Water Matters: Hints for Enhancing Your Cider’s Quality
Water is a key ingredient in cider making, yet its importance is often overlooked. The quality, composition, and balance of your water significantly impact the fermentation process, yeast health, and...
The Yeast Factor: Elevating Spirit Quality with Specialised Strains
In the world of spirits, yeast is often the unsung hero. While raw materials and distillation techniques get much of the attention, it’s yeast that transforms sugars into alcohol and contributes to...
Be a Part of the Solution: Recycle Your Murphy Drums
At Murphy & Son, our commitment to sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint is at the heart of our operations. As part of this mission, we’ve established a returnable drum policy to...
Unlocking the Gluten-Free Market: Tips for Brewers
As of 2024, it is estimated that around 10% of the UK population follows a gluten-free or reduced gluten diet. This translates to approximately 6.8 million people, based on the current population...
Lautering Extraction Efficiency
The goal of the lautering process is to thoroughly rinse the grain particles of all the sugars produced during mashing. To achieve this, the particles must be evenly wetted by the sparge water....
Save thousands with nitrogen capture
Wondered how much you could save by processing your beer with nitrogen instead of CO2? We have you covered with our savings calculator! Our simple calculation demonstrates the huge CO2e reduction in...
Clarification and Stabilisation in Winemaking
In winemaking, clarification and stabilisation are critical processes that remove insoluble matter from the wine before bottling. This matter includes dead yeast cells (lees), bacteria, tartrates,...
Sustainability Focus
Enzymes – Long term thinking makes marginal gains add up by Iain Kelly, Head of Technical, Murphy&Son The end of the financial year often brings around a period of reflection and review of...
Understanding Copper in Winemaking
Copper poses notable challenges in winemaking due to its catalytic properties in oxidation and reduction reactions, which can impact wine quality significantly. Particularly sensitive are grape...
