PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2014

BOTTLE MAKING 33 PET planet insider Vol. 15 No. 05/14 www.petpla.net lised for new installations as well.This is the system we have installed in the Editourmobil. We have accommodated the kegs in what were formerly gas cupboards and fitted a small dispenser incorporating continuous flow cooling and compressor above the fridge. The manufacturer is Lindr. Having tapped the barrel, we can now leave the keg attached to the line for a number of weeks as we have no headspace and the lines are clean. The beer tastes just as it did on the first day. We collected the first keg from the Engel brewery. They work with 30l KeyKeg barrels, which are mainly exported to Italy. We were drinking the Kellerpils, a finely hopped, unfiltered beer. We didn’t need to push the shelf life to its limits because, after three days and, with the gallant assistance MHT MOLD & HOTRUNNER TECHNOLOGY Dr. Ruben-Rausing-Str. 7 | D-65239 Hochheim/Main Tel. +49(0) 6146-906-0 | www.mht-ag.de Make the most of your machine – with a mold from MHT! For many machine types, we supply the mold with the highest cavitation, thereby enabling optimum preform output. For the Husky HyPET machines, we offer upgrade sets for up to 50% more preforms, YKVJQWV TGƂVVKPI QP VJG OCEJKPG • 60 cavities for Netstal PETline 2000 • 96 cavities for Husky HyPET 300, • 112 cavities for KraussMaffei 350 Engineering made in Germany 128 for HyPET 400 Patented! MHT cool MAX ® post mold cooling of friends and acquaintances, we had quaffed the lot. Afterwards we cleaned the lines with a flushing solution from a clean- ing keg which was attached to the beer line instead of the normal keg. As non- winter campers it was also advanta- geous for us to be able to purge the line so that the unit could be put into hibernation without any water in it. As for the second barrel, we then went off to the Brauhaus Neckarsulm to try out the self-service facility for the first time. This brewery only brews sufficient to meet the requirements of its own guest house. The master brewer is Karl Gruhler, a beer enthu- siast who took us on a tour of his cel- lars. He was himself interested to see how the keg filling operation would go. Over to the storage tanks, everything properly disinfected and in no time at all the pipe was in the keg. This beer is also another unfiltered cloudy Pils. It has (had) a slightly hoppy taste; the higher CO 2 content in the beer ensures a delicate sparkle and at the same time a very fresh aroma. No doubt our forthcoming tour of Italy, North Africa and Spain will find us topping up our kegs with one local beer or another. www.dolium.be www.brauhaus-neckarsulm.de www.engelbier.de www.keykeg.com www.krones.com www.lindr.cz/en/ www.petainer.com www.polykeg.it The KeyKeg system... ...with an internal multilayer bag