Progress 04/01/07 to 03/31/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The Artisan Distilling Program has established a teaching and research facility in cooperation with the US Department of Labor and Michigan Brewing Company in Webberville, MI. The facility has commercial scale prodution to allow development of new products by industrial clients. PARTICIPANTS: Not relevant to this project. TARGET AUDIENCES: Not relevant to this project. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
Three workshops have been conducted for industrial participants and CHE 491 was taught to seniors in Chemical Engineering. Research projects have been initiated to develop control methods for regulated compounds in spirits such as methanol.
Publications
- Artisan Distilling, Kris A. Berglund, published electronically. 2009.
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Progress 01/01/08 to 12/31/08
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Several activities were conducted relating to the expanded and added value use of agricultural and forest raw materials. For the production of beverage alcohol, the MSU Artisan Distilling Workshop has been conducted six times. Two two-day workshops were held at Michigan State University, Washington State University's Mt. Vernon, WA facility, and Cornell University's NYAES at Geneva, NY. This workhop has presented information to over two hundred current of potential producers of artisan spirits. With respect to the added value use of forest raw matertials, projects have been completed in conjunction with Lulea University of Technology in Sweden. Working with Swedish pulp and paper producers, it has been shown that hemicellulose can be used as a fermentation feedstock. PARTICIPANTS: Nicholas Haase and Alexander Plank at Carl Distilleries co-conducted all of the distilling workshops. Ulrika Rova at Lulea University of Technology was a co-investigator on the hemicellulose work. TARGET AUDIENCES: Artisan Distillers Pulp and paper producers PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
The results of the distilling program have resulted the fomration of several new producers across the US reuslting in economic development and job creation. The results of the hemicellulose studies have created the data needed to justify scaling up of the technology.
Publications
- Andersson, C., Hodge, D., Berglund, K.A., and Rova, U. (2007) Effect of different carbon sources on the production of succinic acid using metabolically engineered Escherichia coli, Biotechnology Progress 23, 381-388.
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Progress 01/01/07 to 12/31/07
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The Michigan State University- Lulea University of Technology Artisan Distilling Program held two Artisan Distilling Workshops at the Michigan Brewing Company, Webberville, MI research and training facility. The two day workshops trained over forty individuals in the operation of small scale distilleries for the production of artisan, hand crafted spirits.
PARTICIPANTS: Partner Organizations: Lulea University of Technology Division of Biochemical and Chemical Porcess Engineering SE-971 87 Lulea SWEDEN Contacts: Dr. Ulrika Rova and Prof. Kris A. Berglund Christian Carl GmbH Ziegelstrasse 21 73033 Goppingen GERMANY Contact: Mr. Alexander Plank Brewing & Distilling Technology Corp. PO Box 4388 Philadelphia, PA 19118 USA Contact: Mr. Nicholas Haase
TARGET AUDIENCES: The primary target audience is microbrewers, cider makers, and wineries wishing to diversify their business into spirits production. A secondary audience is the new grass roots project without previous beverage industry experience.
Impacts
The ongoing research to develop cost effective distillation procedures for artisan distillers conducted under the project were included in the workshop material.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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