
Central Laboratory
The Central Laboratory is your competent partner for the chemical-technical analysis of (non-alcoholic) beers, beer intermediates (wort), mixed beer beverages, non-alcoholic (soft drinks), filter aids and hops.
Analysis of beer and filter aids
- Classic beer analysis: e.g. original gravity, alcohol, bitterness, foam stability by methods of MEBAK, EBC and ASBC
- Elemental analysis: Heavy metals, beer-soluble parts of filter aids, trace analysis by ICP-MS
- Flavor analysis: Aroma compounds in hops, fermentation by-products, sulfuric compounds, aging carbonyls by GC
- Determination of nutritional value: BIG7, vitamins
- Certificates of free sale: Analysis, microbiology, sensory evaluation and declaration check
- Analysis of sugars: Sugar range by HPLC and enzymatic tests
- Isotonic beverages by osmometry
Analytics of hops
- alfa- and beta-acids, (reduced) iso-a-acids by HPLC
- Determination of total oil content, analysis of single aroma compounds
- Polyphenols, xanthohumol
- Elemental analysis
- Nitrate, nitrite
Jörg Maxminier

Head of Department
Dr. Jörg Maxminer
Head of Central Laboratory FIBGA
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