Craft Brewing
From single-step infusion ale recipes to sophisticated multi-step decoction mashing regimes, GEA provides the right technologies and equipment so you can make your beer exactly your way. Our versatile systems can be found everywhere, producing bold Trappist Ales in Belgium, award-winning India Pale Ales in North America, authentic Wheat Beers in Germany, Irish Stouts, Czech Pilsener, Baltic Porters, and many more.
GEA’s craft brewing solutions have proven to be a perfect fit for numerous microbreweries that have left their start-up phase behind and are now using more efficient and versatile brewing systems to keep up with their business success and to be ready for future growth.
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GEA brewpub Separator Skid
The GEA brewpub separator skid is a ready-to-go centrifuge package unit to clarify beer, wort and other products in brewpubs and smaller breweries. It is the ideal starter skid designed for the particular needs of microbrewies.
GEA CIP-STAR® Craft Station
CIP solutions that meet critical hygiene standards to ensure product safety at every point of the brewing process. The GEA CIP-STAR® Craft Station addresses the CIP requirements of all small to medium sized breweries.
GEA COMPACT-STAR® Craft Brewhouse
Modular COMPACT-STAR® for medium-sized and larger craft breweries with a cast-out quantity of 40-115 hl (35-100 US bbl)
GEA CRAFT-STAR® Craft Brewhouse M
Skidded CRAFT-STAR® for smaller craft breweries with a cast-out quantity of 20 hl (17 US bbl).
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Service Products
GEA SAFEXPERT®
The innovative process diagnostic and consultant service.
GEA Brewhouse Performance Boost
Deep dive into the brewing process with GEA Brewhouse Performance Boost to identify improvement areas and realize savings.
GEA InsightPartner Brewery
GEA InsightPartner Brewery is a GEA digital service that provides a unique insight into your brewery’s performance in productivity, quality and sustainability through intelligent GEA software and GEA consultancy services.
GEA Intelligent Wort Boiling Management (IWM)
Wort boiling is the process step that uses the most energy in your brewhouse. The standard wort boiling process is related to static parameters – independent from boiling volume and energy consumption. When the parameters for each recipe have been entered, you can no longer make changes, even if the environment affects the process.
GEA Multifunctional Lautering Management (MLM)
GEA Multifunctional Lautering Management is a software developed for the continuous monitoring of the lautering process that initiates interventions to optimize your lautering in real-time. It compensates for variations in raw material quality so the brewmaster doesn’t need to do it manually.
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Fueling the circular economy in shipping
Ports now compete not just on logistics, but on sustainability. At Greece’s Piraeus port, an advanced processing and recovery facility recycles ship waste oil into fuel. Equipped with GEA’s high-performance centrifuges, it sets a new benchmark for state-of-the-art, environmentally responsible port operations.
Closing the loop: key lessons for breweries from OeTTINGER
The 2022 CO2 shortage forced breweries to review their dependency on global supply chains. Many were forced to close, unable to carbonate their products. At its breweries in Germany, OeTTINGER GETRÄNKE is turning its own CO2 into a powerful lever for independence and sustainability – with the help of CO2 recovery technology from GEA.
