We run a GEA Westfalia SC 35-06 centrifuge. We produce an award winning Hefe with a very consistent yeast cell count of 2-4 million cells per ML. We do not have the capacity to do different cell counts for bottles and kegs. It has recently been brought to my attention that this beer takes us longer to process than our other beers. We chill this beer to 35F. Our typical tank time is 8 days brew day to 'fuge day. Our cellerman has a good feel for hitting our tank cell counts. He used to have to do counts during the process now he just has to look at the beer. We hook one hose to the bottom of the cone and one to the racking arm so we can "meter" in yeast to get maximum beer recovery from our fermentors.
I have been asked to make this process faster. I am told by my new boss that this should be our fastest beer to move and that other breweries would laugh at it being our slowest. I have been looking at our Hefe a lot as of late and have decided to bump the cell count up to 3-5 million.
I have talked with both of my cellerman and they think the only way to speed up the process is to either not recover as much beer from the yeast in the cone or to up the cell count even higher. I am wondering what other breweries do and how they like it?
I have been asked to make this process faster. I am told by my new boss that this should be our fastest beer to move and that other breweries would laugh at it being our slowest. I have been looking at our Hefe a lot as of late and have decided to bump the cell count up to 3-5 million.
I have talked with both of my cellerman and they think the only way to speed up the process is to either not recover as much beer from the yeast in the cone or to up the cell count even higher. I am wondering what other breweries do and how they like it?
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