Greetings to all from Cape Cod,
We are in the process of expanding and believe we have found about 2400 sq ft of good space to do so. However, it is located high atop a hill (yes, there are hills on Cape Cod) and has some water pressure issues. I have spoken to the water dept and we have already discussed bringing in new service and the associated costs. This of course will only increase volume not pressure which runs from 30-40psi. At this point our new system will be a 20bbl steam fired brewhouse with an assortment of fermenters and brites. Most of our business now is draft with some growler sales and bottling in our near future as well. Our keg washer is reservoired, and except for the loss of floor space I can probably setup a cold liquor tank for the heat exchanger and another vessel (poly tank or similar) with a float valve to hold water to be pumped for tank rinsing. Have I missed anything? Can those who have coped with water pressure (and volume) issues in the brewery please let me know where you were affected, what solutions you've come up with and how much it cost. Also, any who have brought in or upgraded service - what size did you use. Current service is only 5/8" and we're discussing upping it to 1" or even 2". A 2" meter does have some pretty expensive annual costs though and if using holding tanks means we don't need the gpm's then smaller would certainly be better on the wallet. Also, because sewer bills are based on incoming water we are probably going to install additional metering to subtract the water going into production so we don't get killed on sewer charges which are about 4x the water rate - any comments?
Additionally, we are looking for insight, experiences, suppliers, and costs with adding floor drains into an existing space.
Thanks in advance for your responses which can be mailed directly if lengthy to brewer@capecodbeer.com
Cheers,
Todd Marcus
Brewmaster
Cape Cod Beer
We are in the process of expanding and believe we have found about 2400 sq ft of good space to do so. However, it is located high atop a hill (yes, there are hills on Cape Cod) and has some water pressure issues. I have spoken to the water dept and we have already discussed bringing in new service and the associated costs. This of course will only increase volume not pressure which runs from 30-40psi. At this point our new system will be a 20bbl steam fired brewhouse with an assortment of fermenters and brites. Most of our business now is draft with some growler sales and bottling in our near future as well. Our keg washer is reservoired, and except for the loss of floor space I can probably setup a cold liquor tank for the heat exchanger and another vessel (poly tank or similar) with a float valve to hold water to be pumped for tank rinsing. Have I missed anything? Can those who have coped with water pressure (and volume) issues in the brewery please let me know where you were affected, what solutions you've come up with and how much it cost. Also, any who have brought in or upgraded service - what size did you use. Current service is only 5/8" and we're discussing upping it to 1" or even 2". A 2" meter does have some pretty expensive annual costs though and if using holding tanks means we don't need the gpm's then smaller would certainly be better on the wallet. Also, because sewer bills are based on incoming water we are probably going to install additional metering to subtract the water going into production so we don't get killed on sewer charges which are about 4x the water rate - any comments?
Additionally, we are looking for insight, experiences, suppliers, and costs with adding floor drains into an existing space.
Thanks in advance for your responses which can be mailed directly if lengthy to brewer@capecodbeer.com
Cheers,
Todd Marcus
Brewmaster
Cape Cod Beer
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