Cheers to Braumat

Leading independent regional brewer, Hall & Woodhouse has seen productivity increase and operational
efficiencies improve thanks to Siemens Braumat automated process control system solution.
A key objective for any craft beer maker is to ensure consistency of its product and have confidence that it has total control of the entire brewing process. Add to this the
desire to have production flexibility to satisfy differing
seasonal requirements, as well as the capacity to expand
production volumes as demand grows, and it is clear that
the role of a robust system that can automate, monitor
and control the production process is critical to any successful brewing operation.
Hall & Woodhouse is a successful regional brewing enterprise based in the South of England. Brewing beer since
1777, and renowned for its popular Badger beer and cider
brands, the company took the decision to make a strategic
investment in its main brewery and brew house to meet
growing demand for the companys popular craft beers.

A fundamental element of the investment included the

upgrade of what was a highly manual process control system used in the brew house so that improved operational
efficiency, volume output and energy efficiency targets
could be realised.
Paul Daniels, Food & Beverage Liquid Process Manager at
Siemens UK & Ireland, explains: We entered discussions
with the brewhouses engineering vendor, T Musk Engineering Ltd through control system manager and principal
engineer, Robert Jackson who was working alongside the
Hall & Woodhouse management team, and presented the
Braumat process control system designed specifically for
the needs of the brewing industry. We quickly reached
agreement that Braumat could give the company the dynamic, flexible, supportive and energy efficient solution
they were seeking.
In particular, we were able to demonstrate key benefits
which would be essential if the company was to derive
best value from its investment decision. These included

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Braumats ability to deliver exacting standards of process

repeatability to ensure consistent beer quality. Secondly,
the Braumat solution would give Hall & Woodhouse the
system flexibility to adapt their beer recipes when required, for instance to meet seasonal demands such as
Christmas and Easter. Finally, a much improved visualisation of the entire plant status via the new automated control system would enable the process team to react to any
issues quickly and avert incidents of production downtime
and with it improve efficiency.

sistency and repeatability of product by automating what

were previously labour-intensive tasks and this is backed
up by standard system archiving and reporting functions.
Head Brewer, Toby Heasman says Hall & Woodhouse is delighted with the results the Braumat solution is helping to
deliver as it embarks on the next stage of its development.

The Braumat and Braumat Compact (designed for smallscale brewing operations) process control solutions are already widely used across the world by brewing businesses.
The systems success is attributable to many features including the built-in brewing engineering libraries which
have pre-defined solutions for the process covering the
craft brewing, fermentation, cellar and filtration stages.
In addition, the standardised production scheduler to help
operators manage and oversee production order lists
more easily is another key feature.
Robert Jackson, who helped manage the Braumat system
specification, configuration and installation for Hall &
Woodhouse, comments: We had clear objectives when
the decision was taken to install the Braumat control solution into the brewery. We could see that it was a popular
and proven solution across the brewing sector, and this
coupled with the clear operational benefits gave us the
confidence to invest in a solution that should support Hall
& Woodhouse for many years to come as the business
continues to expand.
The production team is now in much stronger control of
the brewing process, benefitting from the high visibility
now available across all elements of the process. Hall &
Woodhouse can also now quickly and easily adapt production, if, for instance, it has to react to changing market demands and needs to speedily manufacture alternative
product lines. The built-in recipe controls ensure total con-

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