Can I brew 500L with the 1000L brewhouse?

Oct 05, 2016
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Can I brew 500L with the 1000L brewhouse?

Some of our customers may have some questions when they choosing the suitable brewery system. They prefer to buy a littler bigger brewhouse than what they really needed at the beginning of their business. For example, one of our customer from Europe want to buy one 1000L brewhouse, but exactly the 500L brewhouse will fully meet his expected beer production at the beginning of his business. Then the question is: Can I brew 500L with the 1000L brewhouse?

In theory, it is possible to brew 500L with 1000L brewhouse.
As we know for general beers, with 30-40cm grain bed, there will be a smoothly lautering for the wort. Our brewhouse also designed based on this principle. So for brewing half batch of beer, we must consider about the thickness of the grain bed.

After a simple calculation, if brewing 500L on the 1000L brewhouse and based on the ratio of material:water=1:3, the grain bed will be about 20cm. It is a little bit thin, just mean it will need the brewmaster to recycle more repeatedly to get the clear wort. Or you also can try some high plato beers on half batch, then the grain bed will be thicker.

Edited by Laura
Sales Manager in Tiantai Company
Email: trade@cnbrewery.com