[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] How important is the quality of the bottles and bottle caps used in bottling processes? And what are the most common accidents that can occur during the rinsing, filling and capping operations? The most important element to be taken into account during bottle filling operations is linked to the fact that the beverage must […]
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The Beer-Pipeline of Bruges
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The famous Belgian brewery De Halve Maan got permission from the Municipality to build a kind of underground “beerpipeline” for the transport of beer. The Emperor Maximilian of Austria returning from the war was welcomed by the inhabitants of the romantic Venice of the North with a grand parade of jesters and […]
Summer time: time for beers and festivals, parties and nights.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In the fall of 2010, the Mediterranean diet has been recognized as cultural intangible heritage of the UNESCO. The word “diet”, even in its Italian translation “dieta”, immediately brings to mind images of strict diets: low calorie dishes, basically unseasoned, often sad, and aimed to get you to maintain a healthy and ideal weight .. […]
La stabilità dell’equilibrio: Aurora Radavelli
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you have to move’” Albert Einstein, letter to his son Eduard, 1930. Aurora Radavelli, born in 1994 and the Italian unicycle freestyle champion, knows it perfectly. So does her father, Marino, for many years in COMAC, who uses all his skills as […]
Plungers and taps, beer and barrels
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I cannot imagine how many times you sat at a table in a bar and, without paying too much attention, you asked for “a beer on tap”. You did not ask for a beer in a bottle… But where does this definition come from? In the past the beer was stored and packed in wooden […]
Drinking in Japan…
And after Korea, it was the turn of Japan: COMAC is willing to land in the East. It is hard to stop the intent of a dynamic company such as COMAC, actually present all over the world. As soon as you arrive in Japan is difficult not to be won over and intrigued by the thousands […]
A brief history of the South Korean beer
The beer was introduced in Korea in the early 20th century: the first brewery was opened in Seoul in 1908. Hite and Oriental Brewery (OB), the two major breweries in Korea, date back to 1920, the third, Jinro Coors Brewery, was founded in 1990. […]
One for all, all for beer…A barrel with friends!
What happens if some brewers agree to rendezvous in a brewery and create a “together beer”? What happens is that they definitely have fun and we rejoice in drinking something unique and choral. A legend runs that in 2004 Adam and Vinnie, respectively from Avery Brewing and Russian River Brewing, realized they baptized one of their […]
Armand Jean Le Bouthillier de Rance, who was this guy?
Since the Middle Ages the monks have been produced alcoholic beverages such as wine and beer according to secret recipes preserved inside the abbeys, following the ancient method of high fermentation. Definitely better known as Abbot La Trappe, named after the abbey in Normandy, where he lived and died, Armand Jean Le Bouthillier de Rance is […]
Lager? IPA? Dark Ale? Is everything clear as it seems to be?
The most immediate and instinctive classification of beers is definitely based on the color – blonde, red, brown – in the second instance on the basis of alcohol, but the most correct classification is the one based on the type of yeast and on the type of fermentation. This classification allows to split the beer […]
