft
Enhanced Efficiency
Our brewing enzymes accelerate the conversion of complex carbohydrates into fermentable sugars and aid in achieving higher attenuation rates by breaking down more complex sugars that yeast might otherwise struggle to ferment fully. This speeds up the brewing process, reducing the time required for mashing and saccharification. They allow brewers to maintain consistency in their beer production by ensuring consistent sugar extraction from the grains, leading to consistent alcohol content and flavor profiles across batches.
Our brewing enzymes also optimize resource usage by increasing the efficiency of raw material utilization, reducing waste, and allowing for the use of less malt while maintaining desired alcohol levels and flavors.
Improved Fermentation
Brewing enzyme play an integral role in enhancing fermentation by optimizing sugar accessibility, improving fermentability, ensuring consistency, and contributing to the overall quality and characteristics of the final brew.
They serve as essential catalysts that transform sugars into alcohol and flavorsome compounds, significantly impacting and enhancing the fermentation process. Our brewing enzymes, including glucanase, protease, and amylase enzymes, can profoundly influence fermentation efficiency and outcomes.
Incorporating enzyme during the mashing stage results in a more accessible and digestible substrate for yeast during fermentation. By facilitating the conversion of starches into fermentable sugars, our brewing enzymes ensure a readily available food source for yeast, promoting a robust and vigorous fermentation process.
Optimized Flavor Profiles
Brewing enzymes are key facilitators in unlocking and enhancing the sensory characteristics that define a brew. They help the creation of diverse flavors ranging from sweet to dry, impacting the perceived body and mouthfeel of the beer.
By altering the composition of sugars available for yeast metabolism, enzyme activity indirectly impacts the production of compounds during fermentation. These compounds include esters, phenols, and higher alcohols that contribute to the beer's aroma, flavor, and mouthfeel.
For instance, our protease enzyme, Brezyme NP, helps in degrading proteins that might otherwise contribute to haziness or undesirable textures, leading to a clearer and smoother beer with improved drinkability.
Innovative Possibilities
Our enzymes offer a plethora of possibilities that redefine traditional brewing techniques and enable the creation of unique beer with novel flavors, textures, and brewing methodologies. They allow for more precise control over the brewing process, by fine-tuning enzyme activity and optimize the breakdown of specific compounds, brewers can utilize more cost-effective raw materials from local sources without compromising the quality of drinks and tailor beer characteristics with greater accuracy and clarity.
Enzyme for Each Step of the Brewing Process
Viscosity reduction
Viscosity reduction is particularly essential in brewing processes where high viscosity might impede the process efficiency or affect the final product quality. Our brewing enzymes can reduce the viscosity of the mash by cleaving the starch molecules into smaller, more soluble fragments. Lower viscosity in the mash facilitates better extraction of fermentable sugars during mashing.
Liquefaction
Our superior beta amylase work synergistically during mashing to break down starches from malted grains into simpler sugars, which are essential for yeast fermentation. Amylase breaks the α-1,4 glycosidic bonds present in starch molecules, randomly cleaves these bonds throughout the starch structure, resulting in the production of shorter chains of dextrins, maltose, and glucose.
Saccharification
During mashing, the malted grains are mixed with hot water, creating a mash. Our brewing enzymes present in the malted grains are activated by the combination of heat and optimal pH conditions. These enzymes then catalyze the breakdown of starches into maltose and glucose, making them available for yeast metabolism during fermentation.
Tailoring Solutions for Brewery Needs
The global brewing enzymes market has experienced a notable expansion as breweries worldwide increasingly adopt enzymes to address challenges related to production efficiency and product quality. We offer customized enzyme solutions specifically tailored to shorter brewing cycles, reduced energy consumption, and enhanced filtration processes.
Our team of experts collaborates closely with brewers, comprehensively understanding their unique requirements, whether it's improving extraction efficiency, refining flavor profiles, or enhancing clarity. Our technical support team will craft bespoke enzyme solutions that precisely align with each brewery's objectives and production processes and provide comprehensive guidance on enzyme application, dosage optimization, and process refinement, empowering brewers to leverage these solutions effectively and efficiently.
We consistently invest in research and development, striving to develop novel enzyme solutions that push the boundaries of brewing possibilities. Our dedication to staying at the forefront of enzyme advancements ensures breweries have access to the latest technologies and formulations to elevate the brewing process.