How to decide the brewery Number of Vessels
- Nov 20, 2021
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How to decide the brewery Number of Vessels
A general rule of thumb is to purchase the number of fermenters and brite tanks needed to take you through the first 2-3 years of production. You can calculate the approximate maximum annual capacity of a fermenter using these metrics:
Daily fermenting volume available = # vessels * volume of vessel
Turns per year = # of brew days per year / days to ferment average beer
Annual capacity = fermenting volume * turns per year
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A way to simplify this is to assume 80% ale production (shorter fermentation time), 20% lager production (longer fermentation time) and 50 weeks of brewing (assumes some vacation and/or maintenance time):
Annual capacity = fermenting volume * 42
This also assumes that you have sufficient number of brite tanks to rotate beers this quickly.
If you plan to have a lot of different beers on tap at any given time, consider starting with the same ratio of brite to fermenting vessels.
A general rule of thumb is to purchase the number of fermenters and brite tanks needed to take you through the first 2-3 years of production. You can calculate the approximate maximum annual capacity of a fermenter using these metrics:
Daily fermenting volume available = # vessels * volume of vessel
Turns per year = # of brew days per year / days to ferment average beer
Annual capacity = fermenting volume * turns per year
A way to simplify this is to assume 80% ale production (shorter fermentation time), 20% lager production (longer fermentation time) and 50 weeks of brewing (assumes some vacation and/or maintenance time):
Annual capacity = fermenting volume * 42
This also assumes that you have sufficient number of brite tanks to rotate beers this quickly.
If you plan to have a lot of different beers on tap at any given time, consider starting with the same ratio of brite to fermenting vessels.
