The origin of the "Braugemeinschaft Campusperle" (brewery work group) of the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) dates back to the year 2003, when 17 process engineering students had a brilliant idea. They transferred their theoretical knowledge into practice and brewed a quality beer which they called "Campusperle". Today, several barrels of this beer are produced per year.

Success story of "Campusperle"

The beer is produced with a specifically designed brewing equipment, which is meanwhile used as means of demonstration in process engineering courses. Today, 50 to 100 litres of "Campusperle" are brewed per month. Thanks to widespread media attention, the bottom fermented beer and its history are known far beyond the Hamburg region. The beer is served at TUHH events and adds flavour to the life on and off the campus. This year, a baker in Hamburg has started to bake a bread called "Campusperle beer bread" with the spent grains from the brewing process. Beer brewing has even become part of the students' lessons: the first studies on beer filtration are in progress and the beer brewing process is part of a lecture for first-year students.


Support from GEA Brewery Systems

GEA Brewery Systems is very impressed by the students' commitment and how much they enjoy the practical application of theoretical aspects of process engineering. As a company that always encourages and also generates innovation, GEA Brewery Systems appreciates the students' enthusiasm very much and therefore the company supported the new installation of pipes in the brewing equipment late last year.

Great plans for the future

Thanks to the commitment of GEA Brewery Systems, the "Braugemeinschaft Campusperle" can now work on further projects in the future. For example, the design of an optimized heating system with improved heat transfer characteristics and the optimization of the lautering process, the improvement and further development of the recipe and the cultivation of yeast strains.

The picture shows Benjamin Bürgel, Markus Zeitler and Lorenz Zimmer (from left to right)