Every day, the Bitburger Brewery's eight bottling and keg filling units prove that precision, speed can go hand-in-hand with quality. Cutting-edge technology has long been a fundamental part of these complex processes, ensuring that everything runs smoothly. Take the No.3 bottling unit for the 0.5l Vichy bottle as an example. 120,000 bottles pass through this machine every hour during peak periods. Each bottle is perfectly cleaned, filled, labelled and packed, just one of the many day-to-day tasks at a modern bottling plant.
Just before the bottles are filled they are rinsed out and tempered with CO². This forces the oxygen out of the bottles and builds up the pressure required for bottling. Only then can fresh Premium Beer flow into the bottles without foaming. This prevents the carbon dioxide from escaping and the beer from coming into contact with atmospheric oxygen – both of which would have an adverse effect on the beer's shelf-life. And this whole process means that the high quality of Bitburger beer is always guaranteed.
Next, the bottles are sent for labelling. Labels are automatically applied and double-sided brushes ensure they are properly positioned before the bottles are quickly and carefully packed into crates.