MBAA Technical Conference 2026 · Poster
Removing beer matrix inhibitors recovered spoilage bacteria in all 17 beverages tested, on both benchtop and portable qPCR.
Simplifying Brewery Microbiology: Validation of a Portable On-Site qPCR Platform for Beer Spoilage Bacteria and Wild Yeast Detection
Results
Key findings
Poster
View or download the poster
The full poster presented at the 2026 MBAA Technical Conference, including methods, Ct values for the enrichment series, detection by beverage and instrument agreement.
Data
Detection across 17 beverages
A: detection calls for each beverage, unspiked and spiked with P. damnosus at 104 CFU/mL, with and without inhibitor removal, on both instruments. B: hop-resistance gene signal with and without inhibitor removal. Tap the figure to open it full size.
SENTRI
On-site spoilage testing for breweries
SENTRI is a portable qPCR instrument for testing in the brewery. The SENTRI Spoilage Panel detects lactic acid bacteria, hop-resistant organisms and wild yeast, with under 1 hour of hands-on time.
See the detection panel and workflow
SENTRI is for Research Use Only. Thanks to TUM Weihenstephan and the breweries that supplied production samples.
Contact
Max Derbyshire, MPH
COO and Co-Founder, Acorn Genetics
- Emailmax@acorngenetics.com
- Generalcontact@acorngenetics.com
- Office400 N Aberdeen St, Suite 900, Chicago, IL 60642