A Brewer's Guide to Opening a Nano Brewery

06 May.,2024

 

A Brewer's Guide to Opening a Nano Brewery

Dan Woodske is the owner and operator of his own nanobrewery, Beaver Brewing Company in Beaver Falls Pennsylvania. Starting as an avid homebrewer he wondered why there wasn't a brewery within an hour drive of his home...that's when he decided to take his passion for brewing to the pro level. This book describes everything you need from buying brewery equipment, marketing your beer, licensing, running your brewing, and finding that perfect space. The process of opening a brewery can seem daunting, but in under 100 pages you will find brewing good beer is the hard part, the rest seems easy once it is all laid out for you. You want details on the licensing process? You want to learn how to sell your beer? You want real life examples on how a nanobrewery works and how it can be profitable? Then buy this book. Don't spend $10,000 on a consultant, spend $15 and get info from someone that actually owns and operates a nano-brewery...and does it successfully.

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How to choose brewing equipment?

In commercial brewing, several different types of large vessels made of stainless steel are required. First, the water is heated in a special container called Hot Liquor Tank (“liquor” is referring to the technical term for any liquid used in a process of some kind, not the liquid that gets you drunk). The hot water is then transferred to a container called Mash/Lauter Tun (different names for different brewhouse combinations), where it is soaked with ground grains to extract the delicious sugar and flavor. After a while, the carbohydrate-rich water is transferred to the Boil Kettle next to the mash tun. There is a heating source in the Boil Kettle to heat the wort to boiling temperature. You can add hops and other special ingredients during the boiling process, the amount and type of addition depend on the brewing recipe. After heating, the wort will be transferred to the Whirlpool tank, forcing the wort to form a vortex, separating the wort from the larger particles (such as hops) in the solution. Mash/Lauter Tun, Boil Kettle, and Whirlpool tank are usually next to each other. There is a platform and stairs between them. These equipment are collectively called brewhouse equipment. Brewers can intuitively check the brewing process and add other ingredients through the operation panel of brewhouse equipment. According to different product and brewing batch requirements, brewhouse will have a variety of combinations. Subsequently, the wort is transferred to the fermentation vessel (fermentation tank). You need to add yeast to the fermenter to convert the sugar in the malt into alcohol. Depending on the brewing process, the fermentation time will be different. The fermentation process can last from days to weeks. Immediately afterward, the fermentation process stops, and the beer will be transferred to the bright tank. In the bright tank, the beer will be cooled and the remaining particles in the beer will sink to the bottom of the tank. The bright tank helps beer to complete further clarification, of course, you can also complete carbonation in the bright tank. Finally, the clarified beer will be filled with a beer filling machine, which is convenient for consumers to buy and drink.

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