Skid-mounted yeast propagation system for craft breweries
Enhance your brewing capabilities with a versatile propagation system, designed to optimize yeast cultivation for various fermented beverages and enable consistent production of distinct beer flavors, without the need for separate yeast storage tanks.
Propagates and Aerates Yeast for Fermentation
The GEA Craft Yeast Propagator is a skid-mounted system designed for craft and small to medium-sized breweries, enhancing the yeast propagation process to meet specific brewing requirements. It features a pre-engineered modular design for easy transportation and setup, which complements GEA’s CRAFT-STAR® and COMPACT-STAR® brewing systems. The system supports batch sizes from 5 to 25 hl, offering customizable options such as living cell measurement, load cells, and an internal clean-in-place (CIP) system for efficient cleaning.
Integrating semi-automated control, it allows brewmasters to experiment while maintaining consistency across brews. The propagation system includes an internal aeration mechanism with a sterile air measuring unit, eliminating the need for a stirrer, which optimizes the growth environment for yeast cultures used in producing hazy IPAs, saisons, kettle sours, and more. Energy-efficient operations are achieved through streamlined processes like storage and sterilization, catering to the demands of fermentation in craft beers and beverages.
Benefits
- Facilitates easy transport and setup with a modular skid-mounted design.
- Increases operational flexibility, allowing brewmasters to experiment and innovate.
- Reduces equipment footprint by storing yeast within the system, eliminating the need for additional tanks.
- Saves time and ensures hygiene with an optional internal clean-in-place system.
- Boosts fermentation efficiency through precise, sterile aeration without a mechanical stirrer.
- Applications
- Fermented beverages,Craft beer,Yeast cultures
- End products
- Belgian dubbel,Kimchi fermentation cultures,Miso fermentation cultures,Saisons,Hazy ipas,Sake,Kombucha,Kettle sours
- Steps before
- Yeast preparation,Sterilization of equipment,Nutrient preparation
- Steps after
- Fermentation,Beer conditioning,Packaging
- Input ingredients
- yeast,water,nutrients,sterile air
- Output ingredients
- propagated yeast,yeast crop
- Market info
- GEA is known for its expertise in engineering innovative and sustainable equipment and solutions, focusing on sectors such as food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and energy, with a reputation for quality, efficiency, and advanced technological applications in industrial processing.
- Batch size
- 5–25 hl
- Production volume
- 5–25 hl
- Automation
- Semi-automated control
- Aeration system
- Sterile air measuring unit
- Tank components
- Tank,tank top,and pump
- CIP system
- Available as an option
- Recirculation pipe
- Used for internal aeration
- Living cell measurement
- Available as an extra
- Load cells
- Available as an extra
- Sterilizing option
- Available as an extra
- Working Mechanism
- Skid-mounted yeast propagation
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- CIP/SIP
- Manual / CIP option available
- Automation level
- Semi-automated control
- Integrated steps
- Yeast propagation and storage
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Propagation capacity
- 5–25 hl
- Batch size flexibility
- 5–25 hl
- Skid-mounted design
- Yes
- Tank size
- 5–25 hl
- Modular process skid
- Pre-engineered
- Discharge method
- Recirculation pipe and internal aeration system
- Footprint
- Compact
- Tank Size
- 5–25 hl
- Living Cell Measurement
- Available
- Load Cells
- Available
- Sterilizing Option
- Available
- Clean-in-Place System
- Available
- Internal Aeration System
- Available