Propane and CO2 reduce life cycle cost for essential brewing ingredient

After the harvest hop cones are laid in heated hop kilns to be carefully dried, reducing the moisture content from over 70% down to 10-12%, following which they are cooled. The German hops producer Simon H. Steiner, based in the Hallertau, one of the world’s most important hops production centres, selected a state-of-the-art refrigeration plant using natural refrigerants to satisfy their cooling needs.