Panorama do mercado de microcervejarias na região dos Campos Gerais

Abstract

Beer is defined as a beverage obtained by the fermentation of the must, prepared from basically three ingredients: hops, water, malted barley, still allowing the use of other raw materials. Microbrewery has gained more and more space in the market due to the quality product. The objective of this study was to study the profile and panorama of artisanal breweries in the region of Campos Gerais, Paraná, as well as physical-chemical characterization of the beverage. For that, a questionnaire was applied to 8 regional microbreweries, containing 18 questions related to the company profile, production capacity, volume produced, training of the entrepreneur and performance in the brewing industry. The physico-chemical analyzes were performed in a laboratory of a brewery in the Industrial District of Ponta Grossa / PR, using Beer Analyzer equipment for analysis of primitive extract and alcoholic graduation, pH reading using specific digital equipment and color with the spectrophotometric method. The results showed a growing segment with limited public and private support and an estimated production of 323,935 liters in the last 6 months. After the physical-chemical analyzes, we characterized the pilsen beer produced and marketed in the Campos Gerais region with an alcohol content within the standard established in the legislation, two samples being light and clear pilsen beer and a sample of pilsen and plain beer.