Category: Building A Brewery
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Your Brewhouse Utilities – Brewery Water/Liquor Requirements
This is Part Two of our utilities section, in which we will discuss important considerations for your brewery’s water requirements. You can check out the first blog in this series, which focuses on Electrical Requirements, here! Volts and Hertz Brewery Water/Liquor Terminology When I first entered the craft beer industry, I was a bit confused by…
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Tips for Starting a Brewery – Start-up Advice from the Experts
While the idea of starting a commercial brewery is exciting, inspiring and exhilarating – it can also be daunting. Where do you start? How much equipment do you need? Where do you get your recipes? How big a space is required? And the big one – how do you ensure it’s profitable? There’s a lot…
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Unloading and Positioning Your Brewery Equipment
If you’ve ever been present when truckloads of brewing equipment arrive at a brewery – you’ll know there is a real buzz about the place. It’s a big day, kind of like Christmas morning, if Santa reversed his giant sleigh in your garage and made you unpack all your giant presents. Then, of course, everything must be taken to its rightful…
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Going Against the Grain: A Guide to Grain Handling
While saving time, it is, of course, important that the malt/grain handling process is repeatable and runs without errors while treating your grain with care. Thinking the process through is important because it can affect color, brewhouse efficiency, alcohol by volume (ABV), flavor, and clarity of your brews. Each of these also plays a pivotal…
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Your Brewhouse Utilities – Brewery Electrical Requirements
Here at Bespoke Brewing Solutions, we like to share things. Our team believes sharing is caring. We share our lunches in the office. We share tips about the best place to buy sushi. And you may have noticed that we like to share our knowledge. Our brewing experts are excited to share their knowledge on…
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How to Design a Brewery Layout That Actually Works
Designing a brewery layout is a fine art. It takes real skill, real experience, and a healthy appreciation for the complexity hiding behind what looks like a simple floor plan. The goal is always the same: fit as much as you possibly can into the available space while keeping the brewing process smooth, logical, and…