Hi Brewers,
I have brewed a couple of years semiprofessionally with a Speidel BM200. Then I sold it and bought a 24 hl brewery.
Since I would like to brew some test batches once in a while I made drawings for a 300 liter system which I call BREWTOWER. I sent the drawings to the company in China where they produced my 24 hl brewery. They then built it according to my specificications. Now it is on the way to Switzerland/Europe.
The goal was to create a very compact brewhouse. It has a diameter of 0.8 m. The height is around 1.7 m. There are two vessels, both electrically heated.
There are several brewing processes possible. The most elegant way (2-3 step mash with hot water additions): You prepare the sparging water in the lower vessel and heat up the mash water in the upper vessel. You mash into the upper vessel (there will also be a top with a stirrer) which also has the lauter filter. You increase the temperature by adding hot water from the lower vessel. Then you pump the sparging water to the fermenter which acts as storage vessel. Then you lauter into the lower vessel (gravity lautering). You then run the wort clear with the pump, 2 hoses and a sightglass (all included). Then you pump the sparging water from the fermeter into the upper vessel and start sparging (CIP ball). During this process you activate the heater in the lower vessel. Then you take the spent grain out through the man hole on the side. You clean the upper vessel with water (both vessels have CIP), meanwhile the wort in the lower vessel has almost 100 °C. You then pump the wort into the upper vessel and start cooking. There is a top with CIP and two openings with lids. One is for hop addition, the other one is for the steam condenser. You simply connect a tap water hose to the steam condenser. The condensate can even be reused for cleaning or brewing and can be stored in the lower vessel. During hop addition the whirlpool can be activated so there is no foaming. After cooking the whirlpool can be activated. It is even possible to the pump the wort to the lower vessel for a second whirlpool (both vessels have whilrpool inlets, the goal: even clearer wort). Then you pump the wort through a plate heat exchanger to the fermenter whereas the hot water can be stored in the lower vessel for cleaning (CIP-cleaning) or the second mash.
With the top with the stirrer several mash-steps can also be done by turing on the heaters and the stirrer. Even simpler is a one-step mash of course.
There will be also a BT600 (600 liter, D = 1.05 m) and a BT1000 (1000 liter, D = 1.35 m) with the same height of around 1.7 m.
The first one will arrive in a few weeks. I will then test it intensively, if everything is alright the production will start.
You can find some videos and more pictures here:
https://www.facebook.com/brewtower?ref=hl
The price for the 300L will moste likely be around 15'000 USD (incl. pump, hoses, sightglass, steam condenser, fittings... = the complete system).
Shipping world wide is absolutely no problem.
The BT600 and the BT1000 will probably cost around 20'000 USD, resp. 25'000 USD.
I will keep you posted with videos/pictures of the first tests and the brewing process (brew day).
Best regards, Daniel
www.danibier.ch
https://www.facebook.com/pages/danidrinks-Mikrobrauerei-Daniel-Michel/176739955731354?ref=hl
I have brewed a couple of years semiprofessionally with a Speidel BM200. Then I sold it and bought a 24 hl brewery.
Since I would like to brew some test batches once in a while I made drawings for a 300 liter system which I call BREWTOWER. I sent the drawings to the company in China where they produced my 24 hl brewery. They then built it according to my specificications. Now it is on the way to Switzerland/Europe.
The goal was to create a very compact brewhouse. It has a diameter of 0.8 m. The height is around 1.7 m. There are two vessels, both electrically heated.
There are several brewing processes possible. The most elegant way (2-3 step mash with hot water additions): You prepare the sparging water in the lower vessel and heat up the mash water in the upper vessel. You mash into the upper vessel (there will also be a top with a stirrer) which also has the lauter filter. You increase the temperature by adding hot water from the lower vessel. Then you pump the sparging water to the fermenter which acts as storage vessel. Then you lauter into the lower vessel (gravity lautering). You then run the wort clear with the pump, 2 hoses and a sightglass (all included). Then you pump the sparging water from the fermeter into the upper vessel and start sparging (CIP ball). During this process you activate the heater in the lower vessel. Then you take the spent grain out through the man hole on the side. You clean the upper vessel with water (both vessels have CIP), meanwhile the wort in the lower vessel has almost 100 °C. You then pump the wort into the upper vessel and start cooking. There is a top with CIP and two openings with lids. One is for hop addition, the other one is for the steam condenser. You simply connect a tap water hose to the steam condenser. The condensate can even be reused for cleaning or brewing and can be stored in the lower vessel. During hop addition the whirlpool can be activated so there is no foaming. After cooking the whirlpool can be activated. It is even possible to the pump the wort to the lower vessel for a second whirlpool (both vessels have whilrpool inlets, the goal: even clearer wort). Then you pump the wort through a plate heat exchanger to the fermenter whereas the hot water can be stored in the lower vessel for cleaning (CIP-cleaning) or the second mash.
With the top with the stirrer several mash-steps can also be done by turing on the heaters and the stirrer. Even simpler is a one-step mash of course.
There will be also a BT600 (600 liter, D = 1.05 m) and a BT1000 (1000 liter, D = 1.35 m) with the same height of around 1.7 m.
The first one will arrive in a few weeks. I will then test it intensively, if everything is alright the production will start.
You can find some videos and more pictures here:
https://www.facebook.com/brewtower?ref=hl
The price for the 300L will moste likely be around 15'000 USD (incl. pump, hoses, sightglass, steam condenser, fittings... = the complete system).
Shipping world wide is absolutely no problem.
The BT600 and the BT1000 will probably cost around 20'000 USD, resp. 25'000 USD.
I will keep you posted with videos/pictures of the first tests and the brewing process (brew day).
Best regards, Daniel
www.danibier.ch
https://www.facebook.com/pages/danidrinks-Mikrobrauerei-Daniel-Michel/176739955731354?ref=hl
