Description
Most breweries don\’t order a brite tank because they want one. They order it because kegging day stretched into two days, or because carbonation drifts between batches. A 20BBL vertical serving tank fixes both, but only when the jacket, ports, and surface finish match what you actually brew.
We build these vessels with a 304 stainless shell and dished top as the base configuration. If you carbonate aggressively or package sour beer, cider, sake, or kombucha, the wetted parts move to 316L — the molybdenum content starts to matter once pH drops below 4. After welding, internal surfaces are pickled and passivated, then polished to 0.4 µm Ra or finer. Shell welds are full-penetration and ground flush. We don\’t leave crevices for biofilm to colonize.
Cooling comes from dimple jackets on the lower shell. On a 20BBL tank that is roughly 2.2 m² of surface — enough to crash 620 gallons from 68°F to 34°F overnight with a correctly matched glycol chiller. Insulation is 80 mm of foamed-in-place polyurethane under stainless cladding. Thin insulation is the first place low-cost tanks cut corners, and it shows up as condensation and a glycol unit running around the clock.
Specifications
| Gross capacity | 20 BBL / 620 US gal |
| Inner shell | 304 SS (316L optional) |
| Working pressure | 15 psi standard, 30 psi optional |
| Jacket pressure | 30 psi, tested at 1.5× |
| Cooling area | ~2.2 m² |
| Bottom | 60° cone or dished |
| Surface finish | ≤0.4 µm Ra, wetted parts |
| Fittings | 2 in. CIP spray ball, racking arm, carb stone, sample valve, PRV, pressure gauge |
Questions we get from buyers
Can it double as a fermenter? Physically yes, practically no. Brite tanks lack the cone geometry and jacket coverage for active fermentation heat loads.
How much floor space? Plan on about 1.7 m diameter and 3 m overall height, plus clearance for the PRV and CIP line.
Do I need a separate tank for sake? Not if the finish and seals suit it. Sake and high-acidity products are the main reason customers choose 316L and EPDM or silicone gaskets over standard nitrile.
Small brewpubs usually run one or two 20BBL brites as serving vessels, feeding taps directly. Production breweries use them as carbonation and buffer tanks ahead of a filler, and there the PRV setting and carb stone sizing matter more than cosmetics. 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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