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"Sometimes we are lucky enough to know our lives have been changed, to discard the old and embrace the new and run headlong down an immutable course. It happened to me... on that summer's day when my eyes were opened to the sea".

Jacques Yves-Cousteau

Brewery on a Cruise Ship

Welcome to Brauhaus

The Germans are known in the world for making the best cars, great influence in world economy, football and one more thing. If you guessed that could be Beer, then you guessed right my friends!
The biggest producer and most famous country when Beer comes in talk, the Germans sure are the "Masters" of their profession.
With over 5000 brands and approximately 1300 breweries, no doubt that Beer is the top 1 alcoholic drink in Germany. Sure you wonder, what has that in common with Cruise Ships?

Well my friends then you never sailed on a Cruise Ship that has its own brewery on board.
The German company Aida (under Carnival group. corp.) is the first ever company in Cruise line history to have a floating brewery on board.
The concept started in 2010 when the first "Brauhaus" was build in Aida Blue, and soon built in 3 more ships. Today Aida claims 4 ships in total that have a Brauhaus.
The idea for the concept was suggested by guests, stated by the president Michael Thamm.
And so to maintain the high guest satisfaction Aida decided to build the first Brauhaus.

So the question is, what do you need to brew your own beer on the sea? First and the most important thing is, You need a Brew Master.
This is the person responsible for all the processes of brewing, and also for the quality and quantity of the beer. No doubt that the Brew Master in one of the most respected crew member on board, and a lot of the guests like to say that hes is the second most important person on board, right after the Captain.
No Brew Master = no beer on board = disaster!


Second thing you need to brew the beer is the Equipment. For each of the brewing processes (Mashing, Loitering, Boiling, Whirlpool, Wort cooling and Fermentation) there is a special machine to get the job done. They are operated by the Brew Master only, and deeply cleaned after every process. The machines are connected to each other, so that the process of brewing is easy to operate and requires less time for the final product.
The process is not running on sea days cause of danger with rough sea.

The final thing you need for brewing is Ingredients.
The Reinheitsgebot or the "Bavarian purity law" is a regulation concerning the production of beer in Germany. It says that you only need the 3 basic ingredients to produce beer: water, barley and hops. Soon after discovering yeast, it became the fourth ingredient for completing the process.
The amazing thing that the water required for the brewing is coming directly from the sea. After desalting, the water is pumped directly into the Brauhaus and is ready for use.


Now that you have all these things, its time to try some homemade beer made out of sea water.
In the Brauhaus there are always 3 kinds of homemade beer: one dark, one unfiltered lager and one action beer which is produced related to the time of the year.
Total storage quantity for the beer on board is 13 000 liters. Wow, right? :)
In the case that you are a beer lover, you definitely have to visit the Brauhaus and taste the Beer.
Prost!



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