Hi Guys
I am going to build a brewery, but I never done it before, so I humbly ask for your advice on my plans.
I made a contract batch a few months ago, which turned out quite well so I managed to convince some investors to join my dream. Budget is tight though.
THE PLANS:
BREWHOUSE
We are going to have it fabricated in SS by a professional according to our plans. We plan a 3-vessel system with Boil Kettle, Mash Tun, Whirpool. All 3 are 300 liters, we brew 250 liter batches. A double batch will fill a 500 liter fermenter. The boil kettle preheats water for the infusion mash with a 15 kW electric coil. The mash is double infusion, fly sparge through 2mm holes. The runoff is stored in the whirlpool, then goes back into the Boil Kettle where we boil it with hops. Then back to the whirlpool, we separate wort from trub, chill through a plate chiller (60kW, SS, brazed). We use stainless steel pumps and a small puffer tank for the runoff instead of sucking with the pump.
FERMENTATION
4x500 liter fermenters, 2 weeks fermentation time (Ales). The fermenters are plastic/SS. The room is cooled to 18°C (64F) the fermenters are not jacketed.
BOTTLING
We produce bottle conditioned beers. We pump them in a mixing tank where we mix the beer with either sugar or DME. Cap and store for 10 days.
KEGS
We fill still beer into the pre-washed kegs, leave about 1 liter headspace. Force carbonate with 40 psi 36 hours set-and-forget method (or something along these lines.)
Would this work in theory?
Don't worry about the economical side, we did our calculations. We have a good amount of spare money, and wholesale price of craft beer is a lot higher than in the US. The brewery will be set in Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Your help is greatly appreciated.
I am going to build a brewery, but I never done it before, so I humbly ask for your advice on my plans.
I made a contract batch a few months ago, which turned out quite well so I managed to convince some investors to join my dream. Budget is tight though.
THE PLANS:
BREWHOUSE
We are going to have it fabricated in SS by a professional according to our plans. We plan a 3-vessel system with Boil Kettle, Mash Tun, Whirpool. All 3 are 300 liters, we brew 250 liter batches. A double batch will fill a 500 liter fermenter. The boil kettle preheats water for the infusion mash with a 15 kW electric coil. The mash is double infusion, fly sparge through 2mm holes. The runoff is stored in the whirlpool, then goes back into the Boil Kettle where we boil it with hops. Then back to the whirlpool, we separate wort from trub, chill through a plate chiller (60kW, SS, brazed). We use stainless steel pumps and a small puffer tank for the runoff instead of sucking with the pump.
FERMENTATION
4x500 liter fermenters, 2 weeks fermentation time (Ales). The fermenters are plastic/SS. The room is cooled to 18°C (64F) the fermenters are not jacketed.
BOTTLING
We produce bottle conditioned beers. We pump them in a mixing tank where we mix the beer with either sugar or DME. Cap and store for 10 days.
KEGS
We fill still beer into the pre-washed kegs, leave about 1 liter headspace. Force carbonate with 40 psi 36 hours set-and-forget method (or something along these lines.)
Would this work in theory?
Don't worry about the economical side, we did our calculations. We have a good amount of spare money, and wholesale price of craft beer is a lot higher than in the US. The brewery will be set in Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Your help is greatly appreciated.
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