IBIS
Infrared Beer Intelligent System
Complex tool (AI-based) for quality control of beer and intermediate products during beer production (wort, beer during fermentation).
This tool includes an FTIR instrument (provided by Nicolet CZ, s.r.o or another local distributor) and IBIS software.
The IBIS software is used for automatic analysis/evaluation of infrared spectra obtained according to the methodology "Determination of sensory stability of beer by infrared spectroscopy".
The assessment of the susceptibility to ageing can be applied in particular to lager beers, non-alcoholic beers as well as wheat beers, but all styles of beers are possible outside the methodology.
What are the benefits?
- Analytical quality control of wort, fermenting and final beer
- Susceptibility of beer to aging– unique method
- All in one analysis – approx. 3 minutes per sample
- No extensive sample pretreatment – slight degassing only
- Simple, rapid analysis – at-line – suitable for an action during production
- Resource savings: chemical, material, time, and energy
1. PRODUCT
Product including the laboratory instrumentand IBIS software, system support + regular updates of the calculation model.
The software consists of a client and an administrator application:
- allows uploading input data (infrared spectra of analyzed samples in the form of .csv files)
- analyzing these data using a neural network model
- viewing spectra and results
- exporting results in an .xlsx file.
The client application offers two language versions (Czech and English - the user can choose the language). The application also offers the user to change the password, change the input and output data folders, select or disable automatic export of results, or manually export results, manually or automatically upload input data, delete or add spectra, insert notes, and automatically or manually enter the label of the analyzed sample.
To successfully work with the client application, an internet connection is required (the application must communicate with the remote server where the actual IR spectra analysis is performed).
2. SERVICE - Analysis
The service includes the possibility to carry out analyses within IBIS in our laboratory in the Czech Republic (RIBM).
- aging susceptibility
- analytical parameters
The possibility of rapid determination of a wide range of parameters for cases where speed is important to the customer but does not require an accredited result.
Price: 190 CZK without VAT
+/- 8 EUR without VAT (according to the current exchange rate)
| Parameter | 95 % uncertainty | Beer | Bitter wort | Fermenting beer | Range |
| Susceptibility to aging | 0,70 | ✓ | 0-4 | ||
| Aging – qualitative description | 0,40 | ✓ | 0-1 | ||
| Alcohol [% v/v] | 0,10 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Alcohol [% w/w] | |||||
| Real extract [%] | 0,20 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 0-19 |
| Apparent extract [%] | 0,30 | ✓ | ✓ | 0-15 | |
| Original extract [%] | 0,15 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3-30 |
| Real degree of fermentation [%] | 1,40 | ✓ | ✓ | 0-90 | |
| Apparent degree of fermentation [%] | 1,40 | ✓ | ✓ | 0-105 | |
| pH | 0,13 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3,00-6,00 |
| Limit extract | 0,20 | ✓ | ✓ | 0-5,2 | |
| Limit degree of fermentation [%] | 1,72 | ✓ | ✓ | 66-105 | |
| IBU [EBC] | 3,40 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5-80 |
| Total polyphenols [mg/l] | 20 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 35-390 |
| Tannoids [mg/l] | 4 | ✓ | ✓ | 1,4-97 | |
| Free amino nitrogen [mg/l] | 20 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9-330 |
| Foam stability [s/30 mm] | 30 | ✓ | 70-360 |
The development was supported
by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TACR)
TREND: FW03010440