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Solving incoming water quality issues with municipal water treatment ensures high standards for Sharp’s Brewery

With water making up around 95% of the total content of beer, consistent, pure and taste-neutral water is crucial to creating the perfect pint. With municipal supplies delivering changeable quality and imbalanced mineral composition, our customer needed a reliable municipal water treatment solution.

“When you’re producing a premium product, first-class ingredients are essential. End users expect a repeatable high quality experience and our customer had this at the heart of their business,” explains Bill Denyer, European CEO at Envirogen Group.

Denyer explains: “Unfortunately municipal water can show huge ranges in mineral composition and in the suspended solid content. Although it will meet the safety standards set for the water companies, the taste can vary widely depending on the location, the time of year and various other downstream issues. Since water is such a major ingredient in beer, even small changes can taint the final flavour.”

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A bespoke multi-stage water treatment system – the cost effective solution

Denyer continues: “Sharp’s Brewery was experiencing very specific issues with high suspended solid and colloidal matter concentrations. Additional high trihalomethane (THM) content was producing a flavour taint.”

“Analysis of the current plant, and examination of the further plans to double brewing capability, meant that our engineers could design the solution to fit the existing machinery with the expansion strategy in mind. With a toolkit of some of the best filtration systems in the world, we don’t deliver a one size fits all approach. Designing the system to solve the exact problems experienced by the client means that they receive the most efficient solution, and it’s often the most cost effective too.”

“Appointing a dedicated project manager, with extensive process water and municipal water treatment experience, meant that the customer had one point of contact throughout the whole project. Current operational tasks were carefully understood to ensure that installation and commissioning had little impact on the day to day delivery.”

“Using 3D modelling software we could demonstrate the entire proposed municipal water treatment plant in situ, combining the existing and new technology all within the exact dimensions of the brewery. This ensures that all parties completely understand the planned changes and we can address any variations or issues before manufacturing commences.”

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municipal water treatment

The entire plant was built with scalability in mind, future-proofing the plant for expansion

Our solution included:

  • Deep bed multimedia iron removal system to remove solid matter, reducing the backwash frequency and increasing capacity
  • 24-hour steam sterilisable duplex carbon filtration system – to reduce THM and chlorine and destroy microbes
  • 75m³ storage vessel to accommodate buffer store when water supply varies in volume and quality
  • PureChlor chlorine dosing system to control microbial content in storage vessels – without introducing further flavour changes
  • Reverse osmosis systems to further increase the water quality as well as recycling water for reuse
  • Ongoing service and maintenance contract for peace of mind and optimum operational efficiencies

“…Envirogen Group’s knowledge and experience within the beverage industry is excellent. They understand the way we operate, the standards and quality we require and as a consequence have provided us with an efficient, cost effective water treatment solution.”

Engineering Manager, Sharp’s Brewery

Key outcomes

  • Periodic flavour taints eliminated
  • Effluent production reduced
  • Overall running costs decreased
  • Brewing capability increased from 5m³/hour of incoming water to 10m³/hour
  • Production capability ensured with buffer supply of water
  • Scalable municipal water treatment system to meet requirements for growth
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About the client

Sharp’s Brewery is a British brewery founded in 1994 in St Minver Lowlands, Rock, Cornwall, by Bill Sharp. Since 2011, the brewery has been owned by Molson Coors. It is best known for its flagship ale Doom Bar, the UK’s best-selling cask and bottled ale.

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      • Eco MultiPro
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      • PureChlor
      • UV Sterilisation
      • PureSec Electrochlorination
      • Back
    • Cake Filtration
      • Pressure Leaf Filters
      • Filter Leaves
      • Plate and Frame Filter (Orion)
      • Back
    • Process Filtration
      • Filter Cartridges
      • Filter Bags
      • Filter Sheets
      • Filter Housings
      • Straining and Sieving
      • UK Drinking Water Production
      • Back
    • Biofilters
      • Modular Biofilter
      • Biotrickling Filter and Biofilter Systems
      • Built-in-Place Biofilters
      • Back
    • Media Filtration
      • Metals Removal
      • Back
    • Mobile Water Services (Containers)
    • Reconditioned Equipment
    • Back
  • Technologies
    • Reverse Osmosis
    • Ion Exchange
    • Hollow Fiber Membranes
    • Deaeration
    • Sterilisation
      • Chlorine Dioxide
      • UV Sterilisation
      • Electrochlorination
      • Back
    • Cake Filtration
    • Process Filtration
    • Media Filtration
      • Zero Valent Iron
      • Back
    • Biological/Biofilter
    • Back
  • Filtration
    • Filter Cartridges
      • Depth Filter Cartridges
        • Melt Blown Filters
        • Wound Filter Cartridges
        • Alternatives for Resin-Bonded Filter Cartridges
        • UK DWI Filter Cartridges
        • Back
      • Pleated Filter Cartridges
      • Membrane Filter Cartridges
        • PES Filter Cartridges for the Food and Beverage Industry
        • PTFE Filter Cartridges for Pharmaceutical and Biological Industries
        • Back
      • Oil Adsorption Filter Cartridges
      • Active Carbon Filter Cartridges
      • Metal Cartridge Filters
      • Filter Cartridges for Porous Materials and Porous Media Filter Elements
      • Back
    • Filter Bags
      • Needle Felt Filter Bags
      • Monofilament Filter Bags
      • Multifilament Filter Bags
      • High Efficiency Filter Bags
      • Extended Life Filter Bags
      • High Capacity Filter Bags
      • Oil Adsorber Filter Bags
      • Water Absorber Filter Bags
      • Filter Bag Accessories and Auxiliaries
      • Back
    • Filter Sheets
      • Depth Filter Sheets
      • Lenticular Filters
      • Filter Paper
      • Back
    • Filter Housings
      • Cartridge Filter Housings
      • Bag Filter Housings
      • Sanitary Housings
      • High Flow Filter Housings
      • Lenticular Filter Housings
      • Custom Filter Housings
      • UK DWI Filter Housings
      • Back
    • Cake Filtration
      • Pressure Leaf Filters
      • Filter Leaves
      • Pulse Filters
      • Fabric Filter Cloth for Pulse Filters
      • Horizontal Sparkler Filter Plate Types
      • Filter Press, Plate & Frame (ORION)
      • Back
    • Strainers and Sieving
      • Basket Strainers
      • Self-Cleaning Strainers and Self-Cleaning Filters
      • Disk Filters and Disk Filtration Systems
      • Back
    • Back
  • Services
    • PureCare Maintenance Programme
    • Membrane Services
      • Membrane Services
      • Membrane Recovery
      • Membrane Replacement
      • PureSep MF (Microfiltration)
      • PureSep UF (Ultrafiltration)
      • PureSep NF (Nanofiltration)
      • Back
    • Plant Refurbishments
    • Temporary Hire (Rental)
    • Pilot Plant
    • Cylinder Exchange
    • Orion FilterCare Services
    • Back
  • Case Studies
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