Sviluppo di linee guida per il controlloo microbiologico nelle microbirrerie

Moretti, Elio (2013) Sviluppo di linee guida per il controlloo microbiologico nelle microbirrerie, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Scienze e biotecnologie degli alimenti, 25 Ciclo. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/5872.
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Abstract

Over the past 15 years the Italian brewing scene showed interesting changes, especially with regard to the creation of many breweries with an annual production of less than 10,000 hectoliters. The beers produced by microbreweries are very susceptible to attack by spoilage micro-organisms that cause the deterioration of beer quality characteristics. In addition, most of the microbreweries do not practice heat treatments of stabilization and do not carry out quality checks on the product. The high presence of beer spoilage bacteria is an economic problem for the brewing industry because it can damage the brand and it causes high costs of product retrieval. This thesis project was aimed to study the management of the production process in the Italian microbreweries within a production less than 10,000 hl. In particular, the annual production, type of plant, yeast management, process management, cleaning and sanitizing of a representative sample of microbreweries were investigated. Furthermore was made a collection of samples in order to identify, with simple methods, what are spoilage bacteria more present in the Italian craft beers. 21% of the beers analysed were positive at the presence of lactic acid bacteria. These analytical data show the importance of understanding what are the weak points of the production process that cause the development of spoilage bacteria. Finally, the thesis examined the actual production of two microbreweries in order to understand the process management that can promote the growth of spoilage bacteria in beer and production plant. The analysis of the data for the two case studies was helpful to understand what are the critical points where the microorganisms are most frequently in contact with the product. The hygiene practices are crucial to ensure the quality of the finished product, especially in the case of non-pasteurized beer.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Moretti, Elio
Supervisore
Dottorato di ricerca
Scuola di dottorato
Scienze agrarie
Ciclo
25
Coordinatore
Settore disciplinare
Settore concorsuale
Parole chiave
Craft brewery, spoilage bacteria, craft beer.
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DOI
10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/5872
Data di discussione
23 Maggio 2013
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