To be introduced next month at Brau Beviale 2012 (Nuremberg, Germany; November 13–15), the AC2500 beer clarifier processes up to 600 hL/h of beer, making it suitable for big breweries. The AC2500 can be used flexibly for pre-clarification before filtration, green-beer clarification and for turbidity adjustment in the case of cloudy beer, such as wheat beer. Like its smaller predecessors, the AC2500 features the SoftShot bowl discharge system, in which yeast is separated from beer and collected in the solids chamber of the bowl. The system automatically recognizes, by turbidity monitoring, when the bowl is completely full. The feed system, valves and discharge system have been optimized to minimize the impact of shear forces. — Flottweg SE, Vilsbiburg, Germany