Homebrew Project

Well, today is the day that the small brewery, in a small town, in an even smaller garage started... to get a bit bigger (yea we had a smaller brewery before). To make the brewery bigger plans had to be made. We needed a new brew process capable of brewing higher volumes of beer and a new fermentation process capable of creating more consistence results.

The new brew process design provides the ability to create a continues brew process by breaking the system into three parts the Hot Liqueur Tank (HLT), Mash Tun, and Boil Kettle. This new process also contains a CIP (Clean in place) system making cleanup easier (we all know this is the worst part of homebrew). Finally the heating of the Mash Tun is done by using the hot water from the HLT. This should create an easier system to deal with as there should be no worries about burning the mash killing the batch.




The new fermentation process will be controlled by a PLC. This will use two PID loops which will read the temperature of the Cold Box and the Fermentor. These PID loops will trigger heaters and coolant. pumps if needed to keep the brew at the correct temperature throughout the process.




So, plans have been made now all we have to do is build it.

Let the Homebrew Project begin!!!