GEA celebrates craft brewing culture in the Mile High City: CBC 2019

GEA will be showcasing its pilot Craft Yeast Propagator - which was announced at the 2018 BrauBeviale - for the first time at a trade fair. With production volumes ranging from five to 25 hectoliters (up to 20 barrels), the propagator is sized to work with GEA's craft brewhouses, the CRAFT-STAR™ and COMPACT-STAR™ (25 to 125 hectoliters brew size).

Yeast is the most important component in beer production. It influences taste, quality and filterability. 'This makes it all the more important to select the right strain, maintain and propagate healthy cells and utilize the surplus yeast,' says GEA Product Manager Torben Bauch. The growing number of varieties available on the market in recent years has led to a steady increase in technical automation, explains the yeast expert: 'However, this is exactly where the views of craft brewers differ from those of larger breweries. And this is why we've converted our YEAST-STAR™, a solution for high capacity utilization with full automation, into a little sister version. Designed for smaller budgets and smaller capacities, it offers the same functionality as the GEA YEAST-STAR™: providing gentle homogenization, highly efficient aeration and precise temperature control.'