Abstract
The effectiveness of multiple cleaning in place (CIP) procedures was observed from different local breweries in the North East of England. Experiments were also carried out to investigate possible reductions in chemical, water and energy use with regards to CIP, without compromising the effectiveness of the CIP performed. The effectiveness of CIP cycles was quantified using Hygiena’s UltraSnap adenosine triphosphate (ATP) swabs, with a relative light unit (RLU) tolerance of <10-30 indicating a clean vessel. It is recommended that microbreweries use at least a 2% v/v dilution for caustic CIP cleaning cycles (based on a ~32% wt caustic liquor) for 35 min to ensure a thorough clean. High temperatures (40-60°C) did not indicate an improvement in cleanliness levels over ambient temperature water (10-20°C) over the 35 min cycle time. A single pass of 100 L of rinse water is adequate for vessels up to 1200 L to ensure removal of caustic residue and should be followed by a sterilisation stage. These recommendations are based on a final acid sterilisation cycle with 1% v/v dilution of a 5% wt Peracetic Acid (PAA) for at least 10 min. Reductions in the usage of caustic liquor, water and energy (heating) for caustic CIP cycles could yield microbreweries savings of over £1000 annually. Key words: Cleaning, optimization, microbrewery.
Highlights
Brewing and beer production have been human activities since the beginning of urbanisation and civilization in the Neolithic period (Meussdoerffer, 2009)
Distilling the rate of one every other day (Jones, 2015). Many of these are classed as microbreweries; a United Kingdom (UK) microbrewery is typically considered as a brewery that produces less than 15000 barrels of beer annually (Barron, 1995) *[1UK barrel is approximately 163L]*
A notable observation from all breweries observed is the regime employed by Brewery C, who do not have a cleaning in place (CIP) cycle on their vessels
Summary
Brewing and beer production have been human activities since the beginning of urbanisation and civilization in the Neolithic period (Meussdoerffer, 2009). Over many years the brewing industry in the United Kingdom (UK) developed until it was dominated by a few large players with a relatively small product range. Distilling the rate of one every other day (Jones, 2015). Many of these are classed as microbreweries; a UK microbrewery is typically considered as a brewery that produces less than 15000 barrels of beer annually (Barron, 1995) *[1UK barrel (bbl) is approximately 163L]*
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