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The taming of the brewRonn FriedlanderAERONAUT Brewing Co.AERONAUT LABS

June 14, 2017

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STATS:

● Founded in June, 2014

● Brewery, taproom and “Foods Hub”

● Brewed 2000 BBL in 2016 (62,000 gal.)

● 6 production employees

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GOAL: Make exciting and innovative new beers

Craft brewing today

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There are over 5000 breweries in the U.S.

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Licensees

Breweries

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How many beer styles are there?

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2015 BCJP guide lists 121 recognized styles

If 5000 breweries choose their styles exclusively from the 121 beers on this list, we end up with a very redundant beer market

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Redundancy in the marketplace

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Whoa

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How do we innovate?New branding

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How do we innovate?

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New ingredients

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True innovation within the categoryFocus on ingredients

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Yeast as a flavor engine

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Fermentation

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FERMENTATION

Yeast Cell

SUGAR ENERGYETHANOL

CO2

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Yeast metabolism

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50-70% of beer flavors and aromas come from yeast.

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Yeasts used in brewing today

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“the thousands of industrial yeasts that are available today seem to stem from only a few ancestral strains”

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Nature has untold troves of flavor-active molecules

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At AERONAUT LABS, we cultivate wild microbes to find new beer flavors.

Wrangling wild yeast

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PIPELINE SCHEMEFrom wild yeast to production

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COLLECT WILD SPECIMENS

CHARACTERIZE PURE STRAINS

IDENTIFY BEST SPECIMENS

TEST BREWING, SELECTION

PILOT RECIPES

PRODUCTIONYEAST

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Step 1: Collection

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Step 2: Characterization“The Fermenator”

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Step 2: CharacterizationMetabolism and sensory

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Step 2: CharacterizationFlocculation, killing, etc.

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Step 3: Identification

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Step 4: Selection, prototyping and recipe design

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Production

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Future workBreeding and selection to enhance desirable attributes

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Questions?Please use the microphone indicated so our recording includes audio of your question

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For further information, please contact Dr. Ronn Friedlanderat ronn@aeronaut.net

Or check out our blog at:

http://www.aeronautbrewing.com/blog/

Ronn FriedlanderCofounder and CSOAeronaut Brewing Company14 Tyler St.Somerville, MA 02143