Coopers Brewery’s new malting plant at Regency Park has been named equal best maltster in the world.
Coopers co-won Maltsters of the Year 2019 at an international award presentation at the World Barley, Malt and Beer Conference held at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw.
The prestigious Global Brewing Supply Awards are held every two years and recognise the brewing world’s business innovation and technology leaders with an international jury selected from members of the global brewing supply chain.
The award was given jointly to Coopers and The Swaen, taking the title ahead of other short-listed malting plants in Germany, Vietnam and India.
Coopers Maltings manager Dr Doug Stewart said the achievement was a remarkable result as the maltings plant has only been in operation for just over a year.
“The plant was officially opened in November 2017 and produced its first batch of malt the same month,” Stewart said. “It is now operating at nearly 90 per cent capacity, well ahead of budget, on the back of strong demand from brewers, distillers and food producers domestically and internationally.”
Stewart said Coopers malting plant was technologically advanced and produced malt of exceptional quality. “The plant includes some unique in-house designed features which have allowed us to reduce steeping times, water usage and kiln-gas during the malting process.”
Leading Swiss manufacturer Buhler supplied the malting equipment for the Coopers project, with local company Ahrens responsible for the construction.
