We are in the design/Build phase of a startup brewery/restaurant in Pennsylvania. We are installing a 7BBL pub-style system and are building a new brew-house that is attached to the 100yr old building for simplicity and efficiency. Here is the initial plan. The engineer/design team aren't brewery experts and our brewer has not yet been retained. Ideas?
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A couple quick thoughts - You will make your brewers life much easier if you can but a larger door into the grain room. Being able to move full pallets in and out makes a huge difference.
In order to keep the brewery area nice and clean I would recommend adding a second trench drain in front of the brew kettles. You brewery will be a lot cleaner if all the trub and little bits of grain have a drain they can go into directly and not have to be squeegeed/hosed along the floor to a drain.Manuel
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Not sure if you're only starting with the two BTs, but if you can swing it, since you're a brewpub, I'd suggest adding a couple more Brites (at least). I started with 4 FVs and 4 BTs to service our 8 taps and find I still spend a lot of time filling/cleaning/sanitizing/shuffling kegs. I am looking forward to getting a couple more Brites for our walk-in.
daveDave Cowie
Three Forks Bakery & Brewing Company
Nevada City, CA
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You should put the cold room next to the pub so you can have shorter lines from the tanks or kegs to the taps.
I don't see a keg washer in this drawing and I don't see any space allocated to storage. Are you storing all of the grain in the grain room? Depending on the size of your mill, you're not going to be able to squeeze much more than a pallet in there (if you put in a bigger door, that is). Are you going to be able to get weekly grain delivery in your location, or do you need to stash a few pallets elsewhere? Where are your empty dirty and clean kegs going to get stacked?
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Where do you plan to mill the grain? Will you be using an auger? You should check with the local government regarding the placement of the boiler. They may require it be in a separate enclosure.
It is probably less expensive on a system that size to use direct fire and eliminate the boiler all together.
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Originally posted by TiminOz View PostWhere do you plan to mill the grain? Will you be using an auger? You should check with the local government regarding the placement of the boiler. They may require it be in a separate enclosure.
It is probably less expensive on a system that size to use direct fire and eliminate the boiler all together.
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