Practical studies: Brewing beer in the Scientific Brewhouse

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Brewing as a production process is an excellent way of bringing together the knowledge of several disciplines - in this case the Bioengineering, Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnological Quality Management study programs.

From recipe to quality control: teamwork for beer

In small teams, the students develop a beer recipe, for the mashing programme they use the know-how from enzyme technology, in the brewing process many aspects of process engineering and for fermentation microbiology, industrial hygiene and fermentation technology. The process is also documented in detail and accompanied by comprehensive quality control. The beer brewed here is filled into bottles and kegs.

Drei Personen in Laborkitteln arbeiten inmitten von Edelstahl-Gärtanks

Austrian Beer Challenge: We are state champions!

The success of the HCW at the annual Austrian Beer Challenge shows that the "quality is right". In recent years, our students have won titles at the national championship in various categories almost every year.

 

Facts about the Scientific Brewhouse

  • 150 litre pilot brewing plant in the fermentation laboratory
  • Two-device brewhouse with attached laboratory for process development and quality control on 110 m2
  • Brewery built by the company Mavim
  • State-of-the-art mash/brew kettle and lauter tun (as of 2022)
  • Heat exchanger
  • Three cylindroconical fermentation tanks (ZKG tanks) - a special form of fermentation tank that tapers at the bottom - with a capacity of 150 litres each, as well as a further ZKG tank that holds three hectolitres.
  • State-of-the-art BRAUMAT automation programme from Siemens (status 2022)
  • Extensive sensor technology for seamless tracking of processes, especially in the fermentation tanks - many thanks to Endress and Hauser, Anton Paar and many more for their support!
  • qubiqon software for data management, extensive analyses, models and simulations
 

Take a look!

If you want to take a look at the beer production process, you can look over the brewers' shoulders through a viewing window in the "DasZehn" restaurant.

Incubator for multidisciplinary beer ideas

The brewing plant enables a variety of practical exercises, such as the parameterisation of controllers, automation processes, audits, etc. The pilot plant therefore has the potential to become an innovative incubator for multidisciplinary brewing ideas. For this reason, the plant is also available to other study programs at the University of Applied Sciences Campus Vienna.

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Bioprocess Engineering

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Biotechnological Quality Management

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