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Solutions for Beer

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Your needs

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Meeting customer demands in a wide varietyof beer types while optimizing your costs and managingyour resources, your needs are numerous,Air Liquide solutions are diversified.

New product concepts Help you develop new products, processes, packagings Dedicated R&D and Altec teams

Water deoxygenation

Purging lines with gas

Gas pressure transfer and discharge

Blanketing of tanks

Purging empty kegs / cans / bottles

Headspace blanketing (bottles, cans) & Bubblebreaking (bottles)

Insect-free grain Prevent insect infestation Controlled atmosphere storage of barley

Sparkling taste &correct head

Complement carbonation of light beers andof beers obtained from high gravity brewing Carbonation

Consistent weighingat filling Avoid foaming and CO2 stripping from the beer at filling Maintaining counter-pressure in the filler bowl

Clean bottling Control fobbing at filling Bubble breaking (bottles)

Provide «draft beer» effectto bottles and cans

Increase foaming at opening and pouring

Visual aspect of cans Prevent collapsing of cans in case of lowcarbonated beers

Pressurization (cans)

Meet food regulation including HACCP principle ALIGAL gases

Satisfy to ISBT guidelines on CO2(International Society of Beverage Technologists) ALIGAL Drink 2

Pure gas Use specific gas for calibration andfor quality control analysis ALPHAGAZ solutions for laboratory

Maintenance gas Use specific gas and equipment for welding ARCAL solutions for welding

Safety of operators Maintain gas equipment, audit installation and train personnel

Contract service for gas equipment managementand safe handling

Clean bottling marking Use laser marking LASAL high purity gas

Reduced effluent disposal Allow effective emptying of fermenters Gas pressure transfer and discharge

Reduced water consumptionand use of detergents

Ensure an effective cleaning of pipes & tanks, purgecleaned pipes before restarting production Purging lines with gas

Waste water treatment Activate sludge treatment, control pH ASPAL Clean solutions for waste water treatment

Prevent the reentry of oxygen at filling

Protect beer from oxidation throughout the process

Sensory andnutritional quality

Food & beveragecompliant gas

Efficient grain germination Accelerate the start of grain germination Oxygenation of the soaking water

Increased fermentationoutput

Accelerate the yeast multiplicationand the start of the fermentation Oxygenation of the wort

Reduced energyconsumption Use gas pressure to transfer beer Gas pressure transfer & discharge

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Your processWith a long experience in the brewing industry and in beer dispensing,Air Liquide takes care of your products throughout the beer value chainand assists you in managing your facilities.

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Our solutions

Equipment / ServicesGasOur solutions

Quality, safety, innovation, performance, …We offer comprehensive solutions (gas, equipments,services) tailored to your needs with the helpof our technical experts.

Oxygen management Carbonation

2 - WATER DEOXYGENATION ALIGAL 1 Gas sparger V40, V50

4 - PURGING LINES WITH GAS ALIGAL 1

5 - GAS PRESSURE TRANSFER ANDDISCHARGE ALIGAL 1, ALIGAL 2 Material for carrying out gas

(pressure regulator, pressure gauge)

6 - BLANKETING OF TANKS ALIGAL 1, ALIGAL 2, ALIGAL 15 Pressure reducer, Vestal, safety valves, gas piping network,…

8 - PURGING EMPTYKEGS/CANS/BOTTLES ALIGAL 1, ALIGAL 2, ALIGAL 15 Filling head, Liquid N2 droplet injector,

Snow Drop

9 - MAINTAINING COUNTER-PRESSUREIN THE FILLER BOWL ALIGAL 1, ALIGAL 2, ALIGAL 15

10 - HEADSPACE BLANKETING (BOTTLES/ CANS) & BUBBLE BREAKING (BOTTLES) ALIGAL 1, ALIGAL 2 Filling head, Liquid Nitrogen droplet

injector, Snow Drop

7 - CARBONATION ALIGAL Drink 2, ALIGAL 2 Gas equipment, Gas heater

1 - OXYGENATIONOF THE SOAKING WATER ALIGAL 3 Injector/Ejector

3 - OXYGENATION OF THE WORT ALIGAL 3 Injector/Ejector

11 - PRESSURIZATION (CANS, BOTTLES) ALIGAL 1 Liquid N2 droplet injector

12 - LASAL HIGH PURITY GAS LASAL (N2/He/CO2) Pressure regulator, gas purifier

A - CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE STORAGE OF BARLEY N2

B - CONTRACT SERVICE FOR GASEQUIPMENT MANAGEMENTAND SAFE HANDLING

Servigaz, maintenance of gas equipments,audit and training

C - ALPHAGAZ SOLUTIONSFOR LABORATORY ALPHAGAZ range Material for lab gases

D - ARCAL SOLUTIONS FOR WELDING ARCAL range Welding equipment

E - ASPAL CLEAN SOLUTIONSFOR WASTE WATER TREATMENT O2, CO2 Turboxal, Ventoxal, Carb'Eco, audit

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Our value creation

Oxygen management:

Oxygen is the enemy of beer.We propose a whole series of solutions to ensurethe greatest protection of your product against oxidationthroughout your process and at storage,for the pleasure of beer lovers!

The right quality for draught beer:

Delivering draught beer with the highest qualityin pubs and restaurants is also vitally important.We developed Aligal Draught offer to keep the sensorycharacteristics of your beers while making life easierand safer for bars & hotel personnel.

Process optimization:

Gas applications optimize your production output at differentparts of your process.We also like to optimize the efficiency of our gas applicationsand provide gas consulting service and gas consumption monitoring.

Water management and green solutions:

Like you, we strive to protect the environmentand water resources. We provide a number of greensolutions, in particular to optimize water management.

Air Liquide solutions for Beer is a dedicated offer for beer production, assisting you in your operations, in managing beer quality and in respecting the environment.In addition, ALIGAL Draught offer ensures the best beerquality at the point of dispensing.

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ContactsYour local Air Liquide representative

www.airliquide.com

Present in 77 countries, Air Liquide provides industrial and medical gases and related services. The Group offers innovative solutions based on constantly enhanced technologies. These solutions, which are consistent with Air Liquide’s commitment to sustainable development, help to protect life and enable our customers to manufacture many indispensable everyday products. Founded in 1902, Air Liquide has morethan 40,000 employees. The Group has successfully developed a long-term relationship with its shareholders built on trust and transparency and guided by the principles of corporate governance. Since thepublication of its fisrt consolidated financial statements in 1971, Air Liquide has posted strong and steady earnings growth. Air Liquide is listed on the Paris stock exchange and is a component of the CAC 40and Eurostoxx 50 indices (ISIN code FR 0000120073).

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