Should You Choose a Turnkey Brewery Supplier or Buy Equipment Separately?When planning a new brewery, one of the biggest decisions is not only what equipment to buy, but how to buy it. Some brewery investors prefer to source the brewhouse, fermenters, glycol system, packaging equipment, and utilitie

How to Plan Brewery Utility Requirements: Power, Water, Steam, and Glycol BasicsWhen brewery owners plan a new facility, most of the attention usually goes to brewhouse size, fermenter count, packaging equipment, and floor layout. Those are critical decisions, but utilities are what make the entire

How Many Fermenters Does a Brewery Need? A Practical Tank Planning GuideOne of the most important questions in brewery planning is not just how large your brewhouse should be, but how many fermenters you need to support it. A brewery can have a well-sized brewhouse and still struggle with production

Brewery Layout Planning Guide: How to Design an Efficient Production WorkflowPlanning a brewery layout is not just about deciding where to place tanks and brewhouse vessels. It is about creating a production environment where brewing, fermentation, packaging, cleaning, and material handling all work

Brewery Layout Planning Guide: How to Design an Efficient Production WorkflowA brewery can have excellent equipment and still struggle every day because of a poor layout. Tanks may be well built, the brewhouse may be properly sized, and the glycol system may be technically adequate, but if the produ

Table of ContentsToggleWhy Glycol Chiller Sizing MattersGlycol Is Not Just About Keeping Tanks ColdUndersizing Creates Real Production ProblemsStart With the Cooling Load, Not Just the Tank CountGlycol Sizing Depends on Total Cooling DemandCooling Load Is About TimingThe Main Factors That Affect Gly