Skip to main content

INNOVATIONS MADE FOR BREWERS, WITH BREWERS

Game Changing Beer Quality Solutions for Actionable Results

bioMérieux has more than 60 years of expertise in microbiological diagnostics. We shifted the paradigm of PCR in breweries in 2014, making it practical for any size brewery to use PCR as a proactive screening tool. As the market leader with 10 years of proven beer quality expertise, we’re continuing our tradition of investing in the brewing industry by creating innovations made for brewers with brewers.

Partnering For Proactive Solutions

With PCR as a proactive screening tool, we're helping our brewery partners enhance quality control with genomic-level detail. To further aid brewers, we've developed the first PCR solutions specifically designed for yeast pitches and propagations.

We are proud to be a true partner to the brewing industry, helping brewers move from simple test results to in-depth, actionable insights. Have a complex problem you can’t solve? We’d love to take a crack at it. Partnering with global beverage manufacturers and focusing on innovation, we’re developing onsite detection solutions and augmented diagnostic services for spoilage organisms, quality indicators, and pathogens. From hand-in-hand consulting to the development of custom assays, we won’t back down from any challenge.

GENE-UP®

Our beer quality assays are run on the GENE-UP® system:

  • RT-PCR based molecular diagnostic system for the detection of microbes in food, beverage, raw materials and the production environment
  • 5-Channel Multiplex qPCR Thermocycler, run 1-96 samples at a time
  • Universal cycling conditions to run bacteria and yeast screens simultaneously
  • Includes user-friendly routine software for bioMérieux assays, open software for custom assay design, remote support tools, and exportable data reporting

Molecular Test Kits

HEX: Saccharomyces species; FAM: Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. diastaticus spoilage genes; Cy5: Dekkera/Brettanomyces species; Cy5.5: Internal Amplification Control

GENE-UP® BREWPRO™ WILD YEAST PLUS delivers complete, accurate, and actionable results through the addition of proprietary and predictive gene targets. The resulting data empowers brewers to increase speed and confidence in their product release decisions, driving greater operational efficiencies.

FAM: Lactobacillus/Pediococcus species; ROX: horA/horC hop-resistance plasmid genes; Cy5: Megasphaera/Pectinatus species; HEX: Internal Amplification Control

GENE-UP® BREWPRO™ BACTERIA PLUS provides genomic-level detection of the lactic-acid bacteria species paired with risk-based detection by targeting the horA/horC hop resistance genes in the same assay. In addition, the test screens for strict anaerobes that can be near impossible to culture effectively via traditional microbiological methods and severely affect products with lower levels of dissolved oxygen, ABV, and IBU.

FAM: Lactobacillus/Pediococcus species; ROX: Acetobacter/Gluconobacter/Bacillus species; Cy5: Internal Amplification Control

GENE-UP® BREWPRO™ YEAST SLURRY (YS) Bacteria and Yeast assays are the first PCR solutions available to the beer industry specifically designed for yeast pitches and propagations. Co-developed and validated with White Labs Yeast, this comprehensive system optimizes performance & sensitivity in cell dense, highly-competitive matrices instead of simply adapting finished beer assay workflows.

FAM:Dekkera/Brettanomyces species, Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. diastaticus (STA1); ROX: Candida/Pichia/Wickerhamomyces species; Cy5: Internal Amplification Control

GENE-UP® BREWPRO™ YEAST SLURRY (YS) Bacteria and Yeast assays are the first PCR solutions available to the beer industry specifically designed for yeast pitches and propagations. Co-developed and validated with White Labs Yeast, this comprehensive system optimizes performance & sensitivity in cell dense, highly-competitive matrices instead of simply adapting finished beer assay workflows.

BA_4C_ASSOC_MEMBER

   

As a member of the Brewers Association, we are proud to promote and protect American craft brewers.

   

Contact Our Beer Experts

Complete the form below to get in touch with our team. A bioMérieux expert will be in touch using the contact information you provide. By providing your information, you agree to receive additional emails from bioMérieux about beer quality control.

To find out more about the management of your personal data and to exercise your rights, see our privacy policy.