Beer Protection: VBX Beer Protect
A natural tannin blend developed specifically to protect beer against oxidation, staling and skunk-like taste. It's 100% natural, certified organic by Ecocert, and comes from renewable plants, including oak of the same grade used in barrels.
- Stabilizes flavor, aroma, appearance and color
- Extends shelf life
- Standardizes the drinking experience batch to batch
- Made for lagers, pilsners, IPAs and craft beers
- No impact on pH, alpha/beta acids or yeast
- No effect on turbidity or haze formation
| Where to add | Directly into the whirlpool (best results pre-fermentation), or in the bright tank |
|---|---|
| Dose | 10 mL/hL (1:10,000). For highly sensitive beers, long-distance export or extended shelf life, increase by 20%. |
| Form | Liquid, in 1, 5 and 20 L |
| Storage | Protect from frost; 40–80 °F is fine. Use an opened container quickly. |
Tanks
American-made TranStore stackable stainless tanks, any size from 50 to 2,000 gallons, with jackets, doors and valves to order. Stack them three high full, move them where the work is, and add more as you grow. TranStore tanks · All tanks
Beer Corks & Wire Hoods
The Amorim Neutrocork Beer cork is made at a larger diameter for brewers using 750 mL bottles: forgiving on glass, flavor neutral, and a closure that says your beer is worth every penny. We'll ship wire hoods with your corks. Beer corks · Wire hoods
Also for Brewers
- Pumps: Waukesha centrifugals are loved by brewers, plus positive displacement and air diaphragm pumps.
- Labelers: including the CDA Solo for beer cans.
- Filtration: membrane cartridges and depth sheets.
- Tank cleaning: the Toftejorg TZ-74 rotary jet head has been especially successful in breweries worldwide.
Questions & Answers
I brew beer. What changes compared with wine?
The oak is the same, but beer is a far less forgiving medium. With lower alcohol and a lighter phenolic background, astringency that would go unnoticed in a Cabernet becomes a fault in a saison, so the dose window is the narrowest of any beverage. The most common uses are protection against oxidation and staling, haze and colloidal management, and building depth in aged, sour and barrel-styled beers. Some products are marked "not Codex" because they are made for beer rather than wine; always bench trial first.
Can I use tannins in beer and cider?
Yes. In beer and cider, tannins are used to guard against oxidation, help manage haze, and add depth to aged and barrel-styled products, using ranges formulated for these drinks rather than wine products borrowed from the cellar. Because alcohol affects how tannin dissolves and how astringent it tastes, a dose taken from a wine protocol will not behave the same way. Start low and trial on your own base.
Adapted from US Amedee’s Questions & Answers, where you can search every answer in full.