Dispense, beer biofilms

Whilst the formation of biofilms is the obvious consequence of poor hygiene, there is little in the public domain about them in the context of dispensed beer. Arguably the only studies that quantify attached microorganisms in dispense lines are Thomas and Whitham (1996) in a study on-line composition, Fielding, Hall, and Peters (2007) on the use of ozone as a line cleaner, and Walker et al. (2007), who evaluated the use of enzymes as line cleaning pretreatment. 

Acetobacter Wort, beer dispenses, and cask-conditioned ales and barrel-aged ales, brewery biofilm Sour, vinegary Hazy, ropiness Acetic acid... 

Godfray, M. (Jannary 2005). A system for reducing the occurrence of biofilm in beer dispense... 

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