A design concept for data-driven brewing: sensor-based system architecture and ML applications for sustainability in micro-breweries

Breweries, as part of the food manufacturing sector, face increasing demands to reconcile traditional craftsmanship with modern expectations for sustainability, efficiency, and consistent product quality. Recent advances in digitalization and machine learning (ML) offer new opportunities to monitor, predict, and optimize complex production processes such as brewing. For micro-breweries, however, the practical implementation of such technologies remains particularly challenging, as they often lac