Akaskan Brewing Company

process, cleans it, and reuses it. We were the first craft brewery in the country to use this system. It also means that all of our CO2 is coming from photosynthesis rather than from the traditional method of capturing it by combusting fossil fuels…making us even greener.” Another problem the Larsons encountered was shipping in all the grain, using a huge amount of water to process it, and then, so as not to overflow the landfill, shipping the used grain to farmers in the south. “This was a wasteful way to do it,” Geoff notes, “but we knew of a different technology, the Mash Filter Press, and we decided to try that out. Kind of like an espresso machine, it grinds the grain really fine and then presses water through to extract the flavor. It’s a method that uses less water and grain than the standard steeping of grains in hot water and letting it drip through. It reduced our grain requirements by five percent but, more importantly, it reduced our water usage Thanks to our 150 years' experience in the development of filling and packaging systems, we have the expertise to create innovative and sustainable solutions for the future. PET | FILLING | LABELING | PACKAGING | BLOCKING For more information visit www.khs.com/en/ Sustainable & Future-Proof