Description
Where a Horizontal BBT Earns Its Space
Most breweries run out of headroom before they run out of floor. A 1000L or 2000L horizontal bright beer tank slides under a 2.2 m ceiling and still gives the packaging line a pressurized buffer between filtration and filling. We build these as pressure vessels first and storage tanks second. Bright beer sits at 1.5–2.0 bar with 2.4–2.6 volumes of CO2, and a tank that cannot hold that steady is a problem waiting for a Friday canning run.
Fabrication Choices
Shell and dished ends are 304 stainless as standard. We switch to 316L when a brewery also runs sours, fruit additions, or chloride-heavy CIP chemistry. Product-contact welds are ground flush, pickled, and passivated, with the interior polished to roughly 0.6 µm Ra so yeast and hop residue release during cleaning instead of building a film. Dimple jackets on the shell and both ends circulate glycol at 2–4 °C; 80–100 mm of PU foam under stainless cladding keeps that cooling from fighting the room temperature. Fittings include a top CIP spray ball, side carbonation stone, racking arm, sample valve, pressure gauge, and an adjustable relief valve set at 2.5 bar — the valve setting always stays below the shell design pressure, never at it.
Who Buys Them
Craft breweries moving from 500L to 2000L batches, contract canners needing blending capacity, cideries, and kombucha producers. Horizontal orientation also suits low-ceiling cellars and containers shipped overseas.
| Parameter | 1000L | 2000L |
|---|---|---|
| Working volume | 1000 L | 2000 L |
| Working pressure | 1.5–2.0 bar | 1.5–2.0 bar |
| Material | 304 / 316L | 304 / 316L |
| Cooling | Dimple jacket, glycol | Dimple jacket, glycol |
| Insulation | 80–100 mm PU | 80–100 mm PU |
Common Questions
Horizontal or vertical? Vertical wins on floor footprint; horizontal wins on ceiling clearance and easier CIP drainage through a sloped bottom.
How do I size it? Match tank volume to your largest single packaging run plus one day of buffer. Undersizing forces mid-run transfers; oversizing leaves beer sitting warm and oxidized.
CIP and connections? We supply DIN or tri-clamp ports for CIP supply/return, glycol in/out, CO2, and beer out, with the spray ball positioned to cover the full shell.
Tell us your batch size, beer type, number of fermentation tanks and available space. We can recommend the tank volume, cooling area and configuration for your brewery.
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