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System D (U.S. Sankey) – standard for North American beer; System S (European Sankey) – most common for European beer (Beck's, Heineken, Amstel, Stella Artois) System U – used for stout and ale by a few breweries in UK/Ireland (Guinness, Harp) System G – used by some breweries in UK/Ireland, and in the United States by Anchor Brewing.
By the 1950s and 1960s, F.H. Steinbart also carried hop flavored corn sugar and equipment like beer testers, crocks, wooden spigots, imported beer steins, and a 6 keg beer cabinet. [16] [17] [18] As demand for equipment for home use grew, the store began to sell items like a hydrometer, siphons, and primary or secondary fermenters. [19]
Brewing equipment is the vessels and tools used to brew beer, which usually includes systems of saccharification, fermentation, refrigeration and clean-in-place. [ 2 ] Archaeologists [ 3 ] uncovered ancient beer brewing equipment in an underground room built between 3400 and 2900 BC [ 4 ] in China .
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The Brewers Association defines American craft brewers as "small, independent and traditional": "small" is defined as an "annual production of 6 million barrels of beer or less"; "independent" is defined as at least 75% owned or controlled by a craft brewer; and "traditional" is defined as brewing in which at least 50% of the beer's volume ...
People choose to brew their own beer for a variety of reasons. Many homebrew to avoid a higher cost of buying commercially equivalent beverages. [10] Brewing domestically also affords one the freedom to adjust recipes according to one's own preference, create beverages that are unavailable on the open market or beverages that may contain fewer calories, or less or more alcohol.
At the end of 2017, there were a total of 7,450 breweries in the United States, including 7,346 craft breweries subdivided into 2,594 brewpubs, 4,522 microbreweries, 230 regional craft breweries and 104 large/non-craft breweries.
The General Brewing Company was founded in San Francisco, California by Eugene Selvage (who remained the owner and chief executive officer until 1961). [2] [3] Eugene teamed up with Paul C. von Gontard, a grandson of Aldophus Busch, and German brewmaster Julius Kerber, to launch a state-of-the-art brewery that could brew beer that rivalled those made in Europe.