Has anyone who started off on a 1 or 2BBL EBIAB setup like Colorado Brewing find it difficult to switch to a 3 vessel system when upgrading the brewhouse? I am concerned that recipes might not scale/translate right from BIAB to a 3 or 4 vessel setup. I started BIAB with home brew but quickly switched to MT,HLT,BK setup. I can't recall if my issues back then were more recipe adjustments or just learning the new hardware. Am I overthinking this concern of? I imagine there will be so many other changes with scaling up that recipe adjustments will be minor concern. Guess I am looking for a sanity check.
I am in the planning phase of opening a nano brewery for 9-18months before a planned expansion (if everything goes right, the space is all ours) to a larger 10BBL + operation. We don't want to spend too much for the nano phase, but we also don't want to set ourselves up for failure, fatigue or both. Originally I was lookin to start with an electric 3 vessel 1BBL HERMS or RIMS system like Spike or Blichmann. However, reading the horror stories of non stop brewing at the 1BBL amount, I started to look at bigger systems. Unfortunately 3BBL is too pricey. But then I started looking at Colorado Brewing setups and I could get the 2BBL setup for cheaper than the Spike or Blichmann 1BBL. My only concerns are mentioned above.
I am in the planning phase of opening a nano brewery for 9-18months before a planned expansion (if everything goes right, the space is all ours) to a larger 10BBL + operation. We don't want to spend too much for the nano phase, but we also don't want to set ourselves up for failure, fatigue or both. Originally I was lookin to start with an electric 3 vessel 1BBL HERMS or RIMS system like Spike or Blichmann. However, reading the horror stories of non stop brewing at the 1BBL amount, I started to look at bigger systems. Unfortunately 3BBL is too pricey. But then I started looking at Colorado Brewing setups and I could get the 2BBL setup for cheaper than the Spike or Blichmann 1BBL. My only concerns are mentioned above.
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