Steam-heated 4-vessel brewhouse with stainless steel brewing vessels.
The system is suitable for infusion and decoction methods as well as
high-gravity brewing and consists of the following components: - Mash
tun (Huppmann, 2004) with a capacity of 150 hl, steam-heated,
insulated, with a bottom-entry agitator and pre-mash mixer - Lauter
tun (Huppmann, 2004), insulated, with a drop floor, grist cutter, and
spent grain discharge screw - First-run-off vessel for wort
(Steinecker, 2003), insulated tank - Wort kettle (Steinecker
Merlin,” 1999), steam-heated, insulated - Wort condenser -
Whirlpool, insulated, with hop dosing vessel (manual flap) and
top-entry spent grain discharge - Spent grain tank with a capacity of
15 hl, conical - Hop dosing system with 3 stainless steel containers
and hop chutes on a shared stainless steel frame - Wort cooler (API,
2006), two-stage plate heat exchanger for cooling 180 hl/h of hot wort
to fermentation temperature - 3 centrifugal pumps for wort transfer -
Various piping, valves, fittings, and sensors, Additional title:
Brewing system with steam-heated stainless steel vessels; built
between 2003 and, Cast wort capacity up to: 18000 l ; 15,500–16,000
litres for full beer, 12,000 for bock beer, Malt bill: 2500 kg/batch,
Operation / Control: Simatic S7-400, Material: Stainless steel,
Features: Mash tun; lauter tun; wort transfer tank; hop dosing; wort
kettle (Merlin); whirlpool; spent grain tank; wort cooling; 3 x wort
pumps