WTB: Commercial "brew your own" equipment

[RhodyRed]

I'm wondering if anyone knows where I could find equipment for sale to start a commercial business so people can come and brew their own beer at my store. There used to be one near me (which is how I got into homebrewing) that closed and I'm considering opening one up.

The equipment would essentially consist of a series of 30-50 gallon tanks. Since each batch of beer would be fermented individually in buckets there would be no need for large fermenters. I checked the NABS website but didn't see anything. I know there are other businesses like this around so the equipment (new or used) is coming from somewhere!

Thanks.

 

[weirdboy]

If people would use their own buckets to ferment, what are the huge tanks for?

 

[RhodyRed]

If people would use their own buckets to ferment, what are the huge tanks for?

For boiling. The store that was open near me had about 8 boiling tanks so multiple people could be brewing at the same time. You ended up taking home about 15-20 gallons so the tanks were pretty large.

 

[Andrea]

try probrewer and equipment for sale
http://www.probrewer.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=15874

 

[BeernuT100]

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[RhodyRed]

try probrewer and equipment for sale
http://www.probrewer.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=15874

Thanks! I wasn't familiar with the term Brew on Premises (BOP) equipment but that's the phrase I need to search for.

 

[Sawdustguy]

Their are several facilities that do this

http://www.vinepark.com/

http://www.saugatuckbrewing.com/ind...ent&view=category&layout=blog&id=37&Itemid=27

www.shenandoahbrewing.com

http://www.brewapp.com/

http://www.incredibrew.com/

http://www.barleycorn.com/faq.html

http://www.deja-brew.com/

Most of them have commercial 1 to 5 barrel breweries. One of them sounds like it does extracts. They allow the public to use with their equipment with their supervision by appointment, for a fee of course.

 

[Bigbrewcountry]

give this link a try

http://www.nabrewing.com/complete/122209BOP.shtml

 

[RhodyRed]

Thanks for the help everyone. I was able to find some good links.

 

[samc]

Find out why they closed before starting your own.