In the craft brewing industry, space is money.
Recently we completed a 500L Brewhouse Project for a client who needed a robust 500L but was working with a limited footprint.
By moving away from traditional layouts and embracing vertical engineering, we designed a compact system that maintains commercial output while reducing the required floor space. Here is a breakdown of the space-saving innovations implemented in this project.
500L Brewhouse Project–The Combined Brewhouse: Merging Functionality
Traditional 500L brewhouse typically operate on a two-vessel or three-vessel system plus a dedicated hot water tank, for this project, we engineered a combined three-vessel system.
Instead of the standard configuration of Mash Lauter Tun, Kettle Whirlpool Tun and Hot Liquor Tank, we integrated the functions, by combining the hot water tank and the mash lauter tun into a single vessel, it is effectively turned from a two-vessel plus utility setup into a streamlined two-vessel setup that does the work of three.
The engineering: we increased the height of the combined vessel to maintain the required water volume and lautering depth. This stacked approach to design ensures that thermal dynamics and lautering efficiency are not compromised, despite the smaller footprint.
500L Brewhouse Project–Stacked Fermentation: Going Vertical
Perhaps the most visually striking element of this project is the fermentation solution, instead of lining up eight individual 500L fermenters and brite tanks across the floor, we utilized a vertical stacking method.
Tank-on-Tank Configuration: we installed two 500L fermenters tacked directly on top of one another.
Project Photos:
500L Combined Brewhouse: [500L Mash/Lauter&Hot Water Tank+Kettle/Whirlpool Tun]
500L Stacked Fermenter&Brite Tank:
Control Cabinet:
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Sharon