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BEATSON CLARK ICG

BEATSON CLARK 9 ICG WORKSHOP FOR
TH
TO LAUNCH NEW NEW RESEARCHERS IN

BEER BOTTLE GLASS SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY

The 9th workshop for new researchers in glass science
and technology glass formation, structure, and properties
and how numerical modeling can help to disentangle
some key technological challenges in glasses.
The workshop will be composed of two interwoven
threads. The first thread will overview fundamentals
in glass science emphasising structure-property
relationships, experimental techniques and material
simulations. Specific properties, their structural
dependence, and applications will be discussed, e.g.
Scottish craft beer said Chris Palmer, optical behaviour, transport phenomena, nucleation
innovator BrewDog has Business Development and crystallisation, and strength. The second thread
upped the ante with Manager at Beatson this year will focus on a variety of process and product
its latest powerfully Clark. simulations. On the one hand, numerical technologies
hopped product: a “Even though it’s a small combined with experiments offer the optimal design
22% miniature hit of bottle we were still able guide for key industrial processes, e.g. heat transfer,
hops sold in 100ml to emboss the BrewDog melt flow, and glass forming. On the other hand, stress
bottles designed and logo on the neck to analysis and data-oriented technologies are beneficial to
manufactured by complement the Abstrakt designing products of sufficient quality. In the sessions
Beatson Clark. bottle we designed for where the two threads overlap, all participants will cross
Hop Shot is described them at the same time.” two bridges: one between science and technology, the
by BrewDog as “a Beatson Clark’s new other between academia and industry. The lecturers
high-velocity hop hit” Hop Shot bottle will be world experts in their fields. A significant aspect
and is achieved through complements the 375ml of the workshop will be student-centred projects that
ice distillation, which embossed Champagne- will help participants to develop their understanding by
concentrates strength style beer bottle which applying what they know to specific issues.
and flavour by removing the company recently
the ice that forms during designed for Brewdog’s
the brewing process. Abstrakt range of
The beer is brewed using occasional brews.
five North American hop “BrewDog is a long- ARDAGH GROUP
varieties – Centennial, standing customer of
Columbus, Simcoe, ours and we’re always PATENT
Citra and Amarillo – happy to be asked to
and its aroma retains produce a new bottle for INFRINGEMENT DENIED
a huge amount of them,” Chris added.
hop character, from “We are well placed to The Ardagh Group disagrees with a US jury verdict in a
grapefruit peel and fulfil this type of patent infringement case.
stewed orange to heady contract as we have a Green Mountain LLC claims that is was infringed by
pine sap and resin. great deal of Ardagh’s US glass business, which was previously
“This was a challenging experience in glass named Verallia North America or VNA. The jury
design as we had to packaging for the verdict in favour of Green Mountain was noted on
maintain the small brewing industry and we 21 April and Ardagh disagrees and plans to pursue
capacity while meeting can manufacture all options available including appealing the charge.
the height requirements bespoke bottles at small The case was filed by Green Mountain before Ardagh
of the filling equipment,” volumes.” acquired VNA.

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