We are a micro kombucha brewery based in the UK. We are in the process of switching from natural carbonation (in the bottle) to force carbonating.
To do this we are going to purchase a 500 litre brite tank. We are now looking at ways to keep it cold (on a budget!).
We have a walk in freezer with lots of spare space so I wondered if filling a large barrel (up to 150 litres) with glycol and pumping that around the brite tank would work?
The freezer is always -18 to -20 degrees celsius. We would ideally like to get the kombucha down to around 3 degrees.
Does anyone know if this would work? If so, how much glycol would we need? I also found a youtube video where someone did something similar but also had the glycol run through an immersion coil in ice before returning to the glycol reservoir so this would be an option as well.
To do this we are going to purchase a 500 litre brite tank. We are now looking at ways to keep it cold (on a budget!).
We have a walk in freezer with lots of spare space so I wondered if filling a large barrel (up to 150 litres) with glycol and pumping that around the brite tank would work?
The freezer is always -18 to -20 degrees celsius. We would ideally like to get the kombucha down to around 3 degrees.
Does anyone know if this would work? If so, how much glycol would we need? I also found a youtube video where someone did something similar but also had the glycol run through an immersion coil in ice before returning to the glycol reservoir so this would be an option as well.
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