BOILERS FOR THE BEER INDUSTRY
Boilers for Breweries & Craft Beers
When people are asked about the key ingredients for beer production, you will get the usual answers; wheat, barley, oats etc. but there is another key ingredient required, heat! The unsung hero of the brewing industry is the steam boiler. The best breweries in the world cannot produce their amazing beers without a quality boiler system in place.
Brewing Process for Craft Beers
Brewhouses need to be able to control the temperature so the various ingredients react a certain way and create the kind of flavour they want. To do this, they need to heat the water to a specific temperature using boilers.
During the process, brewers sometimes require large amounts of steam at certain times, and other times not so much. This is one reason why many craft breweries and microbreweries are gravitating toward smaller, modular boilers in their brewing operations, like the ones supplied by UKHVAC. Our boilers can reach peak steam production in just a few minutes but don’t need to be running idle when they’re not needed, which saves costs and resources.
Bewery Boilers for Steralisation and Sanitation
Steam boilers contribute more to the craft brewing process than just heating ingredients. There’s also the matter of cleaning and sterilising the tools and equipment that are used in brewing, including the mash tuns, Brite tanks fermenters, etc. Breweries have a few different options for going about this, including the use of dry heat or chemicals.
However, steam is the best way to kill spores and bacteria that could linger on important brewing equipment. Breweries can also use the steam from their boilers to ensure their equipment is properly sanitised.
If a brewery is already getting steam from its boiler during the brewing process, there’s no reason not to also use it during the cleaning process.