2 to 7 bbl tasting rooms

[Jay Newbie]

Yes, but the HLT is 10BBL to provide enough hot water for double batching. I use an electric steam plant so it's not directly fired with elements.

All in all, I'm very pleased by how easily we can keep 21 beers on tap and always have a couple "on deck."

Cheers,
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Don

Thank you Don. Again congrats on the success. Sounds like you're cranking out some beers.

Some of my beers I can do in larger or multiple batches and will do great with some age. So a larger system/capacity tanks would be a major time saving benefit. But lots of my beers are made to drink fresh. As in within weeks at the most. I'm a huge hop head as well as use all fresh fruits and such. This is the reason I'm only looking to do this with a 2 or 3bbl system. Which I still need to build or decide what to buy.

[idylldon]

Thank you Don

Congrats that's awesome.


Do you have a 3 vessel system? I plan to double brew as well. Wondering how many and how big the heating elements are.

Yes, but the HLT is 10BBL to provide enough hot water for double batching. I use an electric steam plant so it's not directly fired with elements.

As for your fermenter question, I have four: Two 10BBL for double batching fast-moving beers and two 5BBL for beers that don't move as fast. I have seven brites (we serve directly from six of them): Four 10BBL and three 5BBL. One of the 10BBL brites is used just for kegging. Fifteen of our taps are served from kegs.

All in all, I'm very pleased by how easily we can keep 21 beers on tap and always have a couple "on deck."

Cheers,
--
Don

[Jay Newbie]

Adding another question in here

How many fermenters do you have?

[Jay Newbie]

I'll summarize our operation best I can.

Super small taproom (800sf)(I think fire code is 49) in a mountain town.

Technically there's only 1,000 full time residents but that's flawed. Winter and summer we thrive and spring and fall we barely survive.

We brew on a 3bbl system. We double batch twice a week. So cranking out close to 24 kegs a week.

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That's a lot of pints for a small space. Congrats


I keep hearing 1.5 drinks per seat per hour. Is that a good calculation to guesstimate compared to what you're selling?

[Jay Newbie]

5BBL brewhouse. I imagine we'll push close to 500BBL this year since we're now well established and the volume has been steadily increasing.

Cheers,
--
Don
Idyllwild Brewpub

Thank you Don

Congrats that's awesome.


Do you have a 3 vessel system? I plan to double brew as well. Wondering how many and how big the heating elements are.

[Jeremy N King]

Hi, Jay.

We can help you size a system. Feel free to reach out to me and we can chat.

[idylldon]

I know each area and demographics will be diff. I’m looking for round about numbers to decide on system size.
I have a tasting room I’m building out that will hold about 50 people. In a very brewery friendly town of 36k with snowbirds and tourists.

Tasting room only:

What’s size system do you have?

5BBL brewhouse.

How many seats?

129 but we often have many more.

What’s the population of your town?

About 5500 but we have a huge influx of tourists pretty much all year round these days.

How many days are you open?

Seven days a week, though we will be closing one day a week for the fall/winter season.

How many kegs (31gal) per average week?

Don't really count kegs but we do about 400BBL/yr. with 21 beers on tap. I imagine we'll push close to 500BBL this year since we're now well established and the volume has been steadily increasing.

Cheers,
--
Don
Idyllwild Brewpub

[Crosley]

Thx AD

Anyone else willing to share their info?

I'll summarize our operation best I can.

Super small taproom (800sf)(I think fire code is 49) in a mountain town.

Technically there's only 1,000 full time residents but that's flawed. Winter and summer we thrive and spring and fall we barely survive.

We brew on a 3bbl system. We double batch twice a week. So cranking out close to 24 kegs a week.

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[Jay Newbie]

Thx AD

Anyone else willing to share their info?

[augiedoggy]

I know each area and demographics will be diff. I’m looking for round about numbers to decide on system size.
I have a tasting room I’m building out that will hold about 50 people. In a very brewery friendly town of 36k with snowbirds and tourists.

Tasting room only:
What’s size system do you have?
How many seats?
What’s the population of your town?
How many days are you open?
How many kegs (31gal) per average week?

Thank you very much
Cheers

currently we have seating for 40 but when we are busy we have about 50 in our tasting room (we are expanding soon) if the space looks like it can hold 50 then the firemarshall will likely give you an occupancy for less.
we have a 3bbl sungood system and brew once a week on sundays. open for 6 months now. 11 beers on tap we just started filling growlers yesterday because we wouldnt have been able to keep up. We both work full time jobs and can only brew sundays. We are open wed thru sat. We are located in a city between Niagara falls and buffalo which is larger than yours and beer consumption varies but brewing once a week has been working to keep the pipeline full now that business has slowed down. (first few months were nuts) If I were you id stick with 3bbl maybe 5 at most if you dont plan to distribute. It also depends on how often you want to be brewing and cleaning up...

[Jay Newbie]

I know each area and demographics will be diff. I’m looking for round about numbers to decide on system size.
I have a tasting room I’m building out that will hold about 50 people. In a very brewery friendly town of 36k with snowbirds and tourists.

Tasting room only:
What’s size system do you have?
How many seats?
What’s the population of your town?
How many days are you open?
How many kegs (31gal) per average week do you sell and how many kegs to you have in your total keg stock?
How many fermenters do you have?

Thank you very much
Cheers