Hop products and services provider BarthHaas is expanding its PHA (Precision in Hop Aroma) product range with a series of water-based alternatives.
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As is the case with the entire range, the new variants enable high-quality beers and other hop-based beverages to be produced more efficiently and more profitably.
Because PHA products are added after filtration, they make it easier to produce beers with different flavours from one single production stream.
“This enables breweries to diversify their product portfolio and increase product efficiency at the same time,” said Hannes Schneeberger, head of sales management at BarthHaas. “It saves time, money, and resources.”
The water-based line uses a special emulsification technique developed by BarthHaas that enables hop extracts to be dissolved in just water.
“It’s the ideal solution for customers who wish to avoid using other carriers, such as ethanol or propylene glycol,” said Dr Alicia Muñoz Insa, technical sales manager at BarthHaas. “This makes the PHAs the cleanest of all clean-label solutions.”
The PHA range was designed for producing lightly-hopped beers and beverages such as lager, pilsner, light or alcohol-free beers, and hop water.
