Scotsman Beverage Systems chills at Brau

31st October 2006

Scotsman Beverage Systems is upping the ante in the race to deliver super chilled beers and lagers, unveiling of its newest cooling technology at Brau.

The company, one of Europe’s leading suppliers of drink cooling and dispense equipment, has developed Glykool, a range of glycol-based, super low temperature beer cooling systems designed to chill drinks efficiently to between 0 and 3^oC at the point of dispense without the need for individual under-shelf coolers.

Glykool offers flexible, scalable solutions to meet the needs of landlords everywhere from a country pub serving a couple of super low temperature beers to busy city centre bars with multiple extra cold dispense points.  The benefits are colder drinks, the ability to run condensating fonts from the same system, more free space and less heat behind the bar.

Glykool is a highly reliable system built around six different sized units with the option of additional refrigeration packs and / or dry blocks or heat exchanger pods to provide booster cooling at the tap, depending on the model.  A single Glykool system can super chill all the drinks in a bar to the same temperature or to clusters of pre-set temperatures.

The Glykool range starts with the 110 model, a 12 litre glycol capacity, 15cc compressor, medium volume unit suitable for one or two super cool products in a bar.  The largest unit in the range is the Glykool 300, a 180 litre glycol capacity, three bath unit that offers different product temperature settings and up to 36 coils. 

The first products released to trade are the Glykool 110 and Glykool 130+ models, with the full range available early in 2007.  The 130+ model evaporates the glycol at –6^oC, rather than –10^oC for water, delivering an estimated 20% greater refrigeration capacity and significantly better performance.  Rob Corbett, Scotsman Beverage Systems’ European brewery sales director, says:  “We are confident that Glykool 130+ gives the highest performance of any system of its type.”

The larger Glykool 200 and 300 models are modular units based on the use of easy to change power packs.  The capacity of each Glykool system can be built up through adding multiple power packs, giving a much simpler way of dealing with refrigeration.

Scotsman Beverage Systems believes the key to the success of the Glykool range lies in its simplicity.  It can be used either as an upgrade to existing cellar equipment or installed as a complete new system.  Because the system can be built up in a series of kits, the installation of equipment in the cellar is as uncomplicated as possible.  The entire Glykool range uses standard pumps, connections and circuits enabling it to be installed and serviced without the need for refrigeration engineers. 

“We are advancing technology which opens up new possibilities for landlords and bar owners but we are making it easier to install, operate and maintain,” explains Bob Belcham, Scotsman Beverage Systems’ UK engineering team leader.

Because Glykool is designed to be a very flexible solution, Scotsman Beverage Systems has developed the Glykool Calculator^TM that calculates the maximum load in terms of the total wattage output of the pub’s existing installation and recommends which Glykool unit or combination of units will best service that load.  This unique calculator avoids the danger of under or over-specifying the size of glycol system required to meet the bar’s needs.

Corbett notes:  “Glykool offers a reliable, flexible, cost effective solution to suit any pub, club or restaurant scenario today.  Taking it further, we have had beers in the glass at zero degrees and there is a taste difference.  As long as the demand is there, we can deliver the technology.”