Worldwide awarded and already known for its disruptive identity, Pratinha Brewery from Brazil shake up the brewing market with one more innovative product: the first practical instant beer already available in the marketplace. The product was released officially this year at the Mondial in the São Paulo edition.
How come an instant beer?
The instant beer is a highly concentrated handcrafted beer which is ready within seconds when regular sparkling water is added to it. The result? An 8oz handcrafted beer ready to drink.
The product will be sold in individual pocket sized version, ideal to be used anywhere. Different versions of the product is under development to be used in domestic pod’s beverage machines and there’s much more to come.
The instant beer belongs to a new line developed by Pratinha Brewery named Magic Booze, a startup project from Pratinha Beer Hack Lab.
It took Pratinha Brewery 9 months of studies and development through Beer Hack Lab – the experimental and innovation branch of Pratinha Brewery.
Jose Virgilio Braghetto Neto, Pratinha’s Brewery CEO, Magic Booze is an paradigm shift in the brewing industry and opens a new door to costumer’s experience: “We were truly happy when we’ve reached the desired results with Magic Booze and our expectations are to have different styles of beers in this format very soon”.
The beer is made according to a standard beer manufacturing, with the beer already made, it goes through a freezing process at very low temperatures and pressure reduction so the liquids are sublimated. At a second stage, Magic Booze goes through a new addition of malt and hops which adds to its aromatic original profile.
Part of the equipment and machinery is being developed and tested at an ongoing research project at Beer Hack Lab. The formulation and process are patent pending. The registration at MAPA (Brazilian Agricultural Ministry) is of a “mixed alcoholic beverage” since our instant beer goes through a process of de-construction to then be reconstructed again.
Logistics and space saving
Since the XV century, barrels are used to stock beer, however with Magic Booze the stocking volume is drastically reduced. At a 10:1 proportion, Magic booze can be transported and stored in Post Mix and Kegs packages.
An interesting news is that any soda fountain machine can be used tom prepare serve Magic Booze, this can reduce costs with logistics and infrastructure utilized nowadays to store and serve the standard available beer in the market.
Magic Booze’s base formula is of a handcrafted beer with no artificial ingredients added. This product is fully handcrafted with a high technology invested on it.
Pre-sales
For now Pratinha’s Brewery instant beer is available for sale at our website (loja.cervejariapratinha.com.br). Customer’s may buy their Magic Booze ahd have it delivered at home 45 days after purchase.
At first the labels available are India Pale Ale and Weizen styles.
More Innovation
Apart from Magic Booze, Pratinha’s Brewery will also introduce a variety of innovation products at Mondial de La Bière: B33R3D (Beered), a innovative beer themed platform for 3D printing. Beer related items are available for 3D printing and can be downloaded for free and ready to be printed and used, on the other hand, Pratinha’s Beer Hack Lab developed a biodegradable fillament for 3D printing made with residue of beer manufacturing with PLA (polylactic acid – polymer made of corn starch).
Last but not least, Pratinha Brewery has a new app in Portuguese and English versions. At the app you can find “how to serve” videos in which you can learn and see through augmented reality the recommended way to serve our beverages just by pointing our app to one of our bottles; At the app you can also find a Virtual Tour at our Brewing Factory, where customers get to visit where our beers are made in a 360° view of the factory through a VR device.