Whether (non-alcoholic) beers, beer intermediates (wort), hops or filter aids, the VLB Berlin offers the appropriate analyzes for quality assurance in beer, hops and intermediate products of beer production.
Excerpt from our laboratory portfolio
Beer and filter aid analysis
Classic beer analysis: original wort, alcohol, bitterness units, foam etc. according to methods of MEBAK, EBC and ASBC
Elemental Analysis: Heavy metals, beer-soluble fractions of filter aids and trace analysis by ICP-MS
Aroma analysis: hop aroma components, fermentation by-products, sulfur compounds and aging carbonyls by GC
Faulty aroma analysis: Barrier testing of beverage packaging against volatile organic compounds (e.g., TCA)
Sensors: tasting according to 5-point scheme, triangular test, descriptive tasting
Turbidity identification: microscopy and particle measurement
Nutritional information: BIG7, vitamins
Certificate of marketability: analytics, microbiology, sensors and declaration testing
Sugar analysis: Sugar spectrum by HPLC and enzymatic
Isotonia by osmometer
and much more...
Analysis of hops and hop products
Analysis of bitter acids averages conductometry, spectroscopy or HPLC
Total oil determination and analysis of individual flavor components by GC and GC-MS
Analysis of polyphenols, xanthohumol, nitrates, heavy metals
