What's the lead time on a 15-BBL brewhouse?

Typical lead time on a mid-size (10–30 BBL) integrated brewhouse package is 14–22 weeks from signed drawing approval through FAT and shipment. Cellar fermentation tanks on the same order ship in parallel.

Can you match an existing tri-clamp spool inventory?

Yes. Every port, fitting, and sample valve is specified at drawing-review stage. Standard sanitary fittings (1.5", 2", 2.5", 3", 4") are stocked; larger specialty spools are quoted to print.

Is code stamp required?

Brew kettles operating at atmospheric pressure typically are not ASME Section VIII vessels and do not require U-stamps. Pressure-rated bright tanks and keg-washing vessels operating above 15 psig are coded when drawings require.

What's the difference between a cylindro-conical and an open-top fermenter?

Cylindro-conicals ferment and cold-crash in the same vessel with a steep cone for yeast harvest and are pressure-rated for carbonation. Open-top fermenters ferment at atmospheric pressure in a square or rectangular shell and transfer to a separate conditioning vessel — typical for traditional kölsch, altbier, and mixed-culture styles.

Brewery & Cellar Tanks

1-BBL to 100-BBL · Mash · Boil · Ferment · Condition · Serve

Brewhouse, Cellar & Fermentation Tank Engineering

Mash tuns, lauter tuns, brew kettles, whirlpools, hot and cold liquor tanks, cylindro-conical fermenters, horizontal lagering tanks, and bright-beer serving vessels — engineered to your brewhouse horsepower and your turns-per-day math.

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About Brewery & Cellar Tanks

A production brewhouse is not one tank — it is six coordinated vessels, each tuned to a specific stage of wort development. The mash tun holds converted grist at strike temperature, typically with a false bottom and a rake for decoction or step-mash schedules. The lauter tun separates sweet wort from the spent grain bed and feeds the kettle under controlled flow to avoid HSA (hot-side aeration). The brew kettle boils wort for 60–90 minutes, isomerizing hop alpha acids and driving off DMS precursors — available in steam, direct-fire, or electric configurations. The whirlpool uses a tangential inlet to separate trub and hop debris from the clarified wort. Two liquor tanks — hot and cold — stage brewing water through the mash schedule.

Cellar-side, the math shifts from batch-time to turns-per-year. Breweries typically run a 1:6 to 1:8 brewhouse-to-cellar capacity ratio, meaning six to eight fermentation turns per brewing day. Cylindro-conical unitanks ferment and cold-crash in the same vessel with a steep cone for yeast harvest. Open-top fermenters serve traditional ale and lager programs that depend on atmospheric yeast interaction. Brite tanks carbonate and condition beer for packaging. Horizontal lagering tanks maximize floor utilization for long cold-conditioning on pilsners and Vienna lagers. Serving tanks push finished beer to on-premise taproom lines without an intermediate packaging step.

Every jacket, dimple, port, and manway is specified before steel is cut. Glycol jacket zones sized to cooling load. Tri-clamp fittings specified to your existing spool inventory. CIP spray balls pattern-tested. Sample valves placed to match your QA lab workflow. 3-A sanitary finish (#4 polish, 32 Ra) on product-contact surfaces, TIG purged with argon for crevice-free welds, passivated to ASTM A967.

What We Fabricate

Mash Tuns

Infusion and decoction configurations with integrated false bottom, rake drive, and steam or direct-fire heat. 3-BBL through 60-BBL standard, larger on request.

Lauter Tuns

Deep-bed or shallow-bed lauter geometries with raking arms, vorlauf recirculation, and wort runoff control to match your target gravity progression.

Brew Kettles

Steam-jacketed, direct-fire, or electric-element heat. Calandria or wort-stripper options for accelerated DMS removal on pale styles.

Whirlpools

Tangential-inlet trub separation with racking arm and thermowell. Dedicated or kettle-whirlpool combo vessels for space-constrained brewhouses.

Hot & Cold Liquor Tanks

Strike, sparge, and chilled-water staging. Insulated and jacketed versions for overnight temperature holding.

Cylindro-Conical Fermenters

Unitanks with 60° or 72° cones, dual glycol jacket zones, blow-off arm, CIP spray ball, and sample valve. 7-BBL, 15-BBL, 30-BBL, 60-BBL, 120-BBL standard.

Open-Top Fermenters

Traditional square or rectangular vessels for altbier, kölsch, and mixed-culture programs.

Brite Tanks

Carbonation and conditioning vessels with carbonation stone, CIP, and pressure-rated construction for packaging pressure hold.

Horizontal Lagering Tanks

Long cold-conditioning tanks with horizontal orientation for maximum floor utilization in cramped cellars.

Serving Tanks

On-premise taproom vessels for jacketed temperature hold and direct-line dispense without intermediate packaging.

Hot Liquor Tank Boilers

Direct-fired HLT with integrated heat exchanger and recirculation loop for continuous strike-water generation.

Complete Turnkey Brewhouses

Integrated mash-lauter-kettle-whirlpool packages with control panel, piping, pumps, and commissioning.

How a Custom Project Works

Requirements capture. Volume, materials of construction, service chemistry, operating temperature and pressure, installation footprint, utility connections, code and finish requirements. We work from a specification sheet you provide or we draft one against your process flow.
Engineering and drawings. Our partner engineering team produces a general-arrangement drawing, bill of materials, weld-map, and code calculation package if applicable. You review and sign off before any steel is cut.
Material procurement. Plate, pipe, fittings, and elastomers are ordered against the approved BOM. Material Test Reports (MTRs) are captured for every heat of stainless or carbon steel used on code work.
Fabrication. Shell courses rolled and seam-welded, heads formed and welded, ports installed per drawing. Sanitary work is TIG-welded with argon purge and ground flush to 32 Ra or better on product-contact surfaces.
Inspection and testing. Radiographic or ultrasonic weld inspection where code requires, hydrostatic pressure test at 1.3x design pressure for code vessels, surface-roughness profilometry on sanitary vessels, passivation to ASTM A967.
Documentation and shipment. MTRs, weld maps, NDE reports, hydro certificates, code stamps, and ASME Form U-1 (if applicable) are bound into a documentation package that travels with the vessel. Shipment via flatbed or step-deck with blocking, bracing, and tarp as specified.