Hi everybody,
After few years working in different breweries in South France, I am currently in the middle of my business planning to launch my own.
The investor behind me purpose a small budget for the first setup, in order to confirm my market.
After long research for a European affordable manufacturer, I found my happiness on a 5HL system that suits my needs. Initially, I was planning to get only atmospheric FVs and one BBT for kegs, but this manufacturer is quite affordable on pressure rated vessels as well, so all FVs will be pressure rated. This makes me wonder again about getting an isobar filling machine for bottles.
Basically, I've been working on all kind of filler, from the manual gravity fed 4 heads filler, to the KTM Troxler gravity fed 14 heads line and up to a pretty big Fimer isobaric bottling line. But these kind of machine will not fit my budget, except the manual little filler. The only isobaric machine I found that could do the job is this one. I can't find any review on this kind of machine.
Since there's no purge of the bottle (the system has two phases: pressurize and fill), I have concerns about DO pick up. Is it acceptable since I don't plan to do a lot of hoppy beers?
As well, it's not clear where to CO2-air blend that's in the bottle goes when the bottle is filled. Back in the buffer tank?
If someone has any review or uses this kind of system, some recommendations would be really helpful!
Thanks and have a nice day,
Guillaume
After few years working in different breweries in South France, I am currently in the middle of my business planning to launch my own.
The investor behind me purpose a small budget for the first setup, in order to confirm my market.
After long research for a European affordable manufacturer, I found my happiness on a 5HL system that suits my needs. Initially, I was planning to get only atmospheric FVs and one BBT for kegs, but this manufacturer is quite affordable on pressure rated vessels as well, so all FVs will be pressure rated. This makes me wonder again about getting an isobar filling machine for bottles.
Basically, I've been working on all kind of filler, from the manual gravity fed 4 heads filler, to the KTM Troxler gravity fed 14 heads line and up to a pretty big Fimer isobaric bottling line. But these kind of machine will not fit my budget, except the manual little filler. The only isobaric machine I found that could do the job is this one. I can't find any review on this kind of machine.
Since there's no purge of the bottle (the system has two phases: pressurize and fill), I have concerns about DO pick up. Is it acceptable since I don't plan to do a lot of hoppy beers?
As well, it's not clear where to CO2-air blend that's in the bottle goes when the bottle is filled. Back in the buffer tank?
If someone has any review or uses this kind of system, some recommendations would be really helpful!
Thanks and have a nice day,
Guillaume
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