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Hey Guys,
My partner and I are currently providing tastings of our beer and developing recipes while we finish all the required paperwork and legal aspects of the brewing business. In the mean time we are playing with different set-ups in our initial brewery. We are thinking about starting on the smaller scale between 5-10bbl brew system (or smaller if it is a cost effective way to begin) and would love some insight into what has worked for some of you. Is it better to start off with a smaller system, maybe a nano system (brew-tek) just for the licensing process and then move up equipment as we grow, or start with a fairly moderate sized system (5bbl-10bbl) that will allow us to be able to just increase production with growth? To begin production for a 5bbl system we assume we will need:
Brewhouse (Mash tun/brew kettle) 5bbl
hot liquor tank 5bbl
cold liquor tank 5bbl
brite tanks 10bbl or more or multiple
fermenter 10bbl or more or multiple
grain mill
keg washer/filler
filter (optional at first)
Does this all sound right? As you might be able to tell we are coming out of homebrewing and like many of you trying to make our dream a reality. Unfortunately, besides some friends in the industry we dont have much hands on expierence in commercial brewing, though the business side of things we have more than covered! Any help or insight would be amazing! THANKS!
My partner and I are currently providing tastings of our beer and developing recipes while we finish all the required paperwork and legal aspects of the brewing business. In the mean time we are playing with different set-ups in our initial brewery. We are thinking about starting on the smaller scale between 5-10bbl brew system (or smaller if it is a cost effective way to begin) and would love some insight into what has worked for some of you. Is it better to start off with a smaller system, maybe a nano system (brew-tek) just for the licensing process and then move up equipment as we grow, or start with a fairly moderate sized system (5bbl-10bbl) that will allow us to be able to just increase production with growth? To begin production for a 5bbl system we assume we will need:
Brewhouse (Mash tun/brew kettle) 5bbl
hot liquor tank 5bbl
cold liquor tank 5bbl
brite tanks 10bbl or more or multiple
fermenter 10bbl or more or multiple
grain mill
keg washer/filler
filter (optional at first)
Does this all sound right? As you might be able to tell we are coming out of homebrewing and like many of you trying to make our dream a reality. Unfortunately, besides some friends in the industry we dont have much hands on expierence in commercial brewing, though the business side of things we have more than covered! Any help or insight would be amazing! THANKS!
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