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Equipment Packages Expanding Your Lab

The next few pages will provide insight into choosing the right analytical instruments for a startup brewers lab, and for expanding This package enables you to determine alcohol content, under “Section 4: A. Setting Up Your Lab” in order to analyze
the laboratory’s capabilities to a midsize and, ultimately, high-end laboratory. carbohydrates, alpha acid levels, diacetyl or VDK levels, organic beer color and IBU content by UV-Visible spectrophotometry.
water contaminates, hops contamination, esters, aldehydes, The goal of instruments on this page is to increase the types of
n-nitrosamines, amino acids, and organic acid levels utilizing testing for different parameters in order to improve quality,
triple quadrupole GC-MS/MS and UHPLC .* create new products, or conduct research and development.
This section assumes you have all of the analytical instruments
Setting Up Your Lab

This package should enable you to determine Color and IBU.* ASBC states that other possible beer measurement parameters are
possible with a UV-Vis spectrophotometer, including carbohydrates (Beer-41), copper (Beer-19), diacetyl (Beer-25 D), FAN or Free
Amino Nitrogen (Wort-12 and Beer-31), iron (Beer-18A, C), oxygen (Beer-34), protein (Beer-11), total polyphenols (Beer-35), sulfur
dioxide (Beer-21), wort color (Wort-9), and Thiobarbituric Acid Index (TBI by Wort-21).

UV-1800 UV-Visible Spectrophotometer for Beer Analysis
P/N Model Notes
220-92961-01 UV-1800 PC not required
206-67449-00 Optional Color Software for CIELAB Color Requires PC & Monitor

L*=100
(white)
Shimadzu GCMS-TQ8040 Triple Quadrupole Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer with headspace for analysis of alcohol content,
b*
yellowish diacetyl levels, organic water contaminates, hops contaminations, esters, aldehydes and amino acids. Alcohol content can also be
analyzed by GC.
-α* a*
greenish reddish
-b*
blueish
L*=0
(black)
Analytical Balances for Lab Analysis (optional)
P/N Model Capacity (oz) Capacity (g) Minimum Display (mg)
321-71000-32 ATX84 3 84 0.1
321-71000-33 ATX124 4.2 120 0.1
321-71000-34 ATX220 7.8 220 0.1

Top Loading Balances for Beer Ingredients (optional)
P/N Model Capacity (lb) Capacity (kg) Minimum Display (g)
220-93025-01 BX12KH 26.5 1.2 0.1
220-93025-02 BX22KH 48.5 22 0.1
220-93025-03 BX32KH 70.5 32 0.1
220-93025-04 BX32KS 70.5 32 1
220-93025-05 BX52KS 114.5 52 1 The Nexera X2 UHPLC can used to analyze for carbohydrates, detector), and ECD (electroconductive detector). The Nexera X2
alpha acids, amino acids, and organic acids depending on the UHPLC can operate with one to four detectors and upgraded in
detector used. The applicable detectors are RID (refractive index the field as needs expand.
detector), PDA (photodiode array detector), RF (fluorescence

*Note: typical laboratory equipment such as chemicals, glassware, pipettes, shaker, centrifuges, etc. are not included. Also note optional GC method can determine alcohol content. * Note: typical laboratory equipment, such as chemicals, glassware, pipettes, shaker, centrifuges, etc., is not included.

Shimadzu’s Total Support for Beer Analysis
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