Ralf Schuster

SAPB was conceived in 2014 by some Swiss beer enthousiasts like Eser Karatas who wanted Camerounians to drink a locally made premium beer. This has finally succeeded! The brewery will soon be ready to produce premium beers and beverages in Cameroun

German Weihenstephan Diploma-Brewmaster with 40+ years of professional and INTERCULTURAL experience in breweries of 1000 to 1+ Million HL/a is available on short notice for new challenges world-wide for short-term and long-term assignments in breweries and associated industries. I am fluent in German, English and French Languages and ready to learn other languages.

start-up and execution of licence production of German-style beers for the Chinese PREMIUM beer market

being one of 36 beer and cider professionals who taste AND judge the beers and select the winners of the 2013, 2017 AND 2019 edition of the BIIA (now IBA) quality awards.

looking for new challenges in the brewing and beverage industry. I am immediately available and have a wide experience in rehabilitation of old plants, planning, installsation and commissioning of new plants and routine management of existing breweries. I am experienced as well in practical and theoretical training of local personnel.

Being part of the PENTAIR team for commissioning of the cold block of the new Dashen Brewery of 1+ Million HL capacity, in Debre Birhan, Ethiopia at 200 mtr altitude. In collaboration with the commissioning teams from MEURA, KRONES and MONTELEKTRO

successful start up of a new craft brewery in Palestine with bottle and keg filling

installation, commissioning and managing a new/used 25'000 HL/a brewery (expandable to 100'000 HL/a) for bottom and top fermented beers/ales. Introduction of an "irish" lager beer, training of local personnel who did not have previous brewing and packaging knowledge

Brewing and beverage consulting, short-term, long-term, result-oriented, all over the world on short notice.

installation and commissioning of a 250'000 HL/a greenfield brewery and training of local personnel

rehabilitation and expansion of a poorly maintained and managed brewery, planning, erecting and commissioning two new breweries in Tanzania. Managing daily activities, practical and theoretical training of local personnel

participation in the errection, commissioning and running the then new DASHEN Brewery (300'000 HL/a then) in Gondar/Ethiopia and pratical and theoretical training of local personnel. Techmnical/production management at Brasserie MOCAF (250'000 HL/a then) in Bangui/CAR.

installation and commissioning of a new 250'000 HL/a greenfield brewery. Routine management during the 1st year of operations. Training of local personnel, most of whom had no previous brewing and packaging experience.

In charge of production and quality management of a brewery of 500'000 Hl capacity, practical and theoretical training of local personnel, brewing with 100% raw sorghum and maize gritz

technical/production management of a 40'000 HL/a brewery, then owned by BRAUHAASE. Practical and theoretical training of local personnel.

Being responsible not only for quality assurance but managing the entire technical department of a then 40'000 HL/a private brewery, icluding soft-drink production, workshop and fulls warehouse. Working with a team made up of 50+% Czech nationals.

Managing production, packaging and quality assurance of a then 250'000 HL/a brewery; practical and theoretical training of local personnel.

being part of a 8-person quality assurance team, working in shifts. Doing physico-chemical and microbiological analyses of barley, malt, water, beer, soft-drinks and more. In charge of beer filtration during evening shift.

studying brewing and beverage science and technology, graduation as "Diploma Brew Master"