Description
A five-vessel brewhouse for breweries that cannot afford to wait
At 5000L per batch, a large brewery\’s bottleneck is rarely the kettle, it is the schedule. Separate mash and lauter vessels let one step finish while the next begins, and a dedicated hot liquor tank keeps sparge water at temperature without competing with the boil. The whirlpool has its own vessel, so trub settling does not hold up the kettle turnaround. In practice this configuration buys you two to three extra brews per week compared with a combined mash-lauter setup.
Build details that decide how the system performs after five years
We fabricate vessel interiors in SUS304 as standard, with 316L available where chloride exposure or aggressive CIP chemistry is expected. Shell thickness runs 3mm on the kettle and lauter tun, 2mm on the hot liquor tank. All product-contact welds are TIG, fully penetrated, ground flush and passivated; the lauter tun gets a wedge-wire false bottom with a 0.7mm slot opening. Kettle bottoms are dished with a slight cone for trub collection, and every vessel carries dimple or coil jackets sized to the heating medium you actually have, steam, hot water, or electric immersion.
Specifications
| Batch size | 5000L per brew |
|---|---|
| Vessels | Mash tun, lauter tun, brew kettle, whirlpool, hot liquor tank |
| Material | SUS304 (SUS316L optional) |
| Heating | Steam jacket, electric, or direct fire |
| Insulation | 80-100mm rock wool, stainless cladding |
| Control | PLC with recipe logging, or manual panel |
Questions we get before the PO
Can we run 8 brews a day? Yes, if your hot liquor recovery and wort cooling keep pace. Ask us to check the HLT volume against your sparge ratio; undersized liquor tanks are the most common retrofit we quote.
Do we need a separate whirlpool? Only if brew frequency matters to you. Below about four brews a week the combined kettle-whirlpool saves floor space.
How is cleaning handled? Each vessel is fitted with spray balls and a dedicated CIP supply and return, sized around 1.5 bar at the nozzle.
Before you request a quote
Send us your batch size, brews per week, beer styles, available steam or power, ceiling height and floor footprint. Those five numbers decide vessel geometry, jacket area and control level far more than any catalog page. Tell us your brewhouse plan and utility capacity, and we will come back with a layout and a configuration you can actually build around.
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