Home Brewery Design

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Why less is more

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John BlichmannBlichmann Engineering, LLC


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Key elements to the perfect brew day. Work s ace lannin and la out for efficienc Organizing equipment and ingredients Brew day execution plan Documentation

Tips for new brewers, brewers starting allgrain, ,

brewing process for laying out your brewery

Presentation is osted on the AHA website!!


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Basics of Organization A lace for ever thin and ever thin in its lace Purge the clutter less is more!!!

Ingredients Proper storage and accessibility Layout

oca e u es an ma or app ances w ere use

Equipment Move less used equipment out of the brew area

Software


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Plan First build later

area

and ingredients used (wrenches to sinks) Add items to our drawin and continue to visualize the brew day on the drawing.

Minimize movements Only store equipment in the brew area that is used there

Bigger is not better


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Note: it always looks bigger on paper..


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Workspace For

Laptop, etc


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Brew Area 8.5 X 8


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The sink the focal point of the brewery

brewing equipment. Buy once, cry once.

Use restaurant supp y stores are a great resource local pickup vs. shipping truck Plastic laundry sinks are inexpensive and BIG.

beat a 2 part epoxy floor


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Matt Raby


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Sideboard great for cleaning and

ra n ng ry ng


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The second most important piece of brewing equipment!!


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Small garden pump from WalMart

Keep caps on keg posts after

Adam Mills

. $5 For 100 pc


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Removes heat, odors, gasses, steam

Cautions

Vacuum from fans can cause furnace/water heater to back draft CO. (less of an issue with force draft equipment) A ways provi e air in et (open win ow or ma e up uct)

Always use a CO detector NEVER leave lit stoves unattended


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Air flow requirement for excellent ventilation: r 30 =

Example: 50,000 BTU/hr / 30 = 1666 CFM

For reasonable comfort and CO protection half of this is OK HOWEVER this assumes you are using a hood over the pot(s)!!!

Inline duct silencers are worth the money!!

a e sure your an s ra e or a eas 140


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Use large ducts and minimize turns =

Each 45deg elbow=5ft of straight duct

12 dia duct will handle 700 CFM

16 dia duct will handle 1500 CFM

duct length. So for a system with (4) 90 deg elbows ou could have u to 60 ft of strai ht duct


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Al Feeberg


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Air flow

Note stir addle on

Fan Silencer

wall


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Water coo ing, c eaning, rewing

Water su l

Cooling water


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Dont i t a one get e p or get a i ting ai !


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Hot no shirt, no shoes, no brains. And dude,

wear ants. High use a stool, or better yet use a pump. NEVER lift hot ots of li uids!!!

Health risk air flow, CO detector if indoors

away from structures and wood decks. , , .

You want to win a brewing award, not a Darwin award.


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Epoxy floors with texture available at home improvement stores easy to do yourself.

Anti slip Easy to clean Highly stain resistant


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Weve all seen the nast ics!!!! Wear anti slip gloves Carr su ortin the bottom Keep a cover on them


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Malt/grains storage requirements eep ou o um y

Keep bugs out

Keep room temp or below (store in basement, antr , but not in ara e)

Inventory control

Use clear bins quick view to determine stock


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100# 60# 30# 10# 6# 3#


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Dehumidifier


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Hops vacuum seal, store in freezer


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Richard Held


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Dave Greenbaum


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Carolina BrewMastersCharlotte, NC


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Tim Runnette


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Tim Runnette


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Software spread sheet, Pro Mash, Beer Smith etc. Use them.


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Target rewing parameter

whiteboard Brew day flow chart


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Great or rewers new to a grain

Great tool

to

reduce

the

length

of

your

brew day

If something goes haywire (stuck mash,

forgetting where

you

are


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Its Brew Day!! Heat Strike / HLT Water

Sanitize fermentor

Counter flow chiller

SpargeMeasure HopsYeast nutrient

Irish moss

Boil Clean mashtun


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Chill

Clean Brew pot

Clean Chiller & Hoses

Document results in Brewing So tware

Have a beer


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Ferm Cap (a surfactant, drops during clarification)

25% clearance in brew pot (approx 2 times finished batch size)

Dissolve wort/Irish moss/yeast nutrients in wort, then add to pot Remote thermometer with alarm


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Tape on probe greatly reduces cycling, overcoolingEasil maintain +/ 2F at hi h krausen core vs outsideControl well below 30FEfficient, reliable, quietGreat for finished beer storage too!

For complete details click the FAQ tab on this page:www.BlichmannEngineering.com/fermenator.html


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e sure to ocument n rew ng so tware too

Magnetic whiteboard

on Fridge


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Tim Runnette

Plastic adhesive business card sleeves available at ULine


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2X6 frame for CO2 & beer line passage

(Tim Runette)


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Was ing mac ine rain ose


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Dia hra m um circulate BLC and sanitizer through all tap lines using manifold.

wa valve drains back to bucket or to drain

for normal

use

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Less is more!

Organize by function

brewing area


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