Oudaen Brewery has been a Profiltra customer for filter aids for many years. Since 1989, beer has been brewed according to traditional recipes in this city brewery on the Oude Gracht in Utrecht.
The passion for the brewing craft can be tasted in the various beers produced by Oudaen Brewery, including pilsner, tripel, bock beer, dubbel, and IPA. Head brewer Maurice Arrindell has been with the brewery for 17 years and, together with two colleagues, brews the beers in the brewery located in the cellar of the City Castle.
Filter aids within the beer brewing process
Filtration plays an important role within the brewing process. Oudaen Brewery’s regular beers, with the exception of the wheat beer, are filtered using Celite 577Z.
This filter aid is supplied by Profiltra to various breweries within the Benelux. Celite 577Z is a very fine grade that ensures fast and effective filtration, specifically removing a portion of the spent yeast from the beer.
The desire for coarser filtration
The brewery expressed a desire to filter the beer slightly more coarsely. Together with head brewer Maurice Arrindell, filtration specialist Ingmar Schuurman investigated which solution best met this requirement.
Based on this analysis, Profiltra advised the application of Hyflo Supercel Lompoc within the filtration process. Oudaen Brewery will start using this grade in the near future.
Advice for liquid filtration
Do you have a question regarding liquid filtration and would you like to consult an experienced filtration specialist for a suitable solution for your process? Please contact the Filtration department at 036 549 53 02 or send an email to filtratie@profiltra.com.
