Global high-end beer brewing equipment market needs constant innovation
The global beer equipment market is undergoing a transformation, with the rapid growth of craft beer being the core driver.The craft beer equipment market is set to expand at a CAGR of 12.7% from 2023-2030, with Asia-Pacific growing at the fastest rate.Core trends in brewing equipment at SKE include intelligent brewing, modular design, and application of eco-friendly technologies.
The core competence of SKE's high-end brewing equipment system is reflected in the malt processing and saccharification system, as well as the fermentation and refrigeration system equipped with an intelligent cleaning system, which brings the customer an extremely convenient after-sales experience.
The malt processing and saccharification system directly affects the original flavor substances of the beer (e.g. maltose, proteolytic compounds), and the SKE brewing technology breakthroughs include: precise crushing and enzyme activity protection, and low-temperature moistening process system. the SKE brewing equipment adopts roller mills, crushing the malt until 85% passes through the 2mm sieve screen, and 15% is retained in the 4mm particles, which releases the enzyme activity and avoids the difficulty of filtering. The following are some of the features of SKE's beer brewing equipment Before crushing, the malt is pre-treated with warm water at 45℃ to reduce oxidative loss and retain amylase activity (α-amylase optimal pH 5.4-5.6).SKE's beer brewing equipment system also adopts the innovation of intelligent saccharification process, which adopts the single mash heating leaching method, through the inverter stirring paddle (speed ≤3m/s) and multi-stage temperature control (52℃ proteolysis→66℃ saccharification→78℃ enzyme inactivation). Realize wort concentration error ≤1BX, improve the proportion of fermentable sugar. Meanwhile, SKE's beer brewing equipment also adopts dynamic water quality adjustment, the beer brewing equipment system has built-in ion exchange resin and pH sensor, automatically adjusting the concentration of calcium and magnesium ions to ensure the optimal environment for enzyme reaction.
Fermentation and refrigeration system determines the final flavor balance of the beer, SKE high-end beer brewing equipment system through the micro-environmental management technology of fermentation tanks and green refrigeration technology to achieve precise control. SKE craft beer equipment system adopts a multi-stage temperature control system, the use of PID algorithms to control the fermentation temperature (e.g., 18-22 ℃ in the main fermentation of IPA, the after maturation of 0-4 ℃), temperature fluctuations of ≤0.5 ℃ SKE beer brewing system pressure for oxygen partial pressure linkage control, you can real-time monitoring tank CO₂ pressure (0.5-2bar) and oxygen permeability, inhibit contamination of stray bacteria, enhance the efficiency of the yeast metabolism. SKE beer brewing equipment also has a glycol ice and water recycling system, through the plate heat exchanger will be 40% more efficient refrigeration, to support the continuous fermentation and rapid cooling (eg. The SKE brewing equipment also has a glycol ice water circulation system, which increases the cooling efficiency by 40% through a plate heat exchanger, supporting continuous fermentation and rapid cooling (e.g. from 25°C to 4°C in 3 hours).
SKE's automatic beer cleaning system is one of the core competencies of the brewing equipment. The innovations of the automatic beer cleaning machine include full process automation and energy-saving design, preventive maintenance and data traceability.The alternating alkaline-acid cleaning is a cycle of 5% NaOH and 1.5% HNO₃, combined with flow sensors (≥1.5m/s) and pressure monitoring to ensure that the pipeline is sterile and the cleaning time is shortened by 25%, while achieving a water-saving mode, the fully automated beer washer recycles the cleaning water through membrane filtration (recovery rate of ≥70%), which reduces the consumption of water resources. Beer keg washer with AI predictive maintenance, can be based on the history of brewing equipment system cleaning data (such as temperature, flow, chemical concentration) to predict the risk of clogging pipeline, advance warning of beer brewing equipment failure. It can also record the cleaning parameters and microbiological test results of each batch of microbrewing equipment system to meet the needs of HACCP and ISO 22000 certification.
High-end beer brewing equipment competition has entered the “technology + ecological” double track, SKE through the malt system processing precision, saccharification system of intelligent and CIP cleaning system of green, the future SKE brewing equipment can be integrated with AI for home brewing automation, but also make the industrial beer brewing equipment to become a leading global brewing industry, a new round of change.