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The latest news from Specific Brewing & Distilling – April Newsletter
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Featured Project
Re-creating Belgian Spontaneous 
Brewing Techniques Using Modern Technology

Blind Enthusiasm Brewing Company has recently begun production in their facility called “The Monolith”, a dedicated facility for spontaneous, mixed, and naturally fermented beer. The goal of the facility is to marry traditional methods & techniques with modern technologies to produce these beers.

Blind Enthusiasm Brewing Company collaborated with Specific Mechanical Systems to develop a custom brewing system that could accommodate the use of brewing techniques traditionally used by brewers in Belgium to make spontaneously fermented beer.

Through preliminary research and experience, Blind Enthusiasm established that the methods used by the Belgian brewers would work best for what was wanted in the final product. When making the traditional beers, the key methods used are turbid mash, long boils using aged hops, spontaneous fermentation, koelschip inoculation, barrel fermentation and blending to produce the final beer. Wanting to use these methods, inspiration for the brewhouse design was taken from the Belgium systems built in the early 1900s. These systems are optimized for the Turbid Mashing technique, which produces ideal wort for the complex spontaneous fermentations, due to the large array of carbohydrates and proteins maintained in the product. The systems are also designed to handle the many other unique aspects of the process.

Both parties took part in the lengthy design process that presented many unique challenges. While the basic brewhouse layout and design framework was based on traditional breweries from the early 1900’s, they were re-engineered to work with modern materials and technologies. These technologies were used to further optimize traditional processes where applicable. Specific Mechanical Systems then took the engineering plans and theory behind the traditional methods and crafted a modern brewhouse and koelschip.

Through initial stages of testing and using the system, the equipment has undergone some slight modifications to further optimize the design and to overcome some unanticipated characteristics of the process.
 

20 HL Koelship Vessel
Designed And Manufactured By Specific Mechanical Systems 
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Paul Angelini

Paul relocated  to Victoria, BC. in late 2017 after spending nearly a decade living in Shanghai. He spent the last 10 years selling automated systems throughout Asia to the Food & Beverage industry. In doing so, Paul has traveled extensively throughout Asia and the Middle East and was excited about coming back to Canada to work with a company that builds systems locally, yet sells globally!

After joining the Specific Mechanical Sales & Marketing department Paul has discovered his new found passion for craft beer and spirits. Some of his favorite beers include sours, IPA’s, and Vienna lagers.  Paul has been married for almost 5 years and some of his past times include, crabbing, reading and exercising.
     






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