CDR BeerLab® beer analysis methods are reliable, easy to use and fast as confirmed by Campden BRI

The international reference analysis laboratory Campden BRI carried out a comparative study between the analytical methods exploited by CDR BeerLab® and the reference methods. The study concluded that: “The correlation of analytical results obtained with CDR BeerLab® with the reference methods is very good for all types of tested beer and must samples.”
Some Extracts from the Report:
“The CDR BeerLab® analyser has been shown to give comparable performance in the measurement of pH, colour, bitterness (IBU) and alcohol (ABV) to established methods. …”
“Accuracy of the CDR BeerLab® with regards to agreement with the declared values of ABV was very good for all sample types. …”
“… precision values for the CDR BeerLab®, for all analyses, are well within the tolerances expected for spectrophotometers in the brewing industry”
“The low reagent and sample volumes required for analysis not only reduces reagent costs but also reduces the amount of waste produced, thereby providing analysis with a low environmental impact.”
“In the case of alcohol and bitterness, the CDR BeerLab® methods are faster than traditional methods (in the case of bitterness significantly faster) and all methods tested during this evaluation show close agreement to the reference method.”
Furthermore, the Campden BRI laboratory highlighted that:
- The instrument is easy to use
- The user interface is logical and simple
- No calibration is needed
- As compared with traditional methods, CDR BeerLab® analytical methods are much faster
- The system has a low environmental impact due to minimum waste production and very low volumes of sample and reagents used
Evaluation of the determination of VDK and yeast vitality in beer with the CDR BeerLab® – CampdenBRI
CDR Srl with QCL (QuadraChem Laboratories Ltd), the distributor of CDR products in United Kingdom, have requested to Campden BRI the evaluation of new VDKs concentration analysis and determination of yeast vitality, now available on the CDR BeerLab® Analyser.
The reference methods used are:
• Reference UKAS accredited VDK method (Campden BRI Method AM/008 based on Analytica-EBC, 9.24.2, 1999)
• The yeast acidification power test (APT), one of the most common vitality tests
Compared to the acidification power yeast vitality and the reference VDK methods, the CDR BeerLab® methods were much quicker
Correlation between CDR BeerLab® and official methods for analysis of Beer, Wort and Water – University of Udine
Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmentaland Animal Sciences of the University of Udine Italy, under the guidance of Dr. Stefano Buiatti, performed:
• the evaluation of correlation between the results obtained using CDR BeerLab® and those obtaibed with EBC (European Brewery Convention) official methods
• the evaluation of the correlation between the results obtained with the CDR BeerLab® and those obtained with the official methods of analysis on the parameters relating to the quality control of water used in brewing.
The methods of CDR BeerLab® for analysis of beer, wort and water provided statistically correlated results (p <0.05) with low standard deviation values indicating good accuracy.