Been lurking here for years as that’s how long it’s taken for me to get serious about opening my brewery. This is my first post!
We plan to open in about 6-9 months given a few miracles and will be primarily producing Belgian styled Ales. Something I’ve experimented quite a bit with on the homebrew side and done some researching on is the effect of tank width to height ratio on flavor production. (Negligible difference on homebrew scale btw)
The way I understand it is that there’s a few variables going on with having wider tanks. Some of these that I can muster are;
1) Greater area of yeast cake to beer contact
2) Less pressure on yeast (higher/different ester production)
3) this one I’m not sure but I imagine a high and narrow tank will have more vigor in regards to the column of co2 pushing up through the tank during more active ferment. Not sure the mechanism of that affecting flavor but perhaps a wider tank would allow for increased flocculation. I’m sure this would affect flavor but could get the beers through a little faster
So that’s some of what I’ve come up with.
I am now working out tank specs with my manufacturer and wanted to reach out here to see if any other Belgian inspired brewers had something special made or could give me some pointers so I can be comfortable with sacrificing the floor space.
Another concern of mine beyond lost floor space is that I know a lot of the Trappist breweries top crop and understandably because beyond the desire to extract the healthiest of yeast, from what I’ve seen their tanks look near flat bottomed. I imagine if I order really wide tanks it may change the degree of cone they can fabricate or at least what’s reasonable in design to fabricate, where waste is concerned. I can see a low slope creating some issues in regards to cone to cone transfers.
Any thoughts and recommendations are welcomed!
Thanks
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We plan to open in about 6-9 months given a few miracles and will be primarily producing Belgian styled Ales. Something I’ve experimented quite a bit with on the homebrew side and done some researching on is the effect of tank width to height ratio on flavor production. (Negligible difference on homebrew scale btw)
The way I understand it is that there’s a few variables going on with having wider tanks. Some of these that I can muster are;
1) Greater area of yeast cake to beer contact
2) Less pressure on yeast (higher/different ester production)
3) this one I’m not sure but I imagine a high and narrow tank will have more vigor in regards to the column of co2 pushing up through the tank during more active ferment. Not sure the mechanism of that affecting flavor but perhaps a wider tank would allow for increased flocculation. I’m sure this would affect flavor but could get the beers through a little faster
So that’s some of what I’ve come up with.
I am now working out tank specs with my manufacturer and wanted to reach out here to see if any other Belgian inspired brewers had something special made or could give me some pointers so I can be comfortable with sacrificing the floor space.
Another concern of mine beyond lost floor space is that I know a lot of the Trappist breweries top crop and understandably because beyond the desire to extract the healthiest of yeast, from what I’ve seen their tanks look near flat bottomed. I imagine if I order really wide tanks it may change the degree of cone they can fabricate or at least what’s reasonable in design to fabricate, where waste is concerned. I can see a low slope creating some issues in regards to cone to cone transfers.
Any thoughts and recommendations are welcomed!
Thanks
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