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There are many suppliers of beer brewing equipment, especially with the surge of new breweries over the past decade. If you’re looking to save even more on your budget, consider purchasing brewing equipment directly from manufacturers in China or elsewhere.
COFF is one of the top brewing equipment manufacturers in China, and we offer customized turnkey solutions to meet your needs. If you’re interested in ordering brewing equipment from COFF, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Just let us know your desired daily output or capacity, and one of our engineers will get back to you within 24 hours.
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craft brewing equipment guide by COFF
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craft brewing equipment material
stainless steel, particularly 304 grade, is the preferred material for craft brewing equipment due to its hygiene, durability, cost-effectiveness, and suitability for the brewing process.
Comparison of other materials
craft brewing equipment capacity
When determining the appropriate craft brewing equipment for your brewery, the scale of your operation is a primary consideration.
1. Determining Your Brewery Scale
Production Volume Targets: The most crucial factor is your anticipated monthly and yearly beer production in barrels (bbl) or hectoliters (HL). Consider peak demand, seasonality, and your future growth plans. COFF offers commercial brewery equipment ranging from 5bbl to 100 bbl. They also mention equipment for smaller scales, like microbrewery system and nano brewing systems.
Budget: Your available capital will significantly influence the initial equipment scale you can afford. Ningbo Coff highlights providing cost-effective brewing vessels.
Physical Space and Layout: The available production floor space, ceiling height, and doorway access will impose constraints on the size and configuration of your equipment. Professional manufacturers – COFF can design the brewery layout according to your capacity and site conditions.
Beer Varieties: The types of beers you plan to brew will also impact equipment needs.
2. Equipment Considerations Based on Scale
Brewpub / Microbrewery (500 to 5,000 barrels annually): Typically uses a 3-vessel direct fire brew house, simple fermentation, brite tanks. For start-up microbreweries, a brewhouse capacity of 10-30 BBL is common, along with fermentation and bright tanks of similar size. COFF also offers nano brewery equipment with a capacity as small as 1BBL, suitable for transitioning from home brewing to commercial brewing with a limited budget.
Regional/Craft Brewer (5,000 to 30,000 barrels annually): Often employs a 4-vessel steam brew house, glycol cooling, automatic filtration.
Expanded Regional Brewer (30,000 to 200,000 barrels annually): May utilize a multi-vessel automated brew house.
3. Consult a brewery design consultant
It’s crucial to match equipment capacity to your production volume targets. COFF has experienced brewery design consultants for sizing equipment suited to your specific production goals.
COFF provide craft brewing equipment heating method
Compared to traditional steam heating methods, Coff’s cutting-edge thermal oil heating brewhouse provides more possibilities for reducing energy consumption while achieving the same or better working performance.
The industry norm for bigger brewery systems (15 barrels and more) is often steam heating. COFF provide 3-30bbl steam heating system.
It heats up fast and quite evenly. Its highest cost and the need for a separate boiler for purchase and upkeep are its drawbacks.
Direct fire heating might be the least expensive choice for smaller systems, such as tiny craft breweries making the switch from home to commercial production.
Direct fire heating is not appropriate for systems larger than 10 barrels, and it has disadvantages like focused heat and reduced energy efficiency.
Electric heating is less expensive and uses less energy than steam heating. The drawbacks include the potential for increased electricity prices, the need for a big power source, and the incompatibility with huge systems.
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