Small batch craft brewhouse
Maximize brew quality and efficiency with a brewing system designed for experimentation and precision, allowing craft brewers to create distinct beer styles with consistent results while minimizing resource consumption.
Optimizes Beer Brewing and Fermentation Processes
The GEA CRAFT-STAR® Craft Brewhouse M is a fully automated brewing system tailored for the demands of small craft breweries and microbreweries. By integrating the same technology used in large-scale operations, it ensures efficient production of a wide variety of beers from Pale Ale to Stout. This brewhouse excels in mashing, lautering, boiling, and wort aeration, facilitating batch sizes up to 20 hl. Its skid-mounted design provides easy installment and enhanced space efficiency, making it suitable for constrained environments. With options for three, four, or five vessel configurations, it supports up to 12 brews per day, adapting to output demands seamlessly. The system’s external wort boiling and ventilation ensure consistent quality, while energy consumption is minimized due to advanced motor controls. Constructed from durable stainless steel, it includes a CIP manifold for hassle-free cleaning and maintenance. Furthermore, customization options are available to fit specific brewing needs, including advanced milling with GEA MILLSTAR® technology and various add-ons for a complete brewing setup.
Benefits
- Enhances production flexibility by accommodating high-gravity recipes and varying batch sizes.
- Minimizes resource usage with reduced water, energy, and raw material consumption.
- Ensures consistent quality with a fully automated system that delivers precise batch repeatability.
- Streamlines installation and reduces setup costs with its compact, skid-mounted design.
- Facilitates maintenance with an integrated CIP system for quick, efficient cleaning.
- Applications
- Beverages,Craft beer,Microbreweries,Brewing,Alcoholic beverages
- End products
- Pilsner,Belgian ale,Hefeweizen,Lager,Amber ale,Pale ale,Ipa (india pale ale),Barleywine,Stout,Saison,Brown ale,Sour beer,Double ipa,Red ale,Bock,Wheat beer,Porter
- Steps before
- Milling,Ingredient Preparation,Wet Milling
- Steps after
- Wort Aeration,Cooling,Fermentation,Packaging
- Input ingredients
- water,malted barley,hops,yeast,high-quality ingredients
- Output ingredients
- beer,wort
- 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
- 20 hl (17 U.S. BBL)
- Automation
- Fully automated
- Extract yield in lauter tun
- Up to 98%
- Brew throughput
- 4 to 12 brews in 24 hours
- Wort boiling method
- External wort boiling
- Batch repeatability
- Convincing
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Surface finish options
- Polished or matte
- Vessel configuration
- Three,four or five vessel configurations
- System components
- Mash tun,lauter tun,kettle,whirlpool
- Automation level
- Fully automated
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- CIP/SIP
- Automated CIP
- Energy efficiency
- Reduced consumption of water,energy,and raw materials
- Cleaning method
- Built-in clean-in-place (CIP) manifold
- Changeover time
- Short lead times (approx. 6-7 months)
- Process visualization
- Available
- Batch repeatability
- High repeatability
- Installation type
- Skid-mounted system
- Integration capability
- Flanged utility connections for onsite tie-ins
- Flexibility
- Batch size flexibility
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Stainless steel
- Machine footprint
- Compact,skid-mounted
- Batch size
- 20 hl (17 U.S. BBL)
- Vessel material
- Stainless steel
- Vessel surface finish
- Polished or matte
- Configuration option
- Three,four,or five vessel configurations
- Discharge method
- Wort boiling with a two-level-deflector
- Utility connections
- Flanged for onsite tie-ins
- Install method
- Easy to install and maintain
- Shipping
- Compact and easy to ship
- Control panel type
- Fully automated system
- Control panel type
- Fully automated,PLC-controlled
- Vessel finish
- Polished or matte
- Batch size configuration
- 20 hl (17 US bbl)
- Vessel configuration
- Three,four,or five vessel configurations
- System integration
- Modular,skid-mounted design
- Utility connections
- Flanged for easy tie-ins
- Upgrades
- GEA MILLSTAR® wet milling technology,wort pre-cooling,spent grain handling