drinkingcoffee
Member
Hi!
I'd like to invest a bit of money into a moderately-sized system (with the dream/idea of starting a nano/microbrewery in the next couple of years), but I figured I should ask some advice first!
Currently, I'm doing small (15L or so) brew-in-a-bag batches using a 35L pot on my (gas) stovetop. I've had a bigger setup before moving overseas (massively oversized 100L pot, propane burner, cooler mash-tun, fermenting in various-sized demijohns. Usually just limited to 25L batches because of heating/cooling equipment and my liver). Now, I'd like to move up a notch, and hopefully get a setup that gives me an idea of what it would be like to brew commercially, as well as be expandable in the future. I don't have a specific budget in mind, but am willing/ready to spend a few euros ;-)
I am living in France, so my options for equipment are online-only (unless I want to try to convert some winemaking equipment, and even then)... and so far I have only really browsed brouwland.
I like the look of this: http://www.brouwland.com/en/our-pro...rment-tank-standard-54-l-14-5gal#.Vf3BbZnyvrE
as it has the option of adding an extension lid to expand the capacity to 98L eventually... but is that an outrageous price? Are there other options I should be looking at (available in europe)? If I were to use a gas burner, what kind of heat output is appropriate for a 30-40L batch? for a 60-80L batch?
Thanks!
I'd like to invest a bit of money into a moderately-sized system (with the dream/idea of starting a nano/microbrewery in the next couple of years), but I figured I should ask some advice first!
Currently, I'm doing small (15L or so) brew-in-a-bag batches using a 35L pot on my (gas) stovetop. I've had a bigger setup before moving overseas (massively oversized 100L pot, propane burner, cooler mash-tun, fermenting in various-sized demijohns. Usually just limited to 25L batches because of heating/cooling equipment and my liver). Now, I'd like to move up a notch, and hopefully get a setup that gives me an idea of what it would be like to brew commercially, as well as be expandable in the future. I don't have a specific budget in mind, but am willing/ready to spend a few euros ;-)
I am living in France, so my options for equipment are online-only (unless I want to try to convert some winemaking equipment, and even then)... and so far I have only really browsed brouwland.
I like the look of this: http://www.brouwland.com/en/our-pro...rment-tank-standard-54-l-14-5gal#.Vf3BbZnyvrE
as it has the option of adding an extension lid to expand the capacity to 98L eventually... but is that an outrageous price? Are there other options I should be looking at (available in europe)? If I were to use a gas burner, what kind of heat output is appropriate for a 30-40L batch? for a 60-80L batch?
Thanks!
