The fermentation tanks have individual automatic temperature controlled jacketed glycol cooling of cone and cylinder. The cone angle is 75 . The tanks are fitted with sampling membrane, CO 2 back pressure control, pressure relieve valve and the option to make fiber measurements inside the tank during fermentation. The finished beer is bottled and crowned by hand or stored in casks. The plant is ideal for studying malt barley quality and performance of yeast strains dynamically by spectroscopy and chemometrics.
Packaging is performed under vacuum in normal and modified atmospheres.
The Department has equipment for testing gas composition of packed foods after processing and during storage. Likewise, water and oxygen permeability, as well as light transmission of the packaging materials, are tested at the MLI's facilities. Furthermore, the Department has various portable packaging machines utilizing pre-formed bags or films. These machines, used for both vacuum and gas packaging, are mainly intended for small scale packaging. The use of food grade packaging gases makes it possible to perform sensory evaluations of the packaged product.