ied.The bottles are now ready for packing in crates, cartons, or other forms of transport packaging. ANCILLARY OPERATIONSAncillary operations may include:•Warehouse•Laboratory•Boiler plant•Cooling plant•Water treatment plant•CO2 recovery plant•Compressed air plant•Electrical supply•Waste water treatment plant•Workshops•Auxiliary materials storage•Waste storage•Residuals handlingWarehousePacked beer is stored in the warehouse. It is important to store beer under cover, as sunlight destroys its quality.In some breweries there is a centralised warehouse where chemicals and other supplies are kept.LaboratoryBrewery laboratories vary considerably from brewery to brewery. Well-equipped laboratories provide quality control checks on all aspects of raw materials control and use, brewing, fermentation, storage, filtration and packaging. In addition, they can analyse consumer product samples, process water, cleaning water, effectiveness of cleaning procedures, waste water, etc. on a routine basis.Boiler PlantHeat is supplied by a boiler plant, usually located on-site. It can take the form of steam or of water at high temperature.Boilers are normally fired by oil, natural gas or coal, or supplemented with biogas from the anaerobic waste water treatment plant.Cooling PlantProcess cooling is supplied by a central plant using reciprocating or screw compressors. It can be distributed via the cooling media (for instance, ammonia) directly or via secondary cooling media such as propylene glycol.Water Treatment PlantWater can be supplied from wells or surface intake. If the water is supplied from its own intakes, it should be treated in conventional water treatment plants. Normally the water quality must, as a minimum, meet regulatory requirements for drinking water.The various water consumers in the brewery have special water quality requirements, typically that it be soft or ...
