Stupid Question of the Day

[WitsEnd]

Does a packaging brewery need brite tanks and why?

[Sauce]

......Yes, to rack and/or filter into, carbonate and package out of freeing up your fermenters for, you guessed it..... more wort.

[GlacierBrewing]

The brite tank is usually used to receive the freshly fermented beer after the fermentation vessel. Aging, carbonation, and storing all occur in the brite. If your FVs are of a unitank design, they can double as brites.
But, yes, you really probably should have brite tanks.

Prost!
Dave

[WitsEnd]

If your FVs are of a unitank design, they can double as brites.

I forgot to mention this tidbit. I was assuming the use of a unitank and no filter.
I understand that filtering would push the need for a brite tank.

Thanks!

[william.heinric]

Packaging from a Uni

We use a 9 bbl unitank for yeast propagation, but because it is glycol jacketed in both the cone and the sidewall, we can put a stone on it and bottle from it. So long as you can reach your desired CO2 vol/vol levels within the pressure rating, you're in business. I think that the jackets in the cone are more effective than the unjacketed flat bottom of most BBTs, anyway.

Bill

[Piko]

If you'll do bottle conditioning you will need some kind of tank with mixing option..this can be your BBT.