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10 essentials for brew day-before using commercial brewery equipment

10 essentials for brew day-before using commercial brewery equipment

Just as outdoors essentials are there to help you survive the unexpected, certain brew-day items ensure that things run smoothly and safely when you’re making beer. Here are the ten essentials I like to have at the rea...

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How to start a craft brewery

How to start a craft brewery

You’re with friends at your favorite craft brewery enjoying some tasty ales when it hits you: Why not turn your love of great beer into a profession and start your own brewery?...

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From Hobby to Starting a micro craft Brewery Tiantai equipment

From Hobby to Starting a micro craft Brewery Tiantai equipment

For serious fans of craft beer, starting a brewery can be the ultimate dream. What better business to start with friends—making something you love for you and other beer enthusiasts?...

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The 5 Critical Things You Need To Consider When Building A Brewery

The 5 Critical Things You Need To Consider When Building A Brewery

Recently, I have actually been associated with some brewery construct jobs which, to be sincere, brewery design isn't actually my strong suit (I'm even more of a beer-making individual than a brewery engineer/builder yet ...

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How to start a pro brewery

How to start a pro brewery

BUSINESS MODEL, SITE SELECTION AND LICENSING A CLEAR BUSINESS PLAN: THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS SELECTING SITE AND BREWING SYSTEM THERE ARE TWO PROFESSIONAL BREWING BUSINESS MODELS:...

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WHAT SIZE FERMENTERS DO I NEED?

WHAT SIZE FERMENTERS DO I NEED?

Fermentation, as well as the initial aeration or oxygenation before yeast is pitched, produces a lot of foam (krausen) so a fermenter at least 20-30% larger than the volume of beer you wish to produce is recommended....

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What is fermenters/unitanks cons and pros

What is fermenters/unitanks cons and pros

Fermentation vessels (FVs) or simply 'fermenters' are where wort is held as yeast ferments it into beer. Fermenters are available in a variety of shapes and sizes made from different materials, the most popular of which t...

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What is a wort grant and how does it function in the beer brewing system?

What is a wort grant and how does it function in the beer brewing system?

A Wort grant is a little wort collection vessel, open to the air, positioned in between the lautering vessel as well as the wort pot. The standard objective of a grant was threefold: (a) to prevent a prospective vacuum ...

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