Description
Why a dimple jacket instead of an external chiller
A 20 BBL tank is usually the first vessel a brewery outgrows and the last one they get right. Single-wall fermenters with an external plate chiller struggle to hold lager temperatures once the cellar warms up in summer. Dimple jackets welded directly onto the shell give glycol contact across the cone and lower cylinder — exactly where fermentation heat sits.
Shell, welds and finish
Inner shell runs 3mm SUS304 as standard; we switch to 316L for sour programs, kettle sours and any site with aggressive chloride in the water. Outer shell is 2mm with 80mm polyurethane between the walls. All product-contact welds are TIG, ground flush and passivated, because a rough weld in a cone is where wild yeast hides. Interior finish lands at 0.4–0.6μm Ra, which is what CIP actually needs to work.
Cooling and pressure
The dimple jacket covers the cone plus the lower cylinder — roughly 3.5m² of surface. Most customers run glycol at 2–4°C inlet and hold 10–12°C fermentation on a single zone. Working pressure is 1.5 bar with a 3 bar hydro test; the adjustable relief valve ships pre-set and should be rechecked after installation. Anything above that range is a pressure vessel job and we quote it separately.
Standard fittings
- 60° cone with 2in racking arm and rotating elbow
- Top manway 400mm, dry hop port, CIP spray ball
- Sample valve, blow-off arm, pressure relief valve
- 2in glycol inlet/outlet with tri-clamp
- Optional: carbonation stone, level sensor, dry-hop doser
Specifications
| Working volume | 1000L / 20 BBL |
| Total volume | ~1250L |
| Inner / outer shell | 3mm SUS304 / 2mm SUS304 (316L optional) |
| Cone angle | 60° |
| Cooling area | ~3.5m² dimple jacket, single zone |
| Working / test pressure | 1.5 bar / 3 bar |
| Insulation | 80mm PU foam |
| Internal finish | 0.4–0.6μm Ra |
Questions we get before quoting
Can I stack two 20 BBL tanks? Yes, if ceiling height allows 3.2m and the legs are braced for it. Tell us your headroom first — it changes the leg design.
Do I need a separate tank for lagering? Many breweries ferment and lager in the same vessel at this size. If you plan to crash to 1°C, confirm your glycol chiller can carry the load.
How is CIP connected? Spray ball on a 1.5in tri-clamp, drain through the cone bottom. Rotate the racking arm out of the way before cleaning.
Small brewpubs often run 2–4 tanks at this volume; production breweries use them as unitanks ahead of a bright beer tank. The difference in configuration is mostly jacket zones, valve quality and whether you need carbonation capability.
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.
Structure of a Beer Fermentation Tank
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