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 Diversified Metal Engineering (DME) Ltd. is the leader in the craft beer brewing industry for the supply of both new and used brewery equipment. With over 15 years experience we are your best resource for the planning, management, and successful execution of your brewery project.
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2009/09/26
2009 Great American Beer Festival Winners Announced
Denver, Colorado - The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Competition continued its record setting ways, crushing last year's entries by 16%. GABF remains the largest commercial beer competition in the world with 3,308 entries.
The GABF competition attracted 132 international beer judges...continued
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Sankey III Keg Washer/Racker (2 station, 230/3/60)
Stainless steel construction c/w glass bead finish
Fills one or two kegs simultaneously
Cleans... continued
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Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen – 2009 Small Brewpub and Small Brewpub Brewer of the Year
Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen, located in Old Town, Bellingham, is a brewery and restaurant offering consistent, unique, quality driven craft beers and beverages with creative, locally and globally influenced Fresh American cuisine.
Owned and operated by Mari and Will Kemper, the Chuckanut was recently recognized as the 2009 Small Brewpub and Small Brewpub Brewer of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival held in Denver Colorado. A fitting award as Will is regarded as one of the most experienced and intelligent brewers in the industry.
With a BS in Chemical Engineering and upon graduating from the Siebel Institute of Technology in Brewing Microscopy and Microbiology, Will completed the first Masterbrewers Program from the University of California at Davis. Passionate about his craft, Will also taught brewery engineering for the American Brewers Guild in Davis, California for several years in the 1990s where his video lectures are still used for professional training.
To further hone his hands on skills, Will then worked the next few years as brewmaster for several high profile breweries across the US where he supervised all aspects of the breweries engineering, construction and startup, all the while creating recipes and brewing quality beers.
Will’s relationship with DME Brewing began when he started to look for an equipment manufacturer that would work with him to design and invent custom elements for his own 3 vessel, 10 barrel Chuckanut Brewery. For Will, having these custom elements was essential so he could have the utmost control over the brew house procedures, and DME was able to deliver.
DME Project Manager, Don Campbell, states, “It was a pleasure working with Will to incorporate all the fine details he wanted to customize his unique and state of the art, Will Kemper designed system”.
To start, the brew house features a state of the art, automated computer system that allows the brew team to dial procedures in to the exact decimal! The fermentation cellar is exceptionally engineered, with a glycol cooling system that allows beautiful, cold conditioning. The glycol system is also controlled by a computer automated system that can be accessed and monitored via satellite on Will’s home computer. The Chuckanut Brewery uses only the finest ingredients and is also equipped with a lab to facilitate quality control, keeping the beers consistent and well crafted. Rigorous and detailed cleaning procedures further enhance the quality and life of the beers brewed. Finally, the beers are aged and filtered appropriately in order to show off all their delicate flavors.
“The objective behind this masterpiece of a brewery was to take big brewery technology and combine it with artistic creativity, to create the ultimate Artist Palate”, states Will, “our custom built DME system enables us to make the greatest beer possible even in a small facility.”
Beer drinkers continue to flock to Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen to have their taste buds enlightened and thirst quenched by these delectable beers but don’t just take our word for it, head to the Chuckanut and raise one for yourself.
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