When the Trappist Brewery of Westmalle, world-renowned for its handcrafted brewing heritage experienced issues in its beer production lines, its brewery professionals turned to Alfa Laval for help. The issue: how to save a 640-hL batch of Westmalle Tripel Trappist ale with sugar content too high for secondary i n - b o t tl e fe r m e n t a ti o n . The solution? Divert the batch to an interim tank and use an Alfa Laval Rotary Jet Mixer to remix the batch with fresh beer to lower the sugar content to the right specification levels. The result: more than 190,000 bottles of the abbey’s signature golden pale ale on the market for consumers to enjoy. Priming sugar dosing error puts batch at risk Craft beer production does not always go as planned. Many Belgian brewerie

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