Schulteiss Brewery

This week we visited one the largest breweries in Germany, “Schultheiss”. During the tour, we learned all the processes involved in creating the Berlines Pilsner beers- everything from growing the individual ingredients, to fermentation, to bottling and packaging. We were taken to the different parts of the brewery, and were able to see the machines that make all processes possible.
First, we saw the machines that fermented the starch. They have very high temperatures ranging from 80 to 100 degrees Celsius. Then, we were taken to the oxidation room in which the beer goes from being cloudy and translucent and acquires the orange-yellow color that is associated with beer.
After we learned how the beer is created, we went to the bottling room. In there we were explained that most of the beer bottles are recycled to reduce waste. All the bottles go through a special pressure cleaning process and then, they are sent through a special light that detects any cracks or other imperfections on the glass bottles. The bottles as re-used as many times as possible up sometimes up to 40 times. Some of the Schulteiss beer uses brown bottles instead of green because brown bottles absorb more light.
After the tour, we had the opportunity to taste all the different categories of beer that Schultheiss offers.